Today, Paul talks about two common situations where professionals in the industry call themselves “financial planners” offering “safe and conscientious options” for people trying to save, but it turns out that they don’t have any official education and are selling high-commission products. Listen along as Paul explains what is wrong with the training and education in the industry and how the products with the highest commissions just happen to be the ones financial planners think are in your best interest.

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Paul starts off the show sharing that firms and planners can claim to be a fiduciary and then immediately sell you something that states in the fine print, “We are not acting as a fiduciary during this sale.” Paul then segues to a topic that sucks many investors into gambling and speculation: meme stocks and penny stocks. Listen along to hear what meme stocks are, why the financial media loves to talk about them, and the few success stories.

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At the beginning of the year, countless money managers and pundits reacted to tariffs, advising investors to shift funds from large U.S. companies into cash and other “safer” investments. This is just market timing, and most investors don’t realize that the firm they are investing in is doing this without their permission. Paul covers why you need to read the disclosures of your managers, because if not, you will get sucked into market timing and your portfolio will underperform the benchmark. Later in the episode, Paul shares a MarketWatch article about FED rates and homeownership.

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Paul warns all investors of something new coming to pensions and 401(k)s that is not worth the risk. Today, Paul covers a new law allowing private equities to be put into funds in your retirement accounts. These investments raise the risk level of your retirement without any requirements for the companies to report earnings. Paul wants investors to double-check that they are avoiding products with these bad investments in the work programs.

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Today, Paul gives an update on inflation, the new trade deal with Japan, and how inflation pushes politicians to try and interfere with the economy through the FED. Listen along to hear what is going on in the economy this month and gain some insight into the difference between what’s news and what’s sensationalism in the U.S. economy.

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If it sounds too good to be true … it’s probably because it’s too good to be true. Today, Paul shares the tactics that advisors and salespeople use to lure people into obviously bad products. Listen along to hear Paul out some of these advertisements and the one-star reviews that come from the people who were tricked by these kinds of traps.

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