Money For the Rest of Us
Episodes
Capital Flows Where It's Treated Best
16 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#74 How investment capital seeks out the most attractive opportunities, and why that is causing China to dump some of its U.S. Treasury bonds. Show no...
Why You Shouldn't Trade
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#73 How trading differs from allocating and why human traders have lost their edge to trading bots. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny07...
Will A Robot Take Over Your Job?
02 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#72 How robots and information technology are replacing humans at work and what we can do about it. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny07...
Please Don't Panic
26 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#71 When the stock market is falling, understanding market history and current conditions can help us make objective, less fear-driven investment deci...
Rule #1 and the Investor's Journey
19 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#70 Should you invest like Warren Buffet? How your temperament, experiences, interests and skills influence how you invest. Plus why most passive inde...
Do You Feel Financially Trapped?
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#69 What to do when you feel financially hopeless. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny069-feeling-financially-trapped/ To sign up for the...
Why The Middle Class Is Stagnating
05 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#68 How technology and too much free stuff is undermining the middle class. What can be done about it. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mn...
When Investments Lose Money
29 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#67 I share with you what questions to answer to decide whether you should sell, hold or buy more of an underperforming investment. Show notes at http...
Impermanence and Winning by Not Losing
22 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#66 Why focusing too much on the future and too little on the present can be dangerous. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny066-impermanen...
Greece—What Really Caused the Crisis and Why It Never Ends
15 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#65 How the Greek depression and the euro crisis started with Greek citizens just wanting to buy a decent car. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofu...
The Pitfalls of Private Real Estate Investing
08 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#64 Should you invest in a rental property? Here are some things to consider and pitfalls to avoid. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny06...
Alarmists and the Economics of Collapse
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#63 Why economic alarmists are dangerous, and what has to happen for the financial system or economy to collapse. Show notes at http://moneyfortherest...
What Dying Bees Can Teach Us About Asset Bubbles and Income Inequality
24 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#62 The link between honey bee colony collapse, asset bubbles and income inequality. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny062-income-inequa...
How Much Should You Spend In Retirement?
17 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#61 Why your retirement spending rate should vary over time based on individual and market circumstances. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net...
Are You Hoarding Or Investing?
10 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#60 What is the difference between hoarding and investing. Most people do both. Show notes at: http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny060-hoarding-investin...
Is Gold Money?
03 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#59 What are the three attributes of money and does gold have them? Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny059-gold-money.html To sign up for...
Are ETFs and Indexing Becoming Too Popular?
26 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#58 What are the hidden risks of ETFs and passive investing. Sow notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny058-etfs/ To sign up for the Money For the...
Live Like A Local When Traveling
20 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#57 Hacks to live like a local when traveling including how to rent homes through Airbnb.com. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny057-trav...
Why We Need Volatility
13 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#56 How we can thrive amidst volatility and not become complacent due to a false sense of stability. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny0...
Are You Financially Fragile or Antifragile?
06 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#55 How to gauge your financial fragility or vulnerability and how to be the opposite of fragile. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny055-...
Do You Live To Work Or Work To Live?
29 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#54 Why you don't need money to have more freedom and happiness. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny054-live-work/ To sign up for the Mon...
Should You Invest In Bitcoin?
22 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#53 What you need to know about bitcoin in order use it and invest in it. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny053-bitcoin/ To sign up for ...
Why are interest rates so low, even negative in some places?
15 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#52 What factors determine interest rates and why interest rates matters to the economy and your investment portfolio. Show notes at http://moneyforth...
Is Deflation Coming?
08 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#51 The world is flirting with deflation. How GDP growth, debt, population changes and exchange rates will determine whether a Great Depression like d...
Navigating Early Retirement
01 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#50 Navigating early retirement is less about money and more about allowing space and time for your true path to emerge. Show notes at http://moneyfor...
Is Money Dying?
25 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#49 Is monetary collapse imminent as some pundits say? Plus another look at gold and how to tell if a government's debt burden is unsustainable. Show ...
Do You Have Too Little Invested In Stocks?
18 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#48 How fear of another market crash may be causing you to keep your stock market allocation overly conservative despite evidence global stock markets...
Should You Invest For Income Or Total Return
11 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#47 Why individuals should follow the lead of endowments and foundations and focus on total return investing. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus...
Discover Your Investment Style
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#46 How to begin investing and discover your investment style. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny046-investment-style/See Privacy Policy...
Funding the Start Up of You
25 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#45 With student loan default rates soaring, what are some education funding models besides debt. Plus is college even worth it? Show notes at http://...
Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage
18 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#44 How a home mortgage can help you build real wealth. Plus what factors to weigh if you are considering paying off your mortgage. Show notes at http...
What Drives Home Prices?
11 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#43 What investment return should you expect for your home and what leads to housing booms and bust. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny0...
All Countries Are Insolvent and That's A Good Thing
04 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#42 Why all federal governments are insolvent but investors still line up to buy government debt at low interest rates. Show notes at http://moneyfort...
The Cult of Overwork
28 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#41 Why overworking is so dangerous and why leisure is on a completely different plane from work. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny041-...
Should You Invest In Commodities?
21 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#40 What you need to consider before investing in oil and other commodities. Two schools of thought regarding the direction of oil prices. Show notes ...
What Drives Currency Exchange Rates
14 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#39 Why currencies fluctuate, what are the impacts and should you hedge against currency movements. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny03...
How To Invest Like A Hedge Fund
07 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
#38 What are hedge funds and how can individual investors apply strategies from top-tier hedge funds to their own portfolios. Show notes at http://mon...
Gold—Without the Hype and Politics
31 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#37 Why and how to invest in gold. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny037-gold/ To sign up for the Money For the Rest of Us Insider's Gui...
How Wealthy Are You?
24 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#36 Wealth can be measured in more than money. Wealth is also time and mobility. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny036-wealthy/ To sign ...
Investment Performance—What You Need To Know
17 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#35 Power laws, fractals and investor psychology. Why security prices behave like they do. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny035-investm...
Investing Rules of Thumb
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#34 Why simple investment rules are more accurate than complex formulas. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny034-rules-of-thumb/ To sign u...
To Retire Early, Mind the Gap
03 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#33 The simple formula to sustain an early retirement without running out of money. Show notes at https://moneyfortherestofus.com/mny033-mind-the-gap/...
Die Broke
26 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#32 How to deplete most of your assets before you die by using single premium immediate annuities. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny032...
The Role of Luck In Success
19 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#31 How luck and skill intertwine to make you successful. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny031-role-luck-success To sign up for the Mon...
Are You Sure You're Diversified?
12 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#30 How to tell if your investment portfolio is really diversified. Hint: Don't focus on correlation. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny...
Quantitative Easing—A Big, Fat, Dangerous Placebo
05 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#29 Why quantitative easing is both a financial placebo and an unpredictable game of musical chairs. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.net/mny0...
Live By Your Own Financial Rules
29 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#28 There are no hard-and-fast financial rules other then don't cause yourself irreparable financial harm. Show notes at http://moneyfortherestofus.ne...
What Is The Right Price?
22 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#27 The right price for something is dependent on our state of mind. Anchoring, mental accounts and other behavioral tricks we rely on when buying. Sh...
Why Are Stocks Falling?—A Story
15 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#26 How stories drive the financial markets and why markets are currently declining. Show notes at https://moneyfortherestofus.com/mny026-stories/See ...
Are You A Materialist?
08 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#25 Why paying more for what you buy not only helps the economy but enriches your life. Plus why we prefer things that are wabi sabi. Show notes at ht...
Timeshares, Preppers and, Permanent Portfolios
01 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#24 What are the economics behind vacation timeshares, how to implement a permanent portfolio and has the stock market ever taken decades to recover f...
Smart Beta—What Is It and Should You Use It?
24 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#23 What is the difference between beta, smart beta and alpha when investing. Plus, what are the different ways to index a portfolio, and why it's eas...
Will Interest Rates Ever Increase?
17 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#22 What causes interest rates to rise and fall, and what can you do to adjust your investment portfolio when interest rates begin climbing. Show note...
Investing Without A Map
10 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#21 I share my own portfolio as an example of investing without a map. Plus why I don't use peer-to-peer lending platforms such as the Lending Club an...
How To Allocate Your Assets
03 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#20 What you need to know about asset allocation, including the flaws in modern portfolio theory. Show notes at <iframe src="https://art19.com/show...
Live Like You're Already Retired
27 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#19 A traditional thirty year retirement will be out of reach for most people. Here's how to live like you're already retired. Show notes at https://m...
Which Investment Vehicles Should You Use?
20 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#18 How do closed end funds, open end mutual funds, exchange traded funds ("ETFs") and exchange traded notes ("ETNs") differ and when should you use e...
Why China Matters To Your Pocketbook
13 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#17 How China's stunning economic growth impacts everything from how much you pay for gas and burgers to what you can earn investing. Show notes at ht...
The World Is Getting More Risky
06 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#16 What is risk and how do you manage it so you can protect against the downside and capture the upside. Plus, why the world is more risky and what t...
Stop Worrying About the Next Market Crash
30 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#15 Discover the four things you can do to stop worrying about financial calamities. Show notes at https://moneyfortherestofus.com/mny015-market-crash...
Are You A Complacent Investor?
23 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#14 Has the Federal Reserve and other central banks led you to be complacent about risk? Plus, I share an investment strategy with surprisingly good r...
Are You Saving Enough To Retire Early?
16 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#13 How to know if you are saving too much or too little for retirement. Show notes at https://moneyfortherestofus.com/mny013-saving-enough/See Privac...
Currency Trading, Petrodollars and Monetary Collapse
09 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#12 What you need to know if you want to trade currencies. Also, will the dollar collapse? Show notes at https://moneyfortherestofus.com/mny012-curren...
Bank Runs, Repos, and Your Retirement
02 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#11 How bank runs were a leading cause of the global financial crisis and why it could happen again. Show notes at https://moneyfortherestofus.com/mny...
You'll Never Be Rich, But You Can Live Like You Are
26 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#10 How to live like your rich without the money. Show notes at https://moneyfortherestofus.com/mny010-rich/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...
What Investment Rate of Return Can You Expect?
19 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#9 Expected portfolio returns are currently very low. Why that is and what should you do about it. Plus learn how to calculate the expected return for...
What If Everyone Worked Only Four Hours Per Day?
12 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#8 We can have sustainable economic growth and a thriving stock market while working less and enjoying life more. Show notes at https://moneyfortheres...
Predicting the Economy and the Stock Market. Can It Be Done?
06 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#7 Is it possible to successfully predict the future? Every investor has three choices. They can ignore the future, predict the future, or react as th...
Why You Should Care About the Economy
30 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#6 Most people don't understand what the economy is, how it grows and what causes recessions. Nor do they care. This episode describes in simple terms...
The True Cost of a Thing
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#5 The price of something does not always reflect its true cost, both to ourselves and to society. Through the eyes of Henry David Thoreau and a discu...
Seesaws, Budget Deficits, and the National Debt
19 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#4 If you understand how a seesaw works, then you'll be one of the few who understands why we need both federal budget deficits and the national debt....
Should You Invest In Individual Stocks?
18 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#3 Why investing in individual stocks can be so intoxicating and dangerous. What you should know before you try. Show notes at https://moneyfortherest...
What Causes Inflation and Deflation?
17 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#2 Studies show most people have no idea what inflation is and what to do about it. Don't be one of those people. Show notes at https://moneyfortheres...
What Is Money?
15 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
#1 How banks and governments create money out of thin air, and what you should do about it. Show notes at https://moneyfortherestofus.com/what-is-mone...