Blind Ranking the Internet’s WILDEST Investment Stories
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Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
42 min
2 speakers
6 chapters
transcribed 1 month ago
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What is this episode about and how do hosts introduce the blind-ranking format?
When it comes to money, is boring always best? Today we're blind ranking the good, bad, and just plain dumb of investing. Now you couldn't have done it yourself.
I could have learned. I know chemicals.
My life is flashing before my eyes.
This is going to trigger Jonathan. It's about my pool. Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz.
I'm George Camel.
And this is Smart Money Happy Hour. Cheers, George.
Cheers.
Delightful. Well, this is the show where two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're talking about. So everything from pop culture, current events, and money.
And today, before we get to the content, let's talk about what we're sipping on. It's a French Blonde.
Yeah, it's delicious, actually.
Didn't come up with the name. It's not a blonde drink by any stretch, but... Could be. It's tasty, refreshing, delicate, much like me. Stick around to the end. We'll give you our rating and reveal the cost per glass at the end of the episode. I like that we reveal it. Like it's something people are waiting with bated breath for. Reveal the cost per glass. Tell me, is it $3 or $4?
I don't know.
Okay, so I know you're not on Reddit, Rachel. I know. I like to go on there. I find it to be the most honest, anonymous, worst people of the internet.
My question is, I've been on it before.
Okay.
And I got on it recently to look up something. I can't remember what it was. And I kept asking about the app. Do you have the Reddit app? Yeah. Oh, wow. Okay, so you are committed.
I'm committed. Okay, keep going. But here's what I like about it. It's people being brutally honest because they're anonymous.
Yeah, but isn't it just kind of like I get to be mean to feel good about myself?
They're not always mean. I mean, there's subreddits of things people enjoy. So I'll go on there. I'll search a coffee maker followed by Reddit to see people's real thoughts about it.
Okay, that's fair.
Because I can't trust Google and Amazon.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, that's fair.
So there you go. But I once saw someone tell Reddit their investing strategy was based on the phases of the moon. Oh, gosh.
Well.
It about sent me out of orbit on that one. That's not good. Yeah.
Out of orbit, phases of the moon. I got you. Not into orbit. Not into orbit. Out of orbit.
Already in orbit.
Out of orbit. That's how the earth works. Yeah. If your retirement investing is wrong because you're a Capricorn, probably not great. Isn't the horoscope where you're born, when you're born, but also like there's like deeper levels.
Like we're a tortoise, I think, based on our birthdays.
Yeah, we are.
Why do Rachel and George debate Reddit, horoscopes, and strange investing strategies?
Okay. I don't know what that means. Because of like the way the moon... You're stubborn and handsome. I'm like, okay, sure. Whatever.
Yeah, I don't know it well, but teach it some.
I just think anyone that says it's based on the phases of the moon, I just... You know, I got questions. I'm not making financial decisions based on a waning crescent.
That's all I'm saying. I'm not either.
Don't you love a waning crescent? It's been a long time since I said that out loud.
I'm more in the clouds these days. Cumulus, you know what I mean?
What about nimbo cumulus? Often forgotten.
Oh.
Yeah.
That's a, yeah, we're deep in it.
Well done, George.
I once got a shout out by my local meteorologist.
No, you didn't.
Kevin Lemanowitz, Fox 25 News, dead in Massachusetts.
Because you wrote into him?
He said, like, send in your tweets. And I was like, I want to get on air. And I sent it in. I said, shout out to cumulus clouds. And he read it on air.
Oh, my gosh.
It was one of the greatest days of my life.
I love it.
That's the original influencers was local meteorologists.
Okay, you know what's funny? We had a local meteorologist come to the kids' school before they like broke up for summer, right? So they were like still in school. And she taught the kindergarteners all about tornadoes. So my son now is educating me on like what EF3s are and all of this stuff. And he thinks that, yeah, he said, I don't want to live in Texas. There are too many tornadoes there. He's got a good point. Don't worry, Charles. We're not moving to Texas.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is this episode about and how do hosts introduce the blind-ranking format?
0:05–2:26
2
Why do Rachel and George debate Reddit, horoscopes, and strange investing strategies?
2:26–10:26
3
How did the Martha Stewart insider trading case reshape public views on investing?
10:26–17:35
4
What are the worst crypto-related investment scams the hosts review first?
17:35–23:13
5
How did a woman lose her life savings to a crypto scam and what warning signs did hosts highlight?
23:13–29:54
6
How did a $28M Powerball winner and a boring 401(k) story become the top-ranked success examples?
29:54–42:23
Speakers
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