The Real Investment Show Podcast

Power outages & Cherry Cobbler; Watching the economic numbers as the recovery begins; Michael Lebowitz on Baseball players' salary cuts, shortened season, optics; What's happening in America; NFL Status; Initial uptick in economic activity from pent-up demand: Is it repeatable? Amount of outstanding debt & size of Fed response; Pedro da Costa commentaries; the Fed's first priority; the Fed as enabler: "Stable markets?" Forward guidance from the Fed; setting up for next Depression; Why We Need a Recession/Reset; who are we bailing out?

Consumer behavior will be key as America begins to re-open for business in a post-COVID world. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, w Economic Policy Institute Director, Pedro da Costa, discuss what's next for the economy, the role of the Federal reserve, and what their advice to Jerome Powell would be going forward.

Has the world gone mad, as we pay workers MORE to stay home than to go out and get a job? RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, w Certified Financial Planner, Danny Ratliff, CFO, explore the ramifications of working during the coronavirus pandemic, and the implications for retirement planning.

The Recessionary Outcomes of COVID-19; Consumer psychology & media narratives; Big deviation between markets & economy; Media Scares; listener e-mail: Dr. J.: Seasonal Flu vs COVID-19; take precautions, continue to live; Let's not be stupid; Working--or not--during COVID-19; Whether to Tap Your 401k; Needs, Wants, Wishes; Fallacies of Borrowing from 401k's; MLB Salary Squabble; Buying Online & Amazon Returns; Shirts & Masks; Space-X Launch, NASA, Gov't. involvement: High Speed Rail, Student Loans; the un-intended consequences of rush-to-action;

Don't know what "normal" is going to look like, but a post-Covid world is going to be different than before. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, compares society's response to the Coronavirus vs influenza, and how we may have already begun to repeat the same policy mistakes that have created the current economic climate;

Social Distancing on Memorial Day; restarting the return to "normal;" why economy may not come back as before; Science Fiction portrayals of history, dystopian future; European Commission recommendation to eat insects (while the rich consume beef): globalist agenda, save the planet, widen the wealth gap; wealth transfers; Social Distancing, Media shaming, Save the Planet; Hopes for Covid cure by EOY; no vaccine for Flu; repeating same policy mistakes; pulling forward future consumption; Bugs vs Beef, Tex-Mex on the food pyramid; great expectations for pre-pandemic growth;

On this Memorial Day, we re-run a rant from Lance Roberts wherein he questions the direction of our Nation, the hypocrisy of the Press, and just how much we're comfortable in giving up. Is this what our soldiers died for?

One of the financial rules we adhere to is how much house you can REALLY afford. RIA Advisors Director of Financial Planning, Richard Rosso, CFP, w Certified Financial Planner, Danny Ratliff, CFP, run the math on debt to income realities.

Global economy is so bad, China's not even reporting GDP lies; The M-word; Houston's missing Oilers, Astrodome, KLOL Radio; Retiring at 65--Pipe Dream or Reality? How Things Have Changed under COVID-19: Drive-by Graduations; Masks in Schools; Gen-Z's flexibility to adapt to change; Webinar Replay tease; Debt-to-Income Ratio Reality; Financial Rules: Total Mortgage Debt Ratios; Houses as expenses, not investments; Dress for Success on the Cheap;

Here's a puzzle: The Federal Reserve needs a crisis in order to continue to apply Quantitative Easing; it has made certain liquidity commitments. It's chief concern, however, is how credit markets operate. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, w Portfolio Manager, Michael Lebowitz, CFA, examine the angles, and why it really would be best, however painful, if weaker companies were just allowed to fail and go away.