7-21-25 Big Questions for Big Tech
2025-07-21
Can the AI boom sustain current valuations, or is a reckoning coming? Lance Roberts examines how AI and Big Tech investing trends are shaping portfolios, whether rising interest rates will derail Tech stock market outlook, and the growing risks of regulation impact on Big Tech from Washington to Brussels. Markets are still flirting with all-time highs. Lance shares the latest Roberts Family Saga, and his Coldplay strategy. Is investor exuberance getting out of hand? Options expiring within 24-hours are at an all-time high: This is not hedging, this is pure betting. Lance discusses anticipated spending for AI, and identifies associated debt as productive (think, Hoover Dam) vs non-productive (entitlements), which is dis-inflationary. Buuy backs are a poor (non-productive) use of capital.
7-15-25 Before You Invest, Have an Emergency Fund First
2025-07-15
How can you invest money when you don’t have any? Life happens; be prepared. Have an emergency fund ready to cover life’s little surprises to that you’re not dipping into your investments to pay bills.
Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, CIO
Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer
——-
➢ Watch Live Mon-Fri, 6a-7a Central on our Youtube Channel:
www.youtube.com/c/TheRealInvestmentShow
➢ Listen daily on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-real-investment-show-podcast/id1271435757
——-
Register for our next live webinar, "Retirement Blueprint Candid Coffee," July 19, 2025:
https://streamyard.com/watch/qaMtj3cydgDQ
——-
➢ Sign up for the Newsletter:
https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/
➢ RIA SimpleVisor:
7-11-25 What the Big Beautiful Bill Means for Your Money
2025-07-11
What is the impact of the recently-passed Big Beautiful Bill on your money and retirement plans? Richard Rosso & Jonathan McCarty plumb the depths of the legislation to find the good–and the bad–effects it will have. Richard review the latest round of tariffs on Canada (markets don’t care), and AI is promising to be a game changer in the middle management job market. The Big Beautiful Bill has benefits and drawbacks: there are caps and limitations, as well as enhancements for charitable giving; there is no "no taxes" on Social Security; changes in SS for future generations will likely be phased-in; remembering Gilligan’s Island and coconut adaptations; the reality of "no tax on tips;" accelerated depreciation for business and higher SALT deductions; the Trump Savings Account for kids;
2 pings