Carly Snyder joins Derek to discuss the effectiveness of Super Bowl Ads. This year it costs 7 MILLION dollars for a 30-second ad. Why do brands spend so much? Is there a profitable return on that investment? How are brands adapting to new mediums outside of TV advertising?  We hope you enjoy the podcast!

We discuss the recent objectives and goals of the world economic forum and what their prediction for the world looks like. We end the pod discussing the new Secure Act 2.0 and how it affects retirees.

We talk about the positive start to the year and about ways people have been using the machine learning algorithm Chat GPT to automate tasks with high accuracy. What does this mean for the future of work? We end by talking about an ETF that makes investment decisions based on AI, the performance has been terrible so far but what does this look like in 5,10,20 years?

Jobs data shows the unemployment rate is falling and non-farm payroll came in above expectations. While this is good news for the economy, it also means there will be no mercy for the stock market. The FED is looking at the labor market for signs that they are doing too much on the inflation front. With the labor market going full steam ahead this gives the FED more room to tighten into an actual recession. We hope you enjoy the episode

In this episode we discuss how to put good news and bad news into perspective, we also talk about how events in the crypto ecosystem have set the industry back years. Lastly, we discuss if it is finally time to buy bonds or if the FED will have to raise rates higher than they previously stated.

Should politics affect your investment decisions? We think investing should not involve emotions, removing your personal biases from investing decisions will lead to better outcomes in the long term. It's a challenging discussion because if you have moral beliefs embedded in political views, how much are you willing to put up with for more return? We also discuss new inflation data and the most recent FOMC decision to raise interest rates by 50 bps and how that impacts out investing outlook.

In this episode, Nate discusses the world cup and the potential shady business going on with FIFA and Qatar. We also discuss a different way to think about monthly payments and how that can impact financial freedom. 

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FTX was reportedly hacked for 477M hours after they declared bankruptcy, Derek goes into new details surrounding the FTX collapse. Nate discusses a Bank of America study that shows investing trends of the wealthiest Americans.

What the heck is going on in crypto? Derek gives some background and details about what is causing the entire crypto market to panic. FTX was the 2nd largest crypto exchange, they were worth 32B and now have gone bust due to corruption that will likely end in jail sentences for the CEO. Nate discusses how businesses use free cash flow and what investors should look for when evaluating free cash flow.

Nate discusses possible ways that well-meaning financial regulation can hurt the everyday investor. Does receiving quarterly statements hurt your long-term performance? Derek gives some broader context as to why the FED is consistent in their message to tighten financial conditions despite many saying they have over tightened.