Matt tackles the mortgage pay down decision. What are the reasons for and against making additional payments towards your mortgage? What are the 4 things you should be doing before you even consider paying additional towards your mortgage? What are your options when paying additional towards your mortgage? Also, using Excel Loan Calculator with Extra Payments to analyze the decision on your own.

This week on the show, we revisit the major events of of the financial crisis and how they unfolded over 10 years ago. A guest from the team joins Chase to review results from Broadcom, and Chase gives an update on the events in Saudi Arabia as well as looking at the recent results coming from Fedex.

Current events have heated up in a bit way in the Middle East, with violent attacks on the oil supply in Saudi Arabia having a major impact on the global oil supply. Prices have soared. How should we react, what can we buy or should we sell? We'll look at the details on this week's podcast.

Be looking for ways to get more money growing for you tax-free! Roth IRA and Roth 401(k) contributions, Roth IRA conversions, and strategies for Roth Conversions that you may already have available to you without knowing it!

Reviewing recent events for the markets and a couple of companies, today we dive into Ford Motors and their recent credit downgrade to junk levels. They may appear cheap, but beware.

Simon discusses the bifurcation in the stock market and then drills down on what we learned from the 2nd Quarter earnings reporting season about trends in corporate fundamentals. He also comments on how we spend most of our time worrying about recessions that only occur over 15% of all years since 1945. He makes the case for BWA, FDX, and AVGO as values for patient investors.

Simon suggests that valuations should not be considered in isolation, but relative to the economic backdrop including interest rates and inflation trends. While elevated valuations may portend lower future returns, they may not represent a "sell signal". Simon also examines how the current backdrop does not correlate well to what Japan has experienced over the past few decades. He makes the case for DIS, while NFLX still appears overvalued.

Rather than debate exactly how this ends, with a big trade deal and rally or perhaps with a decent into recession, don't expect it to end at all anytime soon. It's more likely that the stories drag out well into next year and we continue to see volatility and slow growth for the next few quarters.

The stock market valuation is high and based on estimates of accelerating growth. What if that growth doesn't manifest? Maybe it will, as contrarian sentiment data just got more positive for the markets. Today we pull this all together and look at the fallout from opioid litigation.

Simon notes the stock market is not the economy and the economy is not the stock market, but that there are some important business cycle signals to monitor. He drills down specifically on the relevance of the currently inverted yield curve. Simon also highlights the case for Berkshire Hathaway and TJX Companies as a potential buy at the right price.