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Money Talks

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Money Talks focuses on personal finance as it applies to Mississippians. In any given week, we’ll talk about anything from preparing your taxes to saving for college or investing in the stock market. Our experts, Dr. Nancy Lottridge-Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, portfolio manager at New Perspectives, are both Chartered Financial Analysts and Ryder also holds the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement from the CFA Institute. They join Kevin Farrell in the studio to answer your personal finance questions about family budgeting, retirement savings, Social Security, investments, debt management and more.


Money Talks airs Tuesday mornings at 9 a.m. CST on MPB Think Radio and online at mpbonline.org. Email the show: money@mpbonline.org.


Need a budget? Here's one: https://consumer.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-1020-make-budget-worksheet_form.pdf

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Episodes

Money Talks| Personal finance traps to avoid

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we talk about personal finance traps to avoid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 01, 202548 min

Money Talks| MS ABLE

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we visit with the head of MS ABLE, Josh Woodward. ABLE is a program that provides supplemental income to Mississippians with disabilities without jeopardizing any public assistance they receive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 24, 202550 min

Money Talks| listener calls June 2025

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, Nancy and Ryder answer listener questions about credit card debt, IRA's and economic indicator reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 17, 202549 min

Money Talks| Retirement savings plans

Money Talks is hosted by Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we talk about retirement savings plans including IRA's and 401 K's. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 10, 202550 min

Money Talks| Best of 2025

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, since Nancy and Ryder aren't in the studio, listen again to some recent conversations from the program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 03, 202547 min

Money Talks| Economic Indicators

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we discuss economic indicators and their importance to your personal finance. What are they? How do we learn from them? What makes a healthy economy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 27, 202550 min

Money Talks| Essential Money Management Lessons

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we discuss making a budget, credit scores, compound interest and other essential money management lessons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 20, 202550 min

Money Talks| MS Council on Economic Education

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, our guest is Selena Swartzfager, President of the Mississippi Council on Economic Education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 13, 202550 min

Money Talks| paying down debt

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, Nancy and Ryder talk about ways to pay down debt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 06, 202551 min

Money Talks| listener questions

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, Nancy and Ryder answer questions about carrying a balance on credit cards and IRA conversions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 29, 202549 min

Money Talks| Volunteering

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we talk about the personal and professional benefits of volunteering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 22, 202550 min

Money Talks| Answering Tax Day questions

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, Nancy is out so on this Tax Day, Ryder answers listeners' tax related questions. Also, we share a few moeny habits of successful people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 15, 202549 min

Money Talks| What is a recession?

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we define what a recession is and talk about when being frugal might not add up to saving money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 08, 202550 min

Money Talks: Savings vehicles

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, Nancy is out of the studio, so Ryder talks about several different kinds of savings accounts and answers several listener questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 01, 202551 min

Money Talks | Credit Card Fundamentals

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, Lacey Alexander fills the host's position while Kevin is out to talk about the fundamentals of credit cards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 18, 202547 min

Money Talks| investment basics

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, Ryder is out of the studio, so Nancy answers a few listener questions and talks about the basics of investing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 11, 202547 min

Money Talks| Saving at the grocery store

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, tips on saving money at the grocery store and listener calls about scams and how to avoid them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 25, 202549 min

Money Talks| Recognizing phone scams

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we talk about phone scams and how to recognize them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 18, 202547 min

Money Talks| tariffs

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we talk about tariffs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 11, 202546 min

Money Talks| Retirement advice that is often ignored

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we talk about retirement advice that is often ignored and answer several listener phone calls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 04, 202545 min

Money Talks| Recognizing phishing emails

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we talk about recognizing phishing emails. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 28, 202546 min

Money Talks| best of

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, since Nancy and Ryder aren't in the studio, listen again to some recent conversations from the program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 21, 202551 min

Money Talks| improving credit scores

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we talk about ways to improve your credit score. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 14, 202545 min

Money Talks| Financial New Year's resolutions

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, Nancy continues her discussion about the U.S. economy, we talk about successful New Year's resolutions and take several questions from listeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jan 07, 202545 min

Money Talks Encore| Social Security

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this encore episode, Sean Mercer of the Social Security Administration joins the show to answer listener questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 31, 202445 min

Money Talks Encore| MEMA

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this encore episode, Malary White, Chief Communications officer for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency joins the show to talk about the mission of MEMA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Dec 24, 202446 min

Money Talks | Best of 2024

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . This broadcast is a "best of" with discussions that include saving for retirement, whether to us a debit or a credit card, saving at the grocery store, and ways to stop wasting money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Dec 17, 202449 min

Money Talks| buying a car

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, our guest is Ivan Drury of Edmunds.com who talks about buying a car. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 10, 202445 min

Money Talks| Giving Tuesday

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, we talk about the US economy and tips for giving on Giving Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 03, 202445 min

Money Talks| The US economy

Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org . In this episode, Nancy discusses the US economy and she and Ryder answer some listener questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 26, 202446 min
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