On today’s show, we are joined by Ben Santonelli, Lead Portfolio Manager of Polen Capital’s Credit Opportunities Strategy to discuss how interval funds work, navigating interest rate increases within your bond allocation, how Polen Capital is actively managing bonds, the biggest risk to high yield bonds, how Polen Capital values businesses, thoughts on why spreads have remained tight, and much more!

On today’s show, we are joined by Coby Lefkowitz, Partner at Backyard to discuss why homebuilding has slowed, why building houses has become such a complex process, thoughts on start-up cities, Private Equity is not buying up all single family units, solutions to the housing crisis, and much more!

On today’s show we discuss U.S. domination of the world stock market, how credit spreads work, how the 401k revolution changed the stock market, Americans are rich, an economic slowdown is here, the U.S. labor force is huge, everyone wants to travel, the $5 meal deal inflation indicator and much more.

On today’s show, we are joined by Hamilton Reiner, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, and Head of US Equity Derivatives at JPM Asset Management to discuss active strategies combined with option overlays, why limiting outcomes improves investor experience, how J.P. Morgan constructs option strategies, how volatility affects yield for income strategies, and much more!

On today’s show, we discuss the biggest difference between bull and bear markets, cyclical vs. secular bull markets, what’s wrong with Europe, Gen Z is obsessed with the stock market, spending on concerts, everyone is moving to the south, how the Fed can help the housing market, when to honk your horn, spending on groceries and much more.

On today’s show, we discuss why it’s finally time for the Fed to cut rates, when valuations will matter again, the best hedges against an AI boom-bust cycle, what would cause housing prices to fall, no one moves anymore, how tragedy can provide some perspective on your finances, bull markets lead to lower crime rates, bad drivers, and much more!

On today’s show, we are joined again by Bob Long, CEO of StepStone Private Wealth to discuss:
– The basics of private credit
– How the Dodd-Frank Act affected the banking industry
– What types of deals StepStone is pursuing
– Why private credit earns higher yields, and much more!

On today’s show, we discuss our trip to Charleston, slowing vs normalization of the economy, the loneliness of the American worker, Fed rate cuts, getting rich fast, degens trading options, car deals are coming back, the trust cost of home ownership, in defense of credit card reward hunting, the poor man’s Tom Cruise, and much more!

On today’s show, we spoke with Chris Floyd, VP and Portfolio Manager for Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions to discuss:
– How rates affect high-dividend paying companies
– The low volatility aspect of the portfolio
– Utilizing REITs as an income driver
– Systematic approaches to screening out negative factors vs concentrating on positive factors, and much more!