by libsyn | Sep 27, 2025 | Podcast
You think you have it bad with 1% CDs and 0.025% money markets? If you lived in Europe, you’d be thrilled. In the topsy-turvy world of negative interest rates, the ECB’s deposit rate is minus 0.2%. Two-year German bonds are now yielding minus 0.4%. Bond...
by libsyn | Sep 27, 2025 | Podcast
In the past 12 months, companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 have doled out nearly $1 trillion to shareholders in the form of both dividends and stock buybacks, the highest level since 2007. For years, hedge fund managers have been big proponents of share...
by libsyn | Sep 27, 2025 | Podcast
Daily IQ Retirement Brief 8/22/25 Check out this...
by libsyn | Sep 27, 2025 | Podcast
Daily IQ Retirement Brief 9/3/25 Check out this...
by libsyn | Sep 27, 2025 | Podcast
Is A.I. a passing fad, and therefore too risky? Or is it the basis of the FOURTH Industrial Revolution in America and here to stay? Answers for you in the Market Intel Segment. THEN , are women really more risk averse than men? On today’s show, Steve...
by libsyn | Sep 27, 2025 | Podcast
The 60-40 stock bond strategy for retirement has had several terrible years. It is like the 4 % withdrawal rule—it can work in a perfect world, but we are no longer in a perfect world…have you noticed? The 60-40 portfolio had its worst year in history last...
