Robert Shiller has a free online database of historical stock market data I’ve been using for years. Going back to 1871, Shiller has data on historical interest rates, dividends, earnings, inflation and valuations. His preferred valuation measure is the cyclically-adjusted price to earnings (CAPE) ratio The average CAPE ratio going back to 1871 is 17.4x…
Everyone Has Their Own Money Trauma
How to deal with a large increase in your income in a short period of time.
Animal Spirits: Do Valuations Matter?
On today’s show, we discuss:
– Bull market corrections
– Why valuations don’t matter all that much
– Why people were so wrong about the stock market
– Why we haven’t gotten a recession yet
– $1 trillion in credit card debt
– Robinhood’s results
– Tipping at a hotel, and much more!
Why I’m Not Worried About $1 Trillion in Credit Card Debt
A short history of consumer borrowing and credit card debt in America.
Talk Your Book: Compounding with Concentrated Portfolios
On today’s show, we are joined by John Neff, Partner and Portfolio Manager of AKRE Capital Management to discuss:
– The AI investing craze
– The creation of fundamental analysis
– Compounding returns with Warren Buffett
– Running a highly concentrated portfolio, and much more!
Even When the Stock Market Goes Up it Still Goes Down
Preparing yourself for different moves in the stock market.
Social Security: The Most Important Retirement Plan Ever Created
A short history of how retirement has evolved over the past 200 years.
The Pros & Cons of Owning a Rental Property
If you are selling your house and have a 3% mortgage, shouldn’t you just hold onto it and turn it into a rental property?
Animal Spirits: Everything Is Up This Year
On today’s show, we discuss:
– The biggest behavioral bias in investing
– The number of IPOs that survive
– Rolling the dice on the stock market
– Why the consumer doesn’t care about higher rates
– Fiscal vs. monetary policy
– Some good news for first time home buyers, and much more!
Rolling the Dice on the Stock Market
The problem with 6% T-bill yields in lieu of investing in the stock market.