The Real Investment Show Podcast

Sometimes it's good to get back to the basics: The essence of value trading, and what makes a value stock so; commentary on the rise of ETF's and the myth of passive investing; the price distortion in share buy backs; how to factor in the Fed;

Thanksgiving Turkeys and market reaction to China Trade Tariff news: preview cuts of The John Dorfman Interview on Value Investing; Earnings Season commentary amid 2% GDP growth as the norm; How Capitalism Works: The Popeye's Chicken Sandwich murder, and the Krispy Kreme Donut Run.

The fallout from falling-back to standard time; markets run by algorithms have false response to Trade War headlines; Wilbur Ross proclaims US loss in trade war: We have gained nothing; Fed rate cuts and Liquidity Traps defined; the Fed admits it cannot inflate the economy with excessive overhang of debt; ECB/Christine Lagarde's defense of negative interest rates; Waters World PSA; pre-Thanksgiving sell-off, early December mutual fund distributions; socialism is coming--just a matter of time.

The tricks about Halloween Candy the day-after Halloween; Why wage growth has likely peaked: A preview of today's jobs numbers; Christmas has arrived at retail, skipping Thanksgiving; How Connie Mack fell off the wagon at the Avalon Diner; preparing for next year's market volatility; Social Security Phishing Scams; the truth about Medicare Advantage: It's not for everyone.

Dear Lance: 1) Why do we have deflation? 2) Will some tariffs be dropped and others remain in place? 3) Is the Fed swimming against the tide? 4) What does 'already priced-in' mean to the markets? 5) At what point should the Fed be held accountable for failing to contain rampant counter-party risk in the market?

The National Center for Health Statistics reports another drop in the life expectancy for American men to just a little over 76-years. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts and DSanny Ratliff, CFP examine the possible causes and implications of this troubling trend.

It's the pre-Halloween episode, with tales of mystery and intrigue from the Roberts', Sherrill, and Ratliff homesteads; What happens when no one wants to buy bonds any more? How banks are monetizing Federal debt; Halloween as an economic indicator (it's not); A slide in US Male Life Expectancy and the rise in 'Deaths of Despair;' Dear Lance: 1) Why do we have deflation? 2) Will some tariffs be dropped and others remain in place? 3) Is the Fed swimming against the tide? 4) What does 'already priced-in' mean to the markets? 5) At what point should the Fed be held accountable for failing to contain rampant counter-party risk in the market?

Houston Astros, the World Series, and Joe Buck Bingo, and JJ Watt; Markets are back to over bought levels; if you're a bull, what's not to like about this market? Why Capitalism seems to be broken: The appeal of Socialism; WeWork is the poster child of broken capitalism; Bernie Sanders' defense of Socialism: "It depends on what you mean..."

What are the chances Fed Chairman Powell redefines targeted inflation levels; regardless of how the REPO issue started, are big banks [now] colluding to pull off a reverse bank robbery on the Fed? Questions asked on YouTube, answered by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts.

The Houston Astros and Mattress Mac marketing; the secret of the Grand Slam; preview of this week's Fed Meeting: 88% chance of rate cut; The Roberts' House is better than reality TV: Kids and cars and girlfriends; article tease on margin debt; Answers to YouTube Questions: Powell reset of inflation target, and whether banks are colluding to rob the Fed; the thorny origin of the REPO liquidity issue--is the Fed quietly bailing out someone? Margin Debt: Why everyone is so sensitive to rate hikes: Everyone is over-leveraged.