Special Guest Jerod Thomas joins Tom and Guy Huguelet. Jerod is the President and CEO of Shepherd's House- A very special recovery program based in Lexington, KY. LISTEN NOW to learn about this special place that is empowering recovering addicts to tak...

It's a full house on the Tom Dupree Show. Guy, Phillip, Tom and a cameo appearance by show notes keeper, Elizabeth Dupree. Earnings are coming in for companies. Are they good? Trump issues a 3 week shutdown break. How much will the 800,

Tom is joined by Guy Huguelet and Phillip Sexton. Who is going to win the Furlough stand off? There are many reasons the population of an area has a great effect on the economy of that area. Guy gives some insight of Commerce Lexington's study.

Tom talks current events. Why highly productive people find places to effectively use their money. With less write offs now, how higher tax rates used to work with write offs. The Van Guard Founder passes away and the trail he blazed. That and more.

FIRE... Not the hot kind but stands for Financial Independence Retire Early... a new millennial movement. What are the flaws to this concept? Find out how growth stocks in retirement can be very tricky. -

Lots of talk about Trump and the government shutdown in the first hour. With the government shutdown effecting 800,000 workers, How long until the shutdown starts hurting the economy. Will Trump declare a national emergency to get he wall built?

Do you buy car insurance after you have already wrecked the car? Why would you buy annuities now? Tom and Phillip discuss annuities. They do not work well and are very expensive in a long term investment plan.

Mike joins Tom to discus the crazy year in the stock market. December was very volatile with 1.2% swings. What is causing these swings from day to day? Where is the fear coming from with consumer/retail very strong and still driving the U.S. economy?

Tom ventures into politics a bit today. Trump goes to see troops. Did Trump blindside his national security team with the pullout of troops or does national security want a permanent war state? With 25% of government shutdown of non essential employees...

In the second hour, Phillip joins Tom. They review the patterns of the stock market over the last 90 years. Are you aware of the layers of fees that you may be paying to your investment manager and mutual funds? You should be!