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Markets Demystified
by Aesop Advisor
Markets Demystified by Aesop Advisor talks about investing and how it relates to personal money management.
Episodes
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Tariff Creep: 100-Year Trade War
Though markets have recovered from Liberation Day lows, the impact of tariffs remains uncertain. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Market Turbulence: Stay Buckled In, Keep Buying
Recent rises in uncertainty, unpredictability, and volatility should not deter long-term investors from sticking to a plan of frequent and regular contributions to retirement accounts. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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New Year’s Resolution: Get Invested, Stay Invested
As a year ends and another begins, it may be worthwhile to reflect on how time and compounding interest is the investor’s ally.
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Elections & Markets: Pause or Proceed Investmenting?
Every four years, many may consider avoiding making investments until after the US presidential election, though history suggests waiting may result in opportunity costs. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Retirement Investing: A Process - Not an Event
Instead of a binary, win or lose, one-off event, retirement investing should typically be an ongoing process, with regularly recurring contributions regardless of market conditions. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Inside Info: Friends Don’t Let Friends Trade MNPI
Along with pump-and-dump schemes, insider trading is a common tactic often uncovered by regulators, and frequently involves individual traders and their friends and family. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Bitcoin Halving: May Not Have Intended Effect
While proponents say bitcoin halvings add to its value, it is difficult to link it to price movements. Also, if it worked as described by supporters, it could indicate crypto markets are inefficient. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Pension Plus Two: Three Pillars of Retirement
Pensions usually do not provide enough on their own to sustain working-year lifestyles. Advisors, as well as pension providers, typically recommend having at least two other income sources in retirement. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Day Trading: Got an Extra $25k?
The speculative activity of day trading remains alluring to many. Though even if tough odds and high stakes can be overcome, account minimums and limitations may be a barrier to frequent day trading for many. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Bitcoin ETFs: Advancement or Setback for Crypto?
Will an ETF wrapper boost bitcoin value, or will it move crypto away from its intended use as a peer to peer currency? Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Growth & Income: The Two Worlds of Investments
Fixed income investments such as bonds and annuities make steady, recurring payments, while stocks seek growth through appreciation in share prices. An investor’s worth may play a large role in determining which strategy is most suitable. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Festive Fed: Further Hikes Unlikely
At their latest meeting, the Federal Reserve all but confirmed they are done increasing interest rates, with inflation expected to keep falling without more hikes. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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When to Invest: Now is Usually the Best Time
When it comes to getting started with retirement investing, now is probably the best time to do it. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray.
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Investment Perceptions: Is Real Estate the Road to Riches?
A recent survey showed that Americans think real estate is a better path to wealth than stocks. Are they right — or does the survey reveal common misconceptions? Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Stocks Dip: Higher for Longer Sinks In
Stocks have entered correction territory, having dropped 10% from their most recent highs, as investors continue to adjust their outlook amid the possibility of the Fed keeping rates higher for longer than expected. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Frankencoin: Reverse Engineered Assets
The scientist in Marry Shelley’s enduring tale reverse engineers a creation that behaves in ways unexpected by its creator. Is crypto a similar creation? Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Thunderous Thursdays: Strong Jobs Data Weighs on Stocks
Markets have yet to shift away from a good-news-is-bad-news mood, with strong jobs data defying expectations and weighing on stocks, as investors adjust to the possibility of prolonged inflation accompanied by rates staying higher for longer. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to...
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Real Estate or Stocks: What to Invest In
Home ownership has multiple benefits and contributes to net worth; but should it be considered an investment? Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Sticky Core: Inflation Still Too High
Though headline inflation measures have fallen steeply, core inflation has been much slower to show signs of cooling down, possibly prompting the Fed to keep interest rates higher for longer. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Investment Gaps: Half Have Retirement Accounts
Traditionally, investment managers have a $100,000 account minimum, which may exclude around 70% of the population. Employer accounts like 401(k)s leave employees to make investment choices on their own. These factors may contribute to low retirement account participation rates as well as limited...
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Day Trading: Takes Lots of Time
In addition to low odds of consistent success, day trading may take more time than the average investor has available. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray. Click to view.
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Fed Resolute: Lower for Longer Ends
Inflation targeting is a relatively new practice started by New Zealand in 1990, with the US adopting an explicit 2% target in 2012. Stubbornly low inflation following the Great Recession started a “lower for longer” era of interest rates, which may be ending amid post-pandemic price pressures....
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Netflix's Working: Milton Friedman’s Cameo
More than 50 years after Milton Friedman famously declared corporations only exist to serve shareholders, CEOs and researchers appear to be coming to a collective consensus that businesses perform best by focusing on all their stakeholders. Click to view. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray.
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ETF Varieties: Liquid or Cost Effective
Though funds with higher liquidity may be a requirement for traders, long-term retirement investors may prefer funds that although may be less liquid, are also less expensive. Click to view. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray.
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Frequent Allocations: Possible Pluses of Recurring Investments
We analyzed outcomes of 21 hypothetical investors, with results showing smaller, more frequent purchases may be a better strategy for retirement investors than larger, less frequent purchases. Click to view. Music from “Break to the Beat” by Jonny Ray.
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Shifting Sentiment: Good News is Good Again
Though the Fed has not ruled out raising rates again, with an historic hiking cycle possibly nearing an end, are markets switching from a good-news-is-bad-news to a good-news-is-good-news sentiment? Click to read.
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Gyrating Rates: Hawks & Doves Take Turns
Markets have been trying to guess when the Fed will end the fastest rate hiking cycle in a generation. A slew of mixed economic data amid banking turmoil have whipsawed views about the Fed’s path forward. Click to view.
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Washed Out: Phony Crypto Volume
Despite being created to increase trust in financial systems, crypto markets may be more affected by manipulation than stocks. Recent crypto charges and a crypto exchange review reveals that digital assets are likely awash in the manipulative practice of wash trading. Click to read.
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Banks Collapse: Fed Stands Firm
Following failures of US banks, some saw the Fed ending their rate hiking regime early to avoid causing further financial fallout. Though the Fed followed through with another hike, they acknowledged potentially tighter lending conditions resulting from the bank busts may do some of their...
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Netflix’s Madoff: Can It Happen Again
Bernie Madoff ran the biggest pyramid scheme ever, undetected, for at least nearly two decades. Could the same thing happen again? Click to read.
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Inflation Persists: Labor Market Unfazed
Following the Fed’s last policy meeting, markets appeared to declare victory over inflation and decided only 1 more rate hike was coming. In the wake of a staggering jobs report and disappointing inflation readings, markets have now decided there will be at least 3 more hikes. Clink for print...
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Cryo Crypto: Frozen Funds, Bankruptcy & Conflict
During the pandemic, crypto lenders boomed, offering high returns for crypto deposits. Unfortunately, many firms went bust, leaving depositors uncertain if they will recover their funds. Now, crypto firms are facing intensifying scrutiny as, ironically, assets intended to enhance trust in markets...
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Market Slumps: 2022 & Covid
Despite steeper losses during the pandemic, the current market downturn may be more noticeable, as it has been much more prolonged. Click to view print version.
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Inflation Frontlines: Soft or Hard Landing
After a year of relentless rate hikes from Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve Board in a struggle to simmer soaring inflation, will the economy avoid a severe slowdown? Click to read.
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Day Trading: High Risk Heavy Odds
Many people are curious about day trading and wonder if it's something they can do to make extra money or even make a living from. Despite success stories that get outsized attention, research shows reality for most may be far removed from happy endings. Click to view print version.
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Crypto Quantity: Satoshi’s Focus on Scarcity
Scarcity was an essential element for Satoshi Nakamoto when designing bitcoin. The anonymous computer programmer focused nearly exclusively on scarcity when discussing potential bitcoin value, and drew parallels between bitcoin and the scarceness of gold. However, a review of precious metals and...
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S&P 500: Stock Market Standard
There are multiple stock indexes that are often cited by media outlets. However, the one that may be heard most often might be the least useful as a measure of the overall market. Click to view the print version of this podcast.
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Showtime’s Billions: Realistic or Ridiculous
Although characters from Showtime’s series Billions may be in-part inspired by real people such as former hedge fund manager Steve Cohen and former US Attorneys Preet Bharara and Eliot Spitzer, how real is the show? Click to view print version.
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Inflation in Focus: CPI, PCE & PPI
With the highest inflation in decades, gauges of price changes have become a center of economic focus. The Consumer Price Index, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, and the Producer Price Index are common measures of inflation. However, the measure that may be cited most often is…
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Bitcoin Correlations: Crypto Tethered to Stocks
Bitcoin was intended to exist outside of the financial system and to end inflation. Therefore, it might be quite ironic that it is moving in lockstep with stocks, plummeting in the midst of soaring consumer prices and vulnerable to monetary moves by the Fed. Click link to view print version with...
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Exchange Traded Funds: Features of Diversified Passive Indexing
Exchange traded funds, often called ETFs or index funds, offer the diversification that once was only available through mutual funds, yet they have the cost-effectiveness of a passive buy and hold strategy. These key features can make ETFs a good choice for long-term retirement investors. Click…
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Hedge Fund Effect: Why Many Avoid Investing
Around half of Americans don’t participate in a retirement investment plan. Part of the reasons why many aren’t invested may have to do with what we call the hedge fund effect. Click to view written edition.
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Recession Possible: But Not Here Yet
Recently, many media pundits have claimed that a recession is imminent, if not already present in the US. Historically high interest rate hikes by the Fed, accompanied by two consecutive quarters of declining gross domestic product has stoked recession fears, possibly causing some to sound the...
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Bitcoin & Inflation: Missing Links in Satoshi’s Vision
A computer programmer with no known economic or finance credentials, Satoshi Nakamoto believed bitcoin would end inflation. He emphasized bitcoin’s scarcity as an escape from currency devaluation caused by central governments increasing the money supply. However, Satoshi’s inflation views…
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Kevin Bacon’s YOLO: Money Movies - Quicksilver (1986)
Our “Money Movies” series explores how film portrayals may be far from what can be expected from a typical finance professional. Often, finance professionals are depicted as unethical, insider-info trading pump-and-dumpers. Quicksilver (1986) starring Kevin Bacon, is an outlier in that the stock...
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Relentless Inflation: Excess Stimulus or Suppressed Supply
It seems many have taken for granted that pandemic stimulus spending is the prime suspect for causing painful price increases. Despite the widely known mantra of eminent economist Milton Friedman, who said inflation is always related to money supply, researchers have been unable to find a…
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Time In the Market: Not Timing the Market
Stocks are firmly in bear market territory so far in 2022, having dipped more than 20% from their previous peak. Though losses in the last 6 months are painful, downturns are common and may provide opportunities for long term investors. For the average retirement investor, buckling up for the…
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Bitcoin Beginnings: Satoshi’s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Even as crypto marketplaces adopt more regulation and consumer protections, it remains important to evaluate what crypto assets are actually worth. The writings of bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, along with a community of cryptographers over a two year period may provide insights into why…
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Finance Profession Titles: Grasping a Fragmented Field
With a myriad of sometimes overlapping roles, it can be tough to piece together a clear view of the finance industry. We highlight a few types of finance professionals. Despite being a focus of movies and media, perhaps the most familiar finance professional may be the least used by average...
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Index, Exchange, or Both: Understanding Stock Quotes
Pundits throw around multiple terms when talking stocks. We break down what they mean by Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq. We’ll explore how they are alike, and how they are different. Surprisingly, perhaps the most used term may be one of the least useful.
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