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Investing For the World You Want
How can you incorporate your values into your investments? While many of us have principles and views about what is “right” and “wrong”, putting those principles into action within a portfolio can be difficult.
Although hard to accomplish, there are different ways of making an impact. They vary in terms of feasibility, effectiveness, and potential cost.
When trying to determine the best approach, ask yourself, what am I trying to achieve? What outcome do I want? Is it about making me feel good or are do you seek an impact in the world?
If you’re considering adopting a values-based approach to investing, there are four different options to consider:
- Divestiture: When you avoid owning the stock or bonds of of a company or issuer.
- Engagement: Owning company stock, and putting pressure on the board and management through voting.
- Impact investing: Investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact.
- Charity: Giving to the causes you believe bring about the right change.
Of course, all investing involves risk, but the advent of funds that allow screening based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has prompted the Department of Labor to issue some warnings.
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Rooting for a Recession...and a Bear Too!
Inheritance, Retirement Planning, How to Find an Advisor, Investing Extra Money
Another week of calls and emails as we try to clear out the inbox. So far we've barely made a dent.
This week we started the show with Shane from Iowa who recently inherited $500,000 and is looking for some input as to how he should invest it with the goal of early retirement in mind.
Next up was Alison from Ohio, an awesome saver who only makes $40,000. Just goes to show you that you don't need to make a ton to save a ton. With a little extra to invest, she's wondering what else she should be doing.
The final call of the first hour came from Jesse in Missouri. Jesse has a 401(k) plan from a former employer and is wondering what he should do with it. Keep it where it is? Or rollover into something else?
We kicked off hour two with Aaron from North Carolina. As a recent grad with a new job, and making more money than ever, what should he be doing to prepare for retirement down the road?
Next was Kelly from Virginia who has about $60,000 sitting in a savings account and CDs. Is there a better alternative?
The final call of hour two was from Marilyn in New York who is having a hard time finding a trustworthy advisor she can work with. Such a great call!
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The China Hustle
The new documentary film The China Hustle begins amid the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, when we meet protagonist Dan David and a band of Wall Street outsiders. These detective-like investors operate on the fringes of the financial world, scouring global markets for money making opportunities. With the U.S. economy and markets in a tailspin, they turn to China, where there is what seems like a modern day gold rush. Chinese stock market indexes are doubling every year and the potential seems endless.
There’s one problem, though: U.S. investors can’t participate because they are barred from investing directly in Chinese markets. But this is America, and people always find a way. A few Wall Street operators create a novel solution by bringing hundreds of promising Chinese companies directly to U.S. stock markets. All of the sudden, US investors can get in on the Chinese miracle, without leaving the comforting confines of the NYSE and the NASDAQ.
It all seems to be going well, until detectives discover that most of the companies they’re investing in are frauds, producing phony balance sheets, claiming sham inventory levels and celebrating non-existent profits. The investors flip their strategy on its head and begin to master the art of short selling - essentially, betting that a company will fail.
With the help of a team of Chinese researchers who risk their freedom to uncover the truth behind these fake companies, the investors discover the frauds and bet against them in the market.
There are no good guys in this story. But there are a few people who are sick of a financial system built on lies. The China Hustle follows their story through Wall Street, China and your retirement savings to uncover the biggest heist you’ve never heard of, and to challenge all of us to wake up and demand accountability and transparency in our markets before it’s too late.
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BONUS call: Social Investing
I've been taking listener calls for nearly eight years and I think this is the first social investing question we've received. How can you make sure you're not investing in companies that you don't support, such as gun manufacturers? That's the question this week on the latest BONUS call with Russell from Las Vegas.
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100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask
Home ownership has always been considered an essential part of the American Dream.
And while it may be getting harder to accomplish—especially for the millennials—it’s still pretty high on the list of goals. If you’re going to do it, make sure you do it right by doing your homework and asking the right kinds of questions:
- What can you afford?
- What do you want in a home, and what do you really need?
- What does "location, location, location" really mean?
- How do I decide what to offer on a house?
- What exactly does the closing process look like?
While it’s hard to ignore all the financial implications of making such a large investment, there are, of course, the equally important issues related to life, family and relationships that arise in buying a home.
And quick postscript to all you millennials out there who want to buy, but feel like the cards are stacked against you...hit up the app store on your phone and put all the tools and technology at your fingertips to use to help you find the best deal possible.
And remember, the American Dream is still very much alive and achievable.
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Inflation-Proof Your Life
Worries about rising inflation have spooked stock and bond investors. As a reminder, inflation occurs when the prices of goods and services rise and as a result, every dollar you spend in the economy purchases less. The annual rate of inflation over from 1917 until 2017 has averaged just over 3 percent annually. That might not sound like much, but consider this: today you need $7,272.09 in cash to buy what $1,000 could buy in 50 years ago.
Better Off BONUS call: Investment Property
If there's a piece of property in the family that's on the market, would it make sense to buy it and keep in the family as an investment property? That's the question from Ryan on the latest BONUS call.
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Stock Market Correction: What to do Now
We knew that a stock market correction was coming, but why then did everyone seem so shocked when it arrived on Februarys 8th? Corrections, defined as 10 percent drops from the recent highs (January 26th), usually occur every year or so. Until last week, it had been two full years since the major US indexes had corrected. In other words, we were overdue for a drop.