Investor Coaching Show

The dollar has held a monopoly in the U.S. for hundreds of years, and everyone has benefited. The state backs the dollar, it has no competition, and its value is well understood. Today, Paul talks about what is deeply troubling about cryptocurrency and what happens when you have a currency that has no enforcement body and is subject to a wildly unpredictable currency market.

This week, Elon Musk sold 8 million shares of Tesla for $8.8 billion, driving the shares price down 7%. Today, a listener asks the Investor Coach: “Why would he do this? What is his tax exposure? Was this a smart move?” Listen along to hear how CEOs get paid, the details of the Elon Musk story, and why he made this move. Later in the episode, Paul explains how low fee companies hide their fees from investors.

Many stories were in the news this past week, but the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse overshadowed them all. Paul relates this to investing by diving into topics such as narrative bias, decision making, and why the brain overlooks or rejects facts to try to make complicated situations simpler. Listen along to hear why we usually decide with our emotions and then justify our decisions. This can hurt not only in the court of public opinion, but also in your investments. Later in the episode, Paul talks about issues retirees can have finding their “forever” home. 

Join Paul in a two-part episode as he walks through the fundamentals of investing. Grab a pen and paper as Paul asks you to write out what you know about investing and to reevaluate if it’s true or the result of incessant marketing tactics. Listen along as the Investor Coach unpacks decades of investment trends and messaging and helps you find a path forward where you can tune out the noise.