Discover how monies constantly change, and why crypto may be signaling a dramatic shift from government-issued money to private money. SHOW NOTES: 3:30: How Is Money Supply Over-Valued? 8:09: How Does Money Follow Productivity? 10:58: Why Is There No Such Thing As Bubbles? 14:54: How Does Capitalism Always Seek Stable Money? 21:39: How Is Money A Measure? 24:55: How Will Private Money Push Out Government Money?
Discover how to protect and build wealth as The Fed raises rates in response to inflation. David Stockman joins Andy. SHOW NOTES: 5:03: What Are The Similarities With Current Inflation And Inflation Of The 70s? 11:47: How Close Is The Fed To Killing Inflation? 17:31: What Interest Rate Will Control Inflation? 22:28: How Does The Current Rate Of Personal Savings Impact Inflation? 25:50: How Is Inflation Cumulative? 27:57: How Do You Protect Your Wealth During Inflation?
Discover how our global crisis of trust impacts money and investing, and how new technologies like block chain may restore confidence. SHOW NOTES: 9:43: Is Enthusiasm For Crypto Legitimate? 17:10: How Is Block Chain Likely To Restore Trust In Our Economy? 25:38: How Should Investors Focus On Trustless Financial Vehicles? 36:00: How Can Bit Coin’s Obsolescence Risk Be Determined? 43:41: How Can Crypto’s Investment Value Determined? 48:22: How Could Block Chain Revolutionize Lending? 59:38: What D...
Discover how China has revolutionized digital finance and prompted the U.S. to play catch-up in an attempt to remain the world’s financial leader. SHOW NOTES: 2:02: How Did China Become The Global Leader Of FinTech? 6:50: How Has China Developed A Social Credit Score? 12:34: How Is The U.S. Trying To Compete With China’s FinTech Dominance? 15:59: What Are The Risks/Rewards Of Adopting Chinese-Style FinTech? 19:34: What’s The Future Of Currency? 23:25: Who Leads The Race For AI Domination?
Discover how to build habits that strengthen your mind and propel you to perform at optimal levels. Dr. Jon Finn joins Andy in this discussion about neuroscience and practical steps you can take to improve your life. SHOW NOTES: 4:10: How Are We Understanding How The Brain Functions In New Ways? 11:27: What Is A Habit? 17:00: How Can Anyone Change His Or Her Habits? 23:18: How Do You Plan To Change Behavior? 29:22: How Can Traders Control Their Emotions? 34:53: Why Are We “Triggered” Instead Of ...
Discover how computer chips have become the world’s most valuable resource. Economic superiority – as well as security -- will be determined by who controls chips. SHOW NOTES: 5:03: What Nations Are Fighting The Chip War? 7:22: How Does The World Change If China Dominates Chips? 10:38: How Is China Positioned To Win The Chip War? 14:08: What Risks Do Chips Present To Crypto? 16:53: How Is The Security Of Taiwan Critical To The Chip War? 19:01: How Do Chips Impact Your Life Everyday? 21:26: Will ...
Ted Benna, “The Father of the 401(k),” joins Andy to discuss how inflation impacts retirement investments. Also discover how to safeguard your financial future no matter what age you are. SHOW NOTES: 4:04: How Do IRAs Compare To 401(k)s? 6:30 How Has The Global Economy Become More Troubling For Investors? 7:59: How Has The Breakdown Of Institutions Increased Risk For Investors? 12:05: What Are The Limitations Of IRAs & 401(k)s? 14:46: How Can ESG Interfere With Fiduciary Responsibility? 18:5...
Discover how to evaluate and leverage supply chains in business, purchasing and investing. SHOW NOTES: 2:07: How Did The Use Of Middlemen Expand? 5:29: How Do You Determine The Value Of Middlemen? 8:31: How Can You Determine The Value Of A Supply Chain? 14:45: What Did Covid Reveal About Supply Chains? 21:22: Will DeFi Replace Traditional Banking? 30:23: How Can You Educate Yourself On The Direct Economy?
Discover how our current inflation crisis was the inevitable result of political policies, and how you can safeguard your investments with opportunities afforded by inflation. SHOW NOTES: 6:17: How Has “Creditism” Impacted Monetary Policy? 7:39: How Do Paper Currencies Affect Inflation? 17:20: How Do Central Banks & Politicians Drive Inflation? 21:13: How Does The Price On Time Determine Efficiency Of Capital? 26:17: What Have We Learned About Modern Monetary Theory? 38:17: What Opportunitie...
Discover how to develop a personal and financial plan to safeguard your health and wealth. SHOW NOTES: 5:05: How Can You Build Toughness? 6:22: What Defines A Warrior? 9:49: How Does Transformation Begin From Within? 12:50: What Is The Value Of Service? 15:44: How Do You Learn To Properly Fight? 24:28: How Do You Learn To Protect Yourself? 28:05: How Do You Learn To Heal? 32:51: What Is The Cost Of Transformation?
Discover how the tax code rewards certain types of investing. SHOW NOTES: 7:23: How Can The IRS Become A Wealth-Building Partner? 12:05: How Is The Tax Code A Guidebook To Successful Investing? 14:28: How Do You Progress From Being Rich To Being Wealthy? 17:44: What Motivates The Government To Offer Tax Incentives? 25:45: How Is It Patriotic To Pay Fewer Taxes?
Discover how inflation impacts stock trading, and how to build a trading plan to navigate these inflationary times. SHOW NOTES: 4:56: What Do Traders Need To Know About Current Inflation? 10:14: What Do Traders Need To Know About Current Money Supplies? 15:59: What Sectors Gain Strength During Inflation? 29:39: How Did Inflation Expose Crypto Currencies? 42:53: How Does Inflation Create Trading Opportunities?
Discover how to change your mind – and the minds of others – in this discussion with David McRaney. SHOW NOTES: 4:53: How Unaware Are Humans? 11:04: How Can Humans Improve By Raising Awareness Of Being Wrong? 17:27: What Is The Best Way To Change Your Own Mind? 26:35: How Does The Fear Of Social Death Impact The Brain? 33:11: What Did The GameStop Event Teach Us About The Minds Of Investors? 50:22: How Can Truth Be Found In A Post-Truth World?
Discover how to achieve and maintain high performance in business and at home. Alan Stein Jr. joins Andy to discuss his work with high-performance athletes and business leaders. SHOW NOTES: 6:59: How Does High Performance Begin With Respect For The Basics? 11:06: How Is Mastery Of The Basics Simple But Not Easy? 19:23: What Causes Burnout? 23:50: How Are Burnout & Stagnation Different? 29:59: How Can You Bulletproof Your Performance?
Discover how America’s sophisticated economic system lends itself to so many cycles of boom-and-bust. SHOW NOTES: 2:53: What Does The Savings & Loan Failure Teach Us About Today’s Economic Stress? 7:38: What Causes America’s Economic Failures? 11:44: How Do Financial Regulators Fail? 19:08: How Is Financial Illiteracy The Biggest Risk? 24:47: How Is Confidence The Key To Any Financial System? 32:59: How Damaging Is Q.E.? 37:19: How Have Bailouts Created More Economic Risk? 39:56: What Curren...
Food prices are skyrocketing. Food shortages are more frequent. Global food crises are predicted. Andy speaks with a food economist who offers insight into the next expected economic crisis. SHOW NOTES: 9:01: What Is The Risk Of A Global Food Shortage? 11:07: How Would Localizing Food Production Impact Inflation? 14:44: How Can Food Inflation Lead To Social Unrest? 18:50: How Fragile Are Food Supply Chains? 24:54: How Does Food Inflation Impact The Psychology Of A Country? 29:56: How Does Specia...
Discover how economics are understood as a series of tradeoffs. Our economic policies are too often convoluted with ingredients that stray from common sense. Matthew Hennessey joins Andy to discuss how you can cut through “magical thinking” and use economics to make better choices. SHOW NOTES: 5:28: Why Are So Many People Intimidated By Economics? 7:33: How Have Economics Become “Over-Credentialized?” 10:17: How Is MMT An Example Of Economic “Magical Thinking?” 14:54: How Are Economics A Series ...
Discover how the U.S. will fund the future. Richard Duncan joins Andy to discuss money, credit and the future of the markets. SHOW NOTES: 17:46: How Has The Fed Changed Over The Last 100 Years? 21:53: How Did The Fed Become The World’s Most Powerful Economic Institution? 25:49: How Did The Money Revolution Occur? 34:18: How Did Globalization Enable The Fed To Print Massive Amounts Of Money? 38:26: How Is Our Economic System Addicted To Credit? 45:31: How Can Economic Dogma Limit Investors? 56:10...
Discover how runaway inflation is impacting investing, wealth and the psychology of Americans. Economist Jay Prag joins Andy to discuss the likelihood of reversing inflation with a recession. SHOW NOTES: 6:06: How Is The Fed Fueling Inflation? 11:39: Why Has Economy Not Entered Hyperinflation? 20:54: How Does The Ukraine War Impact Inflation? 26:05: How Does The Fed Behave Like An Addict? 35:05: How Will The Dollar’s Role Change? 41:10: How Is Russia’s Gold Purchasing Impacting The Global Econom...
SUMMARY: Discover how America and China are waging a financial war that impacts every citizen around the globe. SHOW NOTES: 5:42: How Does Bretton Woods Frame The Current Financial Cold War? 11:17: Why Is The Dollar Still The Reserve Currency? 14:48: Is The Digital Yuan Likely To Overtake The Dollar As Reserve Currency? 16:33: Why Are The Saudis Considering Payment For Oil In Yuan? 24:02: What Is America’s “Burden Of A Superpower?” 29:43: Is The Current Global Financial System Sustainable? 32:21...
SUMMARY: Discover how to start a business, or transition from an employee to a business owner. SHOW NOTES: 3:34: How Does A Person Get Started In Entrepreneurship? 6:24: How Does Entrepreneurship Expose Your Weaknesses? 11:03: Where Does A Person Educate Themselves On Entrepreneurship? 13:48: How Is Mission Vital To Entrepreneurial Success? 15:06: How Is Entrepreneurship A Lifestyle? 16:38: Why Do Young Entrepreneurs Need To Focus On Their Legacies Now? 18:57: What Are The Advantages Of Buying A...
SUMMARY: Gas prices are soaring. Food prices are spiking. Discover how commodities markets are contributing to economic chaos around the globe. SHOW NOTES: 6:04: How Are Traders Detached From Fundamentals? 10:52: How Will Expensive Oil Impact Other Commodities? 18:07: What Will Trigger Hyperinflation? 20:21: How Does Debt Disappear? 27:57: How Will The Ukraine War Contribute To Massive Food Shortages?
SUMMARY: Discover what it takes to successfully trade as uncertainty in the economy rises. Alex Gurevich joins Andy to discuss his trading strategy during the pandemic. SHOW NOTES: 5:10: How Has The Pandemic Changed Trading? 8:09: How Was The Market Foreshadowing The Drop In March 2020? 15:03: What Is The Difference Between Traders And Investors? 19:35: What Is The Struggle Of Insurance? 22:19: What Are The Lessons From The Pandemic Market Drop Of 2020? 27:12: What Can The Fed Do About Inflation...
SUMMARY: Discover what the GameStop/Reddit/Robinhood Revolution exposed about investing. Spencer Jakab joins Andy with analysis of this historic chapter in investing that sent shockwaves through the markets and provided many unintended consequences. SHOW NOTES: 5:17: How Do Online Trading Platforms Influence Trading? 10:46: Have Markets Ever Experienced A GameStop/Robinhood-type Event? 15:28: How Was GameStop Uniquely Positioned To Be Massively Shorted? 17:55: How Did The CEO Of GameStop Win? 22...
SUMMARY: Discover how personal and public debt has reached an inflection point. Richard Vague joins Andy to discuss realistic ways to reduce student loans, home mortgages, and small business debt. SHOW NOTES: 2:42: How Is Personal Debt The Real Crisis? 4:48: What Is The Paradox Of Debt? 7:21: How Is Debt Different Depending On Wealth? 10:43: How Have Debt Policies Become Exhausted? 12:05: How Do You Deal With Student Debt? 17:05: Can Debt Be Maxed Out? 21:32: How Does The Overton Window Impact P...
SUMMARY: Discover how free capitalist markets really are. Nicholas Wapshott joins Andy to discuss the ongoing debate about government influence of money creation, debt and banking. SHOW NOTES: 7:39: Are Free Markets Really Free? 9:10: What Would A Government-Free Economy Look Like? 11:50: How Does The U.S. Government Guarantee Banks Don’t Fail? 13:05: How Did Paul Volker Crush Inflation? 16:57: The U.S. Economy Is Built On Near-Zero Interest Rates. What Happens When Rates Rise? 19:20: How Releva...
SUMMARY: Discover how money is quickly changing under Modern Monetary Theory, low interest rates and income inequality. Zvi Schreiber joins Andy to discuss how money is going out of style, and what skills you’ll need to achieve prosperity. SHOW NOTES: 4:23: What Is The Future Of Fiat Money? 8:59: How Is MMT Impacting Money? 12:35: How Do Low Interest Rates Accelerate Inequality? 16:31: How Does Money Printing Benefit The Rich? 19:41: How Do Low Or Negative Interest Rates Change Behavior? 21:46: ...
SUMMARY: Discover how the invention of index funds changed forever the way stocks are bought and sold. SHOW NOTES: 8:56: How Do Index Funds Impact Active Investment? 15:25: How Do Index Funds Solve The Problem Of Scalability? 18:57: How Do Investors Determine The Best Index Funds? 23:17: How Do Fees Impact Index Funds? 27:31: What Is The Future Of Bitcoin ETFs? 30:57: How Does Market Cap Add Risk To Index Funds? 36:10: What Are The Unintended Consequences Of Index Funds?
Summary: Just like The Seven Deadly Sins, there are Seven Economic Sins that can impede success in business. James Otteson joins Andy to discuss economic sins and how personal decision-making can lead to a prosperous life. SHOW NOTES: 5:35: What Is The Invisible Hand? 11:52: How Is Technology Making People More Risk Averse? 19:29: What Are The Unseen Consequences Of Deadly Economic Sins? 28:20: How Does Envy Impede Economic Success? 37:10: How Do You Use Your Best Skills In An Honorable Way?
SUMMARY: Discover why inflation occurs and how you can prepare to live with it. Andy and a team of his best educators take a deep dive into The Fed and monetary policy, and explain in practical terms how you can navigate inflation. SHOW NOTES: 2:35: Why Should You Care About Inflation? 4:26: How Is Current Monetary Policy Unprecedented? 5:32: Why Are There Negative Interest Rates? 14:09: How Does Inflation Impact Everybody? 26:03: How Does The Fed Act Like A Doctor Treating A Sick Patient? 33:57...
