The Real Investment Show Podcast

What happens to the markets every time the president sends a tweet? Could this argument be made--or are they all wrapped up in it together? The Astros and Mattress Mac--time to buy a new bed? On-line match-making, marriages, and tad of fraud at Match.com; the REPO liquidity crisis explained--how you know there's a problem; McDonald's veggie burger; Are we seeing the end of the QE Era or error (or both)? We've had socialism for the wealthy for years; Dem's want it for themselves now.

The mix of 60/40 Stocks to bonds will continue to enable porfolio's so arranged to out-perform the S&P 500, according to RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, reviewing the math, and a recommendation to revisit a prescient book from by gone days of yore--which turned out to be spot on.

George P. Mitchell was the 'Father of Fracking,' and we begin this podcast segment with an abridged edition of our interview with Mitchell biographer Loren Steffy, and continue with a discourse on subsidies, Tesla, WeWork, and the unintended consequences of bailing out companies that should be allowed to fail.

The Houston Astros are having one of their winningest seasons ever, and Las Vegas Odds makers are now giving 3-to-1 odds the lit' ol' team from Texas will take the 2019 World Series. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, RIchard Rosso, Director of Financial Planning, and KSEV Operations Manager Russell Sherrill discuss the possibilities and why Vegas bets aren't too different from Wall Street bets.

How might effects of a Trump Impeachment investigation impact Wall Street? Excerpts from our podcast interview with Loren Steffy on his biography of George P. Mitchell; an email is answered: No Subsidies for Anyone! Richard Rosso's explainer on My Blocks feature; Bernie vs Billionaires; Bond Yields' connections to the economy; Why the 60/40 portfolio mix will continue to outperform the S&P 500; being bearish vs realistic; why political policies attacking wealth will fail.

Who wouldn't want to bank more cash for working fewer hours? There's an downside to this financial nirvana that's being peddled by politicians; why Millennial women aren't the marrying kind (it's not them!); and a basic, teachable moment about savings for the kids.

The life and times of George P. Mitchell from biographer Loren Steffy (author of "Deepwater Horizon): his take on electric cars, how fracking and saving the planet were interconnected, and Mitchell's agenda for global sustainability.

How to add money in an over-bought markets; playing guessing games with Steve Mnuchin; what happens if/when China Trade issues are (partially) resolved? Is Wework on the verge of melting-down; what is impact on Real Estate in New York, and nationally? Working in Retirement; Elizabeth Warren's plan for Government Income--loss of innovation; frugality as a teaching moment for Danny's kids; Elizabeth Warren's plan to tax productivity and marriage; Sagitarius-A--the Big Black Hole; why business is always optimistic; preparing for Halloween and Christmas at the Roberts' house.

You see the strangest things at market tops...as well as at Market Bottoms, as we look at some ideas for making money on money making--what could possibly go wrong??

What are actions typical of Market Tops vs Market Bottoms? The story of the $55-million Bowie Bonds; CD's vs Lp's and the digitization of music; NBA's Spencer Dinwiddie and his bond offering to fund investment in Bitcoin; the significance of The Fed's "Mid-Cycle Rate Adjustment;" companies with no path to profitability: WeWork/Andy Newman; the veneer of the financial markets is cracking