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Your Daily IQ Retirement Brief 6/2/22

With the Green New Deal--or a scaled down version of it--becoming more of  an issue every year-- there is no question the world is heading toward cleaner manufacturing technologies, cleaner forms of fuel, and advanced carbon capture technology to make coal and petroleum cleaner.  Why do we still need coal and petroleum?   Electricity!  Without fossil fuel technology, our nation would not have enough uninterrupted electricity to run cities, suburbs, airports, mass transit, schools and other facilities that simply cannot run on solar and wind.  Wall Street is gearing up to find profitable ways to take out particles of carbon into the atmosphere once it's there. We'll review one company that has already been doing it for years.  A terrific show you don't want to miss--MASTERING MONEY is on the air!!

Your Daily IQ Retirement Brief 6/1/22

People who don’t like losing money in the stock market are often described as “risk-averse”. In reality, behavioral scientists will say that you may not be RISK averse, but rather LOSS averse. There is a difference, and it matters when you are designing your financial plan.  Las Vegas is loaded with people who are not risk averse. In fact, they take pleasure  in taking a risk.   But all of them are LOSS averse. Today, we'll clearly define the difference and why you need to know it when determining HOW to allocate your investments for retirement, and it may SHOCK you! Then health insurance and Medicare expert Shelley Grandidge joins us for the Q & A.  An important show you don't want to miss....MASTERING MONEY is on the air!!

Your Daily IQ Retirement Brief 5/31/22

The smart way to build retirement wealth  is with a smarter financial bucketing plan to segment and sequester your capital into clear and distinct financial buckets, each with its own specific task and time deadline. Each dollar should have a job to do, and be good at doing it.  Traditionally, bonds were the tool of choice for protecting a portfolio from market loss while providing competitive income. That is no longer the case. Steve will tell you about a new solution that you won't want to miss.    MASTERING MONEY is on the air!!

Your Daily IQ Retirement Brief 5/30/22

Today on Mastering Money...It’s a MOTLEY FOOL MONDAY!! The Motley Fool Money Show is one of the most popular stock market TALK SHOWS in America today, featuring timely insights from top analysts. "MOTLEY FOOL MONEY" is heard by millions of listeners coast to coast—including Saturdays right here on Money Radio at 5pm! First we'll update breaking financial news and get a read on all the indexes, THEN, we'll take you to an exclusive broadcast of the Motley Fool Money Show, with fresh ideas to help you become a more informed investor. Steve will cap it off with proven money-making and money-SAVING ideas that you DON'T want to miss! -- A jam-packed show --and we're READY TO ROLL ! ... MASTERING MONEY IS ON THE AIR!!!

So, ..what factors drive return-on-investment in the stock market? We know that the stock market is all about supply and demand, but researchers have isolated multiple factors that, when properly employed, show evidence of increasing investment returns over time. Isolating and separating those factors may put an investor in the position of outperforming benchmarks like the S & P over time—or matching benchmarks with less risk—which is just as important. Global markets are made up of dozens of asset classes and millions of individual securities…making it challenging to understand what really matters for your portfolio. Today, we'll review in detail what really matters and why you need an asset allocation model built for a new financial environment. Then Medicare specialist Shelley Grandidge joins us. A big show you don't want to miss...MASTERING MONEY is on the air!!

Your Daily IQ Retirement Brief 5/27/22