Category Archive: 9a.) Real Investment Advice

Why We Increased Exposure to Risk Leading Up To April | 3 Minutes on Markets & Money

Why we increased exposure to markets leading up to the first trading week of April: The Barbell Approach. Consolidation patterns enabled participation in The Great Re-opening, but hedging against things not working out as well as we expect. Two buy signals confirming markets' direction--first level of support ready to be tested. Money flow buy signals triggered at higher than normal level, which could prove to be shorter than usual; the real risk...

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Financial Fitness Friday (4/2/21): Market Analysis & Personal Finance commentary from RIA Advisor…

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Investing & Managing Money in a High-risk Environment [4/1/21]

The process of investing is more than hitting the "buy" button. Too few investors pay enough attention to the potential risks, blinded by the promise of exorbitant returns. While it's important to make the most of Bull markets, it is equally vital to avoid losses that can come with Bear market cycles. Michael Lebowitz explains how he achieves his "zen" balance between the two...

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Tax Increases No One is Talking About | Financial Fitness Friday | Real Investment Show [4/2/21]

00:00 Is The Stock Market Rigged? Who Pays the Price? 9:55 The Coming Tax Increases No One is Talking About 23:00 Royer's Pie Haven; Everything Feeds the Beast 35:11 Bulls are Bulls Because They Have Something to Sell Hosted by RIA Advisors Director of Financial Planning, Richard Rosso, CFP with Senior Advisor Danny Ratliff, CFP _________ ➢ Sign up for the Newsletter: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/newsletter/ ➢ Listen on Apple Podcasts:...

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How To Revive Your Freeze-Damaged Garden with RANDY LEMMON (Texas Freeze 2021)

The Great Texas Freeze of February 2021 is five-weeks past! Randy Lemmon (KTRH-AM/Houston Garden Line Host) and Richard Rosso (RIA Advisors' Director of Financial Planning) offer an intimate chat about how to resuscitate frost-bitten yards and gardens: * March is the new February this year * The importance of composting * How do you know a fruit tree is dead? * How to focus feed: Azaleas * Are Azaleas appropriate for this climate? * The Value...

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Fed Grammar Matters [4/15/21]

Lance Roberts and Michael Lebowitz are always talking about "Fed Grammar," as they monthly parse the pontifications of Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, and his Fed Governors. Michael explains what they DIDN'T teach him as he was earning his CFA ticket, and why verbs and adjectives, as uttered by the Federal Reserve, are vital to investors.

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Managing Money in a High-risk Environment | The Real Investment Show (Full Show EDIT) 4/1/21

SEG-1: The Folly of Infrastructure Spending; Market Summary SEG-2: Fed Grammar Matters; What is the Market Priced For? SEG-3: Investing & Managing Money in a High-risk Environment SEG-4: What is Fair Value? -------- - Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO, w Portfolio Manager, Michael Lebowitz, CFA -------- Articles Mentioned in this show: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/zen-and-the-art-of-risk-management/ -------- Get more info...

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How to Invest in the Strongest Month of the Year | Three Minutes on Markets & Money [4/1/21]

(4/1/21) Upward bias for the strongest month of the year: Consolidation or Correction? Money flow signals are turning more positive; how much more is the question. Higher interest rates and more inflation will limit market upside. Over-sold Growth stocks in NASDAQ under much pressure; expectations are for rotation from S&P reflation back into NASDAQ growth stocks with higher prices. The one thing to watch: Dollar strengthening corresponding...

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The Real Investment Show (3/31/21): Market Analysis & Personal Finance commentary from RIA Adviso…

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Building America Back Better (or Bust) | The Real Investment Show [Full Show: 3/31/21]

00:00 - Fiction vs Real Life: Building America Back Better (or Bust) 10:00 - The Impact of Infrastructure Spending and How to Sustain It: Joseph Stiglitz vs. Larry Summers 22:57 - Who Really Pays for Infrastructure Spending? 35:30 - Burrito Day, Voltzwagen, Chipto-currency, & Taxes in Retirement Hosted by Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO, with Senior Advisor, Danny Ratliff, CFP. _________ Articles mentioned in this episode:...

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Where Are the Best Buy Signals? | 3 Minutes on Markets & Money [3/31/21]

Our Quarterly Market Review, charted weekly: Where are the best Buy-signals set up for the next quarter? S&P money flows are close to positive; NASDAQ money flows remain negative, creating a better, possible buying opportunity. Small Caps are possible considerations, especially if/when rates rise; Mid Caps have not corrected as much. 10Yr Treasury's are pushing up towards important 1.9% ceiling. There is plenty of upside for the Dollar in a...

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Technically Speaking Tuesday (3/30/21): Market Analysis & Commentary from RIA Advisors Chief Inve…

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Why Stimulus Won’t Cure Poverty in America w/ Lance Roberts [3/30/21]

It is a truism that in every economy there will be rich, poor, and a lot of people in between. It's fact of economics; not EVERYONE can all be wealthy. That's an utopia, and utopias (aka socialistic economies) always devolve to the lowest common denominator. In this episode, we explore the fiscal theories the current administration wishes to advance while ignoring past mistakes. Lance reviews the data and reveals why the most recent--and the...

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Where’s All the Money Going? Technically Speaking Tuesday | The Real Investment Show [Full: 3/30/21]

00:00 The Paradox of Thrift vs Stimulus 10:00 Why Stimulus Won't Cure Poverty 22:56 Technically Speaking: Where's All the Money Going? + Stock Market Buybacks 5:29 Why Biden Infrastructure Spending Creates Bad Debt Hosted by Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO _________ Articles mentioned in this show: Technically Speaking: Bulls Run As Liquidity Floods Market:...

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Who Gets Hurt by a Stronger Dollar? | 3 Minutes on Markets & Money [3/30/21]

Money flows turn positive in the S&P as we approach the terminus of quarter-end portfolio rebalancing; MACD also ready to turn positive. However, NASDAQ money flow signals are not yet ready to turn positive. A "catch-up trade" is likely to be seen here in the next month. Russell Small- and Mid-caps are still trending negatively, with money flows remaining negative. These areas will be hit hardest by a strengthening dollar. This will...

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Conquering America Episode (3/29/21): Market Analysis & Commentary from RIA Advisors’ Chief Inves…

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Conquering America Episode | The Real Investment Show [Full Show: 3/29/21]

00:00 Preview Biden's Stimulus Plan; Market Commentary: Volatility 9:56 An Omen for America: "If I Were the Devil" by Paul Harvey 23:00 Debt is a Tool of the Devil 35:30 A Brief History of Fiscal & Financial Calamity Hosted by Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO _________ Blogs mentioned in this episode: Biden’s Stimulus Will Cut Poverty By 40% – For One Year:...

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Market Risks & Rewards as April Approaches | 3 Minutes on Markets & Money w/ Lance Roberts [3/29/21]

Friday's Market surge being attributed to margin call liquidation by a major hedge fund; markets remain on Sell-indicators. Weekly money flows remain positive; sharp rise in asset prices, combined with sharp decline in bond prices, tilting pension fund portfolios out of balance. As April arrives, expectations are for more buying pressure as pension funds take on new positions for Q-2. We're still anticipating a decline of as much as 10% later in th...

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Weekly Highlights of The Real Investment Show for Week Ending 3/26/21

After a week off for vacation (during which time, Lance and his family ALMOST escaped without a little drama), we're back in the saddle...which was a little damp, thanks to a burst water heater that flooded our studio. Betcha can't tell...

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