The price volatility of gold–is it as shiny as the companies selling gold say it is? Plus, learn why protecting your passwords is like keeping a spare key to your home.

What happens when your “hedge” fund hedges the wrong way at the wrong time? Mike answers Keith’s questions about Kaizen Hedged Premium Spreads Fund. Also, how nervous should retirees be about the market?

Greenville County Probate Judge Debora Faulkner joins Mike live. A listener asks Judge Faulkner what recourse she has with her brother who moved their dad’s assets from a Living Trust into a joint account with him—STICKY situation!

How to add a beneficiary to a non-IRA and avoid probate.

Gas prices should stay relatively low for a long time—here’s why

Mike discusses the potential permanent losses–and how to avoid them–due to “myopic loss aversion.”

Mike answers a caller’s question about the wisdom of attending one of the “financial planning” adult education courses taught at a local college. Plus, he reveals the asset classes that actually started the year in the black.

Year-end tax strategies you will want to act on now!

What were the “Pros” predicting for the stock market in 2015? Are the “experts” ever right?

Mike unpacks the main selling points of annuities and how to be sure you are getting what you bargained for.