Dollars Making Sense

On this weeks episode we discuss:

• Peter Thiel’s $5 Billion dollar Roth IRA
• Electric VS Gasoline cars
• Is Blackrock buying up all of the houses
• How to prepare and invest for a lengthy bull market
• NC State’s no-contest in the College World Series
• NCAA athletes getting paid
• College enrollment trends
• 7 reasons to be optimistic about the economy
• Is a unicorn still a unicorn 

Articles Discussed in this episode:

• How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank 
• Against Expectations, Southwestern Summers Are Getting Even Drier
• Plan Ahead. Don't Post.
• Are electric cars cleaner than gasoline 
• Illegal Marijuana Sales Still Big, Even in States Where Pot Is Legal
• Is BlackRock Buying Too Many Houses? 
• How To Prepare For a Lengthy Bull Market
• Colleges see staggering drop in enrollment
• Seven Reasons to Be Extremely Optimistic About the Economy Right Now

On this week's episode, we discuss: 

• Jeff Bezos to the moon
• Warehouse robotics and are they the future
• The great resignation - are employees quitting more
• How we save and plan for vacations
• Some helpful tips on how to save extra for your vacations
• What parts of the economy are seeing higher inflation
• What are the best ways to hedge inflation
• Is inflation 'Transitory' or here to stay
• Is Phil Mickelson the best investing metaphor
• Should movie studios remake great movies of the past?

Articles discussed:

• Amazon hopes more robots will improve worker safety
• “The great resignation”: Upwards of 40% of workers are thinking about quitting their jobs
• National Parks Are Overcrowded and Closing Their Gates
• Investing is a Mental Game - Phil Mickelson 

On this weeks episode, we have Adam Rothe on to discuss:

• What are your biggest take aways from interviewing in person and virtually over the last year
• What did you like and dislike about each process (virtually vs. in person)
• What are your biggest changes you have encountered working from home every day compared to going into the office
• What is was like being furloughed and how that affected your job search and change
• What workplace changes have happened that should stick around once covid is over
• What parts of the job search that were harder being virtual
• What was it like to move and start living with no roommates during a pandemic

On this week's episode, we discuss:

• Courtney’s first wedding since lifted restrictions
• New home sales and if they have peaked
• Four reasons to use a Roth IRA
• After credit cards, which debt should you pay off first
• Vanguard to offer private equity to clients
• Robinbood to give retail investors direct access to IPOs
• Pros and cons of liquidating your portfolio to buy a house
• A mile high view of crypto currencies
• Last year vs. this year in the markets
• Which F.R.I.E.N.D.S. character are you?

Episodes Discussed:

• Existing vs. new home sales: sales have peaked, expect prices to soon 
• Four Reasons to Roth
• After Credit Cards, Which Debt Should You Pay? 
• Vanguard makes PE fund available to individual investors
• Robinhood to Give Retail Investors Direct Access to IPOs
• The Pros & Cons of Liquidating Your Portfolio To Buy a House With Cash 
• Last Year vs. This Year in the Markets - A WEALTH OF COMMON SENSE

On this week’s episode, we discuss:

• Cybersecurity hack on Colonial Pipeline
• How some towns are spending covid relief
• Professional women using the pandemic to their advantage
• Owning a car vs. renting a car
• What is causing the markets to move this week
• Americans holdings near record percentages in equities
• How capital gains proposals could affect the ETF market
• Used cars and why their prices are rising
• How restaurants are dealing with staff shortages
• What kind of dog would you get if it couldn’t be a corgi

Articles discussed in this episode:

• Gas prices jump, fuel shortages reported as Colonial Pipeline works to restore operations
• Japanese Town Spends Covid Money on a Giant Squid Statue
• Why Don't More American Moms Work Part-Time?
• Owning a Car vs. Leasing a Car
• Americans Can’t Get Enough of the Stock Market
• Pandora Says 'I Do' to Lab-Grown Diamonds. Will Millennials Agree?
• Joe Weisenthal on Twitter: "Incredible surge in used car prices… "
• Wait, Where Did All the Rental Cars Go?
• Restaurant Staff Shortages Pique Appetite For Automation

On this week’s episode, we discuss:

• The 147th Kentucky Derby
• Affects of Covid-19 on Sommeliers and chefs
• Biden’s Proposal on capital gains
• The five superpowers of investing and life
• Businesses confidence on surviving Covid
• The two most under-appreciated forces driving the markets today
• Value Investing vs. Growth Investing
• Best cookies in Charlotte
• Life in color 

Articles Discussed:

• Senses dulled by COVID-19, French wine tasters fear for livelihood
• Five Superpowers
• Survey: Nearly 90% of small business owners say they are confident their stores will survive
• The Two Most Underappreciated Forces Driving Markets Today
• Order Charlotte NC Cookie Boxes — Honeybear bake shop 

On this week’s episode we discussed:

• Seaspiracy and if it changed out views on seafood
• Mackenzie Scott’s Donation to the YMCA
• 4 types of Robinhood traders
• Refinancing student loans
• Requirements to refinance student loans
• Things to consider before refinancing student loans
• When is the best time to refinance student loans
• What is the best loan payment plan option for you
• What new Charlotte restaurants we want to try next

Articles discussed in this episode:

• The 4 Types of Robinhood Traders

On this week's episode, we discuss:

• March Madness Bracket updates
• Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
• Cannabis in New York, will it be legalized
• Robinhood moving to Charlotte?
• US Home prices over the last 15 years
• Owning the best stocks is harder than you think
• How to make up lost ground if you started saving later
• Suez Canal Memes
• The future of movies and a scandal ridden documentary

Articles discussed in this episode:

• Vignesh Sundaresan, known as MetaKovan, on paying $69 million for Beeple NFT
• New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana
• U.S. Home Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in 15 Years
• Owning the Best Stocks is Hard 
• How To Make Up Lost Ground If You Got a Late Start Saving For Retirement 

In this week’s episode we discuss:

• March Madness 
• New tax deadline
• How to stop carrying too much financial anxiety
• Happy 1 year from the market bottom!
• Transitioning into the workplace and what benefits to look for
• How to negotiate your salary
• Things new grads should prioritize when first starting out
• Things we wish we knew earlier when starting our first job
• Being replaceable vs. irreplaceable
• Krispy Kreme in the news

Articles discussed in this episode:

• How to Stop Carrying Too Much Financial Anxiety
• One Year Since the Bottom 
• Started From the Bottom – Of Dollars And Data
• 15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer (hbr.org)
• Krispy Kreme will give you a free Doughnuts every day this year

On our first bonus episode, we discuss:

• The next round of stimulus recently passed in Congress
• Who will get direct payments
• What will happen to the current higher unemployment benefits
• Changes to the child tax credit
• Updates on the Paycheck Protection Program
• Funding for Education and schools
• Financing for public health and the CDC