The Real Investment Show Podcast

With Summer coming on, and woeful economic numbers to digest, the smart money says we're not out of the woods, yet, as after-effects of the coronavirus-triggered shutdown of the economy are still to be felt. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, w Certified Financial Planner, Danny Ratliff, CFP discuss the new risks of investing that are as old as time.

Why is it that banks have been bailed out twice in the past decade, yet have tightened their requirements for loan acceptance during the pandemic? RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts examines the crony capitalism that has continued to enrich the wealthy class at the expense of the middle and poorer classes of society. This will make you mad.

Cinco de Mayo + Taco Tuesday; Blue Angels' Houston Flyover; Unemployment Expectations worst ever; Blue Angels' Flyover correction; Lone Star Flight Museum; Wages for Bottom 80%; Monetary Policy protects the wealthy; biggest losers are Millennials; The Growing Wage Gap exacerbated by Crony Capitalism; Top 10% own 80% of Market; Concentration of Wealth actually slows economic growth; Article Tease: Testing Market Lows; Study: 40% Americans will continue Social Distancing; Economy is not roaring back; Behavior is key driver of economics

Berkshire-Hathaway's Warren Buffett held his annual investment confab for 2020--on line this year, thanks to COVID-19. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, analysis some of the new moves of the Oracle of Omaha.

Pre-Cinco de Mayo; Judge Hidalgo's heavy-handedness & How we're responding; no recovery until 2021; Warren Buffett's Virtual Investment Summit; The Great Pandemic - What We'll Tell Our Grandchildren; How will Vaccine/Therapy affect Consumption/Economy? The Paradox of Thrift; The Pilgrimage to Buffet's Annual Investment Event--On line this year; What Warren Buffett is Doing Differently; the importance of time-frame & duration; Giant Asian Murder Hornets - the importance of Bees; 2020 Election, Recovery, and Fickle Voters; Recovering from 15% unemployment and Pay Cuts by November?

Market Commentary: It's a Bear Market now - no company is immune; Amazon, Apple, Clorox; brand-name vs generic buys; The Federal Grill re-opens - impact and repercussions in a post-Covid World; Social Distancing = lost business; Price inflation + wage growth stagnation, suppression of 401-k Matches; Things We'll Do Differently - Webinar Tease - How The Great Depression mirrors what's to come in The Great Reset; how markets out-perform the economy (The Market is not the Economy); Hey, Boomer! answers to YouTube queries; Bitcoin vs Gold; RIA Pro Teaser; Financial Friction in Families; growing importance of Estate planning; don't forget the words behind the legalese.

Why go to work and risk exposure to some vile disease for which there is yet no cure, when you can stay home, collect unemployment checks, and watch Netflix all day? RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, w Portfolio Manager, Michael Lebowitz, CFA, discuss the core appeals of Socialism, and expose the key to Bernie Sanders' popularity. Also, see how close they got in estimating Jobless Claims numbers this time around!

Re-opening for Business; Q1 GDP includes only two weeks' business in March; Q-2 missing 1/3 Q-business from April; Expect 30-40% drop in Q-2 GDP; Michael Lebowitz - What the Fed Said; +5% Unemployment for a while; CB intervention = 29% of GDP; Fed is not achieving goals, making recovery more difficult; Jobless numbers preview; Making Socialism Attractive: making more money on unemployment; PPP went to only 5% of intended businesses; Re-opening economy: What People will do differently; Fed can do anything it wants until real inflation shows - only cure is less money circulating

Investing in stocks because they pay great dividends is fine...until the dividends end. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts reviews the Holy Trinity of Investing, and what should be the Prime Directive for every investor.

The regularly scheduled meeting of the FOMC is this week--what could they possibly say that hasn't been said in recent, inter-meeting releases? RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, provides some perspective, and what's to happen to the markets when the Fed ends up owning 80% of the market.