[46:49m] This weeks show focuses on international investing. We cover why international investing is appropriate for virtually ALL long term investors. While many people worry that international investing is risky, research shows that when integrated correctly into a portfolio it can actually REDUCE RISK in the overall portfolio while …
Planning with stock options and grants.
The better retirement tool, 401k or Roth IRA? [44:20m] We begin our show this week by answering a listeners question. This listener received advice from his planner that the IRS was looking to attack Roth IRA’s and that the dreaded AMT (alternative minimum tax) would be invoked if he were to contribute to a Roth instead of a 401k. This …
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Is Real Estate Finished?
Are Commodities the New Real Estate? [45:32m] In the first section of the show Peter and Jason discuss the real estate market. Particularly for single family homes. In this segment we discuss: + what are the signs when a real estate market has peaked? + when is it better to rent than to buy? + should I sell my real estate …
Financial Intimacy
[41:46m] In The News this week we discuss China’s devaluing of their currency and how that can have a profound long-term affect on America. We discuss: + Why China let their currency “float”. + How much change actually occurred. + How they are now valuing their currency. + Why this matters to us. + What’s likely to happen in the …