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The Bullish vs Bearish Cases for the Markets, Moving Forward (5/11/20)

2020-05-11

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If you think last Friday’s (5/8) employment numbers were horrendous–just wait until the Labor Dept.’s revisions come out next month! RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts on the two divergent paths the markets could take as a result! Subscribe to our Newsletter at https://realinvestmentadvice.com

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(5/11/20) The Great American Divide–between the Stock Market and the Economy (Full Show)

2020-05-11

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Mother’s Day & Social Distancing; Jobs Report & Lessening Need for Comm’l Real Estate, Workers; post-Covid Retail Sales; The Stock Market Isn’t the Economy? Correlation Between Economic Growth and Stock Valuation; the Staggering Unemployment Report; Jump in NILF Numbers; How We Got here: NYT front page; Calculating Jobs w/out Population Growth; Who’s not being counted; …

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(5/8/20) Financial Fitness Friday (Full Show)

2020-05-08

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Market Commentary as Consumers are taken out at the knees by pandemic and draconian government responses; Everyone is going to live smaller; how to appropriately invest; Mask-Match dating; The Great Reset Webinar tease; financial needs; the definition of “Under-employment;” Webinar tease; What We Were Being Told–financial advisors now changing their tune; Financial Cushions; CARES Act …

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The Real Investment Show Best Clips for Wk of 5/4/20

2020-05-08

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What Would Warren Buffett Do? For one thing, hold his annual investor conference on-line instead of hosting the pilgrimage to Omaha, NE. We looked at the corruption of Crony Capitalism, the economic impact of the Coronavirus Shutdown, and the unfathomable amount of money the federal government is throwing at this pandemic–who’s going to pay for …

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April 2020 Treasury Debt: “Hold my beer…” (5/7/20)

2020-05-07

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Which is more troubling–the fact that we matched all of 2019’s Treasury debt ($1-Trillion) in April 2020, or the fact that no one has a clue how we’re going to pay it all back? RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, w Portfolio Manager, Michael Lebowitz, CFA Subscribe to our Newsletter at https://realinvestmentadvice.com

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(5/7/20) Bracing for Friday’s Jobs Report (Full Show)

2020-05-07

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Jobless Claims preview; Small Businesses/Dallas a la Mode Salon owner jailed; Jobs Report will be staggeringly bad; Market Breadth has been very poor; Michael Lebowitz – Spring in MD; Blue Angels & Beck’s Prime – Restaurants in Recovery; Growth is different from Absolute Numbers; Record High vs Record low Employment; Jobs, Job losses, Consumer Spending …

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The Impact of Shutdown (5/6/20)

2020-05-06

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With Summer coming on, and woeful economic numbers to digest, the smart money says we’re not out of the woods, yet, as after-effects of the coronavirus-triggered shutdown of the economy are still to be felt. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, w Certified Financial Planner, Danny Ratliff, CFP discuss the new risks of investing …

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(5/6/20) Job Numbers Preview & Import (Full Show)

2020-05-06

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Cinco de Mayo re-cap: Back in the Bars; businesses opening up, no vaccine yet; The Risk of a Second Wave; non-productive debt; Danny Ratliff: Blue Angles/LSFM Flyovers’ Stay at Home: Save the Planet; Jobs Numbers Preview; NILF Older Americans Ventriloquist dogs, fun w dog collars during Covid-lockdown; Economic impact of shutting down; more to come …

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Crony Capitalism & The Growing Wage Gap (5/5/20)

2020-05-05

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Why is it that banks have been bailed out twice in the past decade, yet have tightened their requirements for loan acceptance during the pandemic? RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts examines the crony capitalism that has continued to enrich the wealthy class at the expense of the middle and poorer classes of society. …

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Will Markets Re-Test Lows This Summer? (5/5/20)

2020-05-05

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The Stock Trader’s Almanac notes that, despite the sell-off on April 30, we’ve just concluded the best six-months of market performance in decades. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, reviews the data, and sets-up the scenarios heading into the traditionally-weakest trading period of the year. Subscribe to our Newsletter at https://realinvestmentadvice.com

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(5/5/20) Technically Speaking Tuesday (Full Show)

2020-05-05

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Cinco de Mayo + Taco Tuesday; Blue Angels’ Houston Flyover; Unemployment Expectations worst ever; Blue Angels’ Flyover correction; Lone Star Flight Museum; Wages for Bottom 80%; Monetary Policy protects the wealthy; biggest losers are Millennials; The Growing Wage Gap exacerbated by Crony Capitalism; Top 10% own 80% of Market; Concentration of Wealth actually slows economic …

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W. W. W. D.? (What Would Warren Do?) 5/4/20

2020-05-04

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Berkshire-Hathaway’s Warren Buffett held his annual investment confab for 2020–on line this year, thanks to COVID-19. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, analysis some of the new moves of the Oracle of Omaha. Subscribe to our Newsletter at https://realinvestmentadvice.com

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Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst (5/4/20)

2020-05-04

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Looking at patterns of resistance and support, and anticipating a higher than usual unemployment report later in the week: RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts latest #ThreeMinutesOnMarketsAndMoney Subscribe to our Newsletter at https://realinvestmentadvice.com

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(5/4/20) May the Fourth Be With You! (Full Show)

2020-05-04

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Pre-Cinco de Mayo; Judge Hidalgo’s heavy-handedness & How we’re responding; no recovery until 2021; Warren Buffett’s Virtual Investment Summit; The Great Pandemic – What We’ll Tell Our Grandchildren; How will Vaccine/Therapy affect Consumption/Economy? The Paradox of Thrift; The Pilgrimage to Buffet’s Annual Investment Event–On line this year; What Warren Buffett is Doing Differently; the importance...

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(5/1/20) Financial Fitness Friday (Full Show)

2020-05-01

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Market Commentary: It’s a Bear Market now – no company is immune; Amazon, Apple, Clorox; brand-name vs generic buys; The Federal Grill re-opens – impact and repercussions in a post-Covid World; Social Distancing = lost business; Price inflation + wage growth stagnation, suppression of 401-k Matches; Things We’ll Do Differently – Webinar Tease – How …

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The Real Investment Show Best of Clips, Week of 4/27/20

2020-05-01

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It’s the existential disruption we warned you about, and now it’s coming down the block to your neighborhood! RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts’ takes on Everything is Fine…until it isn’t, the errors of buying for dividends, the Holy Trinity of Investing, and why more and more American’s are succumbing the to siren song …

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Making Socialism Attractive (4/30/20)

2020-04-30

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Why go to work and risk exposure to some vile disease for which there is yet no cure, when you can stay home, collect unemployment checks, and watch Netflix all day? RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, w Portfolio Manager, Michael Lebowitz, CFA, discuss the core appeals of Socialism, and expose the key to …

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(4/30/20) What the Fed Said (Full Show)

2020-04-30

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Re-opening for Business; Q1 GDP includes only two weeks’ business in March; Q-2 missing 1/3 Q-business from April; Expect 30-40% drop in Q-2 GDP; Michael Lebowitz – What the Fed Said; +5% Unemployment for a while; CB intervention = 29% of GDP; Fed is not achieving goals, making recovery more difficult; Jobless numbers preview; Making …

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“I Bought It For the Dividend” (4/29/20)

2020-04-29

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Investing in stocks because they pay great dividends is fine…until the dividends end. RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts reviews the Holy Trinity of Investing, and what should be the Prime Directive for every investor. Subscribe to our Newsletter at https://realinvestmentadvice.com

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(4/29/20) Re-opening the Economy: Fact vs Fiction (Full Show)

2020-04-29

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Stormy Weather in Texas; Tollway Fares Resume; Booking Airfares; Tommy’s Stimulus Check; Dwayne’s Boycott app; Education in Quarantine; the Result of Gov’t Takeover of Public Education & Common Core Performance; China = 15% on Education, 2% on Housing vs US 15% on Housing, 2% on Education; Incentivizing performance at Schools, Enron, Wells Fargo; Re-Opening America …

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