What hurts investors more than tumultuous markets, inflation, or a lack of investing education? Today, Paul talks about how an investor’s behavior determines the success of their goals more than any other factor. Paul shares an honest investor’s email who said he’s disillusioned with the process. Listen along to hear why you have the greatest impact on your investments and how to understand your own thoughts and emotions to avoid buying into products or philosophies that are designed to make other people money. Later in the show, Paul talks about the Russian oil supply and the changes that countries are considering to work around the issue.

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When a company chooses to do a stock split, it is usually to lower the share prices and encourage smaller investors to buy. Paul and Jim talk about a 20:1 stock split that Alphabet recently announced that would lower its share prices from over $2,500 to approximately $138. Listen along to hear why stock splits aren’t a sign of future success and have no effect on a company’s value. Later in the episode, Paul addresses some things to consider when choosing an age to start collecting Social Security.

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With all that is going on in current events, Paul takes note of how the financial media is talking to investors right now. Paul analyzes a common message: “If you don’t align with a company morally, don’t invest in it.” Paul explains why environmental and social governance are easy to manipulate and completely change the purpose of investing for both companies and investors. Listen along to hear why companies focusing on profit and investors focusing on successfully capturing markets is still a better way of investing. Later in the episode, Paul pushes back on the article titled “Vanguard Is All About Making Investing Cheap and Simple.”

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Paul answers a question from a listener who wants to know why Paul doesn’t include mid-cap stocks when capturing asset categories. Paul shares the research that tracks how the size of a company affects its performance in each category since 1927. Paul shares why large and small companies diversify better than mid caps, and help with taking an income in retirement. Later in the episode, Paul shares an article about how investors who have already retired can make the most of their retirement savings to explain what they miss and what they got right.

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Paul and his team dive into an investment trend that is aimed toward a younger generation. Listen along to hear how the socially responsible investing trend can create more risk and less returns for investors and why social and sustainable investments don’t guarantee a more profitable or sustainable world. Later in the episode, Evan explains the advantage of an UTMA account for saving money for minors.

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