The Cash Flow Academy Show

Discover how runaway inflation is impacting investing, wealth and the psychology of Americans. Economist Jay Prag joins Andy to discuss the likelihood of reversing inflation with a recession. SHOW NOTES: 6:06: How Is The Fed Fueling Inflation? 11:39: Why Has Economy Not Entered Hyperinflation? 20:54: How Does The Ukraine War Impact Inflation? 26:05: How Does The Fed Behave Like An Addict? 35:05: How Will The Dollar's Role Change? 41:10: How Is Russia's Gold Purchasing Impacting The Global Economy? 44:43: How Do You Financially Plan For Inflation & Recession? 49:54: Why Are So Many Americans Embracing Socialism? 51:06: Is MMT A Failure? 54:56: What Is The Future Of Crypto? 1:06: Why Is The Economic Outlook For 2022 So Uncertain?

SUMMARY: Discover how America and China are waging a financial war that impacts every citizen around the globe. SHOW NOTES: 5:42: How Does Bretton Woods Frame The Current Financial Cold War? 11:17: Why Is The Dollar Still The Reserve Currency? 14:48: Is The Digital Yuan Likely To Overtake The Dollar As Reserve Currency? 16:33: Why Are The Saudis Considering Payment For Oil In Yuan? 24:02: What Is America's "Burden Of A Superpower?" 29:43: Is The Current Global Financial System Sustainable? 32:21: How Will Efficiency Determine The Future Of Money? 35:43: Is Capitalism In Danger Of Collapsing? 44:29: How Does Japan Project The Future Of The U.S.? 52:13: How Will The Ukraine War Impact U.S.-China Relations?

SUMMARY: Discover how to start a business, or transition from an employee to a business owner. SHOW NOTES: 3:34: How Does A Person Get Started In Entrepreneurship? 6:24: How Does Entrepreneurship Expose Your Weaknesses? 11:03: Where Does A Person Educate Themselves On Entrepreneurship? 13:48: How Is Mission Vital To Entrepreneurial Success? 15:06: How Is Entrepreneurship A Lifestyle? 16:38: Why Do Young Entrepreneurs Need To Focus On Their Legacies Now? 18:57: What Are The Advantages Of Buying A Business As Opposed To Starting One? 21:05: How Does An Aspiring Entrepreneur Measure His Passion? 22:03: How Do Successful Entrepreneurs Deal With Failure?

SUMMARY: Gas prices are soaring. Food prices are spiking. Discover how commodities markets are contributing to economic chaos around the globe. SHOW NOTES: 6:04: How Are Traders Detached From Fundamentals? 10:52: How Will Expensive Oil Impact Other Commodities? 18:07: What Will Trigger Hyperinflation? 20:21: How Does Debt Disappear? 27:57: How Will The Ukraine War Contribute To Massive Food Shortages?

SUMMARY: Discover what it takes to successfully trade as uncertainty in the economy rises. Alex Gurevich joins Andy to discuss his trading strategy during the pandemic. SHOW NOTES: 5:10: How Has The Pandemic Changed Trading? 8:09: How Was The Market Foreshadowing The Drop In March 2020? 15:03: What Is The Difference Between Traders And Investors? 19:35: What Is The Struggle Of Insurance? 22:19: What Are The Lessons From The Pandemic Market Drop Of 2020? 27:12: What Can The Fed Do About Inflation? 30:49: Could The Market Drop To Pre-Pandemic Levels? 39:44: How Do Traders Develop A Winning Style?

SUMMARY: Discover what the GameStop/Reddit/Robinhood Revolution exposed about investing. Spencer Jakab joins Andy with analysis of this historic chapter in investing that sent shockwaves through the markets and provided many unintended consequences. SHOW NOTES: 5:17: How Do Online Trading Platforms Influence Trading? 10:46: Have Markets Ever Experienced A GameStop/Robinhood-type Event? 15:28: How Was GameStop Uniquely Positioned To Be Massively Shorted? 17:55: How Did The CEO Of GameStop Win? 22:09: How Are Investors Living In A Magical Time? 26:39: How Can Inexperienced Traders Hedge Against Risk?

SUMMARY: Discover how personal and public debt has reached an inflection point. Richard Vague joins Andy to discuss realistic ways to reduce student loans, home mortgages, and small business debt. SHOW NOTES: 2:42: How Is Personal Debt The Real Crisis? 4:48: What Is The Paradox Of Debt? 7:21: How Is Debt Different Depending On Wealth? 10:43: How Have Debt Policies Become Exhausted? 12:05: How Do You Deal With Student Debt? 17:05: Can Debt Be Maxed Out? 21:32: How Does The Overton Window Impact Politicians? 25:33: What Does A Realistic Debt Alleviation Policy Look Like?

SUMMARY: Discover how free capitalist markets really are. Nicholas Wapshott joins Andy to discuss the ongoing debate about government influence of money creation, debt and banking. SHOW NOTES: 7:39: Are Free Markets Really Free? 9:10: What Would A Government-Free Economy Look Like? 11:50: How Does The U.S. Government Guarantee Banks Don't Fail? 13:05: How Did Paul Volker Crush Inflation? 16:57: The U.S. Economy Is Built On Near-Zero Interest Rates. What Happens When Rates Rise? 19:20: How Relevant Are Milton Friedman & Paul Samuelson Today? 22:19: Does The Government Ever Need To Worry About Debt?

SUMMARY: Discover how money is quickly changing under Modern Monetary Theory, low interest rates and income inequality. Zvi Schreiber joins Andy to discuss how money is going out of style, and what skills you'll need to achieve prosperity. SHOW NOTES: 4:23: What Is The Future Of Fiat Money? 8:59: How Is MMT Impacting Money? 12:35: How Do Low Interest Rates Accelerate Inequality? 16:31: How Does Money Printing Benefit The Rich? 19:41: How Do Low Or Negative Interest Rates Change Behavior? 21:46: Why Is The Demand For Goods & Services Too Low? 30:11: How Is Crypto A 'Strange Beast?'

SUMMARY: Discover how the invention of index funds changed forever the way stocks are bought and sold. SHOW NOTES: 8:56: How Do Index Funds Impact Active Investment? 15:25: How Do Index Funds Solve The Problem Of Scalability? 18:57: How Do Investors Determine The Best Index Funds? 23:17: How Do Fees Impact Index Funds? 27:31: What Is The Future Of Bitcoin ETFs? 30:57: How Does Market Cap Add Risk To Index Funds? 36:10: What Are The Unintended Consequences Of Index Funds?

Summary: Just like The Seven Deadly Sins, there are Seven Economic Sins that can impede success in business. James Otteson joins Andy to discuss economic sins and how personal decision-making can lead to a prosperous life. SHOW NOTES: 5:35: What Is The Invisible Hand? 11:52: How Is Technology Making People More Risk Averse? 19:29: What Are The Unseen Consequences Of Deadly Economic Sins? 28:20: How Does Envy Impede Economic Success? 37:10: How Do You Use Your Best Skills In An Honorable Way?

SUMMARY: Discover why inflation occurs and how you can prepare to live with it. Andy and a team of his best educators take a deep dive into The Fed and monetary policy, and explain in practical terms how you can navigate inflation. SHOW NOTES: 2:35: Why Should You Care About Inflation? 4:26: How Is Current Monetary Policy Unprecedented? 5:32: Why Are There Negative Interest Rates? 14:09: How Does Inflation Impact Everybody? 26:03: How Does The Fed Act Like A Doctor Treating A Sick Patient? 33:57: Why Is The Fed Tapering? 36:40: How Is MMT A Threat To Freedom? 46:46: What Financial Lessons Can We Learn From The Wizard Of Oz?

SUMMARY: Discover how the financial system encourages fraud and discourages oversight. Jared Bibler joins Andy to discuss his work investigating financial systems dating back to the Great Recession of 2008. SHOW NOTES: 4:36: What Made Iceland So Corrupt Leading Into The Great Recession? 14:36: How Do Governments Encourage Financial Corruption? 17:43: How Has Financial Oversight Changed Since 2008? 22:06: How Are Central Banks Becoming Weaker? 26:29: Will Crypto Help Safeguard Fraud In The Financial System? 34:21: How Can Investors Protect Themselves From Systemic Corruption? 40:34: How Can Systemic Corruption Be Corrected?

SUMMARY: Schools have become a lightning rod for our national divisiveness. Discover how technology and the failure of adults are hollowing out America's youth. Jeremy Adams joins Andy to discuss his research and solutions to this crisis. SHOW NOTES: 1:36: How Are Young Citizens Hallowed Out? 4:04: What Does It Mean To Be Hollowed Out? 8:23: How Do You Find The Middle Ground Between Neglect And Abuse? 14:24: How Are Parents Hollowing Out Their Kids? 21:03: How Are Toxic Politics The Result Of A Hollowed Out Society? 23:22: How Do You Fix The Hollowed Out Crisis?

SUMMARY: Residential real estate prices are skyrocketing. Discover if the market is overheated, and how to make money in any market with proper financial education. SHOW NOTES: 8:51: Is Residential Real Estate Overheated? 12:49: How Do Investors Profit In Up And Down Markets? 17:25: What Role Does Financial Education Play In Successful Investing? 21:17: What Can We Learn From The Evergrande Crisis? 24:56: How Do You Turn Bad Debt Into Good Debt?

SUMMARY: Discover why massive government spending does not lead to inflation. Richard Vague, Secretary of Banking & Securities of Pennsylvania, joins Andy to discuss his research into the origins of inflation. SHOW NOTES: 6:48: Does MMT Work? 8:48: How Does MMT Not Cause Inflation? 14:02: Why Should We View The U.S. Economy A Wartime Economy? 20:10: How Is Personal Credit More Important Than Government Credit? 23:46: How Are Stocks & Real Estate Tied Together? 26:57: Is Commercial Real Estate Dead?

SUMMARY: The financial system as we know it is coming to an end. Decentralized Finance will upend banking, credit, loans and commercial transactions. Economist Campbell Harvey joins Andy to discuss DeFi. SHOW NOTES: 3:36: How Does The Yield Curve Predict Recessions? 13:38: Why Do Policymakers Want To Convince You That Inflation Is Transitory? 20:06: Why Is MMT Baloney? 22:56: How Does Inflation Impact Stocks? 29:16: What Is DeFi? 31:40: Why Are Banks Doomed? 35:57: How Will DeFi Impact The Fed? 41:58: How Has Technology Changed Education?

SUMMARY: Andy continues his series on inflation with economist John Horn. Discover what options remain to curtail inflation, and what the risk is for runaway inflation. SHOW NOTES: 3:41: How Is The Fed Dealing With Inflation? 6:55: Who's In Charge Of Dealing With Inflation? 11:06: What Value Do Economic Fundamentals Hold Today? 16:39: How Does Inflation Impact Lending Rates? 22:08: What Are The Limits Of Borrowed Money? 27:06: Will Assets Be Further Inflated? 34:37: What Inflation-Fighting Tools Remain For The Fed To Use? 38:19: Why Is Universal Basic Income Inevitable? 39:19: Are We Doing MMT?

SUMMARY: Discover how student debt has ensnared so many families while enriching schools, politicians and bankers. Josh Mitchell joins Andy to discuss how you can leverage the student debt scheme to your advantage, and avoid its traps. SHOW NOTES: 6:03: How Did Student Loans Start As A "Noble" Cause? 11:00: How Have Student Loans Impacted Tuition? 16:43: How Did The Government Fashion Student Loans To Protect Itself? 23:19: How Much Higher Will Student Debt Rise? 26:38: How Do Colleges Prey On Students Seeking Loans? 29:44: How Do Colleges Benefit From Student Loans? 36:44: What Are The Consequences Of Tuition-Free College? 41:39: What Should Students & Parents Consider Before Taking A Loan?

SUMMARY: Discover how America's economic history led to the rise of crypto currencies. Gerald Dwyer joins Andy to discuss how the Free Banking Era, the Fed, and the Gold Standard can inform the future of crypto currencies. SHOW NOTES: 2:27: How Did Americans Banks Print Their Own Currencies? 7:47: What Does Free Banking Teach Us About Crypto Currencies? 12:00: Will Taxes Protect The Dollar? 16:19: Should Crypto Be Viewed As An Investment? 22:59: Is There Obsolescence Risk With Bit Coin? 27:35: Who Is In Charge Of Bit Coin? 30:49: Why Is MMT A Fallacy? 35:01: How Has The Fed Lost Control Of Money? 40:12: What Are Crypto Currencies' Relationship With Inflation? 48:57: Why Is It Unlikely That Americans Will Understand Fiscal Policy?

SUMMARY: Economist Desmond Lachman joins Andy in part 2 of the Inflation Series. Discover how fiscal policy will likely trigger massive economic turmoil in the coming years. SHOW NOTES: 3:54: Is U.S. Fiscal Policy Going To Sustain Inflation? 9:20: How Is Deflationary Pressure Contributing To Inflation? 13:47: What Have We Learned From Modern Monetary Theory? 18:20: How Is The Fed Boxed In? 21:27: Will The U.S. Jump Into Hyperinflation? 26:19: What Will Prompt The Fed To Raise Interest Rates? 28:31: Is Inflation A Global Problem? 30:48: How Is Education Contributing To Risky Fiscal Policies?

SUMMARY: Fiscal policy has produced inflation. David Laidler, one of the foremost scholars of inflation and monetarism, joins Andy to discuss how current inflation compares to historic inflation. Discover how inflation impacts your savings and spending, and how it likely will trigger more civic unrest. SHOW NOTES: 1:49: Why Should Americans Be Worried About Inflation? 4:52: How Has The Fed Handcuffed Itself? 7:11: Is Current Inflation A Global Phenomenon? 9:40: Are Central Banks Still In Control Of Inflation? 13:45: Does MMT Work? 17:08: Does MMT Curtail Individual Freedom? 22:12: How Does Current Fiscal Policy Impact Stock Investing? 28:51: Why Should Young Americans Feel Grateful About The Economy?

SUMMARY: Discover how the best investing strategies overlap with successful life strategies. William Green joins Andy to discuss his work studying the world's top investors. SHOW NOTES: 8:00: What Are The Similar Traits Top Traders Possess? 14:49: How Do Trading Skills Overlap To Life Skills? 20:43: How Does Success Begin With Eliminating Stupidity? 29:50: How Is Success Simple? 37:17: How Do You Distinguish What You Can Control? 41:11: How Can New Investors Begin On The Right Track?

SUMMARY: Discover how macro trading is influencing all markets. Colin Lancaster, one of Wall Street's most accomplished macro traders, joins Andy to discuss how sovereign policies around the globe are likely to cause turbulence for many investors. SHOW NOTES: 7:12: How Is Macro Policy Driving The Markets? 9:48: What Is A Bubble? 12:52: How Is QE Policy Diminishing In Value? 15:56: Is The U.S. Fully Adopting Modern Monetary Theory? 19:17: Has The Fed Neutered It's Own Power? 22:51: What Can A 401(k) Investor Do To Protect His Retirement Savings?

SUMMARY: Discover the psychology of why people say yes. Robert Cialdini joins Andy to discuss his seminal research of influence and persuasion, and how to use it ethically in business and life. SHOW NOTES: 9:04: What Is Pre-Suasion? 12:08: What Is The Difference Between Influence & Manipulation? 14:47: How Does Empathy Relate To Persuasion? 18:16: How Can A Divided Nation Learn To Cooperate? 25:14: How Did Cialdini Influence Warren Buffett?

SUMMARY: Discover how to master the mental game of trading. Jared Tendler joins Andy to discuss a system traders can employ to improve all aspects of their lives. SHOW NOTES: 6:16: How Do Traders Begin Mastering Their Mental Games? 10:46: What Are The Most Common Mental Problems Facing Traders? 13:23: How Can Traders Train To Make The Best Decisions? 17:34: Why Do Traders Over-Value Their Predictions? 20:37: How Can Traders Master Confirmation Bias? 24:17: How Do Traders Know Their Weaknesses? 27:13: What Are The 3 Elements Traders Can Use To Improve Their Mental Game? 37:41: How Can Certainty Cure Fear?

SUMMARY: Economist Richard Duncan joins Andy to discuss how the global economy has fundamentally changed. Discover how massive money printing may not bring inflation. SHOW NOTES: 4:48: How Is Money Creation Radically Changing The Economy? 6:27: What Happens When The Velocity Of Money Slows? 10:31: Where Is Inflation? 15:01: Why Are Stocks At All-Time Highs? 21:19: Will Taxes Control Inflation? 26:47: How Will Gold & Bitcoin Respond To The New Economy? 30:30: What Deflationary Pressures Exist? 39:36: What Can We Learn From The Great Recession Of 2008? 43:41: Why Is It Smart For The U.S. Government To Spend $10 Trillion Dollars? 46:46: What Are The Risks Of Politicians Controlling The Economy? 48:56: Why Is It Vital That America Outspend China on Artificial Intelligence?

SUMMARY: Matt Doherty, the championship-level coach and basketball player, joins Andy to discuss the skills you can develop to turn failure into success. SHOW NOTES: 4:18: Why Does Everyone Benefit From Coaching? 6:52: Why Do Successful People Focus On Failure? 10:42: Why Do So Many Young Adults Embrace Victimhood? 16:30: What's The Best Way To Rebound From Failure In Business? 18:52: What's The Most Important Lesson Dean Smith Taught You? 19:13: What Did Michael Jordan Teach You About Competitiveness?

SUMMARY: Discover how currencies are fairy tails. Frederick Kaufman joins Andy to discuss his research into the history of currencies, and how any successful investor must decipher what's fact and what's fiction. SHOW NOTES: 3:37: How Is Money A Fiction? 6:22: What Is The Greatest Misconception About Money? 10:16: Are We Shifting To MMT? 14:28: Where Is The Money Action today? 21:02: How Is Crypto Fiction? 29:46: How Did Bretton Woods Change Money? 39:08: Why Is Money Always About Status? 44:35: How Is Status Changing? 48:16: Why Do We Need More Money To Solve Income Inequality? 55:28: How Does Wall Street Skim Your Money?

SUMMARY: Discover how women adopt specific skills to become successful entrepreneurs. Charlene Walter joins Andy to discuss her research and personal experience in this field. SHOW NOTES: 6:14: Why Have More Women Than Men Lost Their Jobs During The Pandemic? 9:43: How Do Successful Entrepreneurs Develop Their Minds? 11:08: How Do Women View Entrepreneurship? 16:40: What Entrepreneurial Opportunities Does The Pandemic Present? 18:47: How Do You Build Resilience? 25:21: What Are The Ways You Can Gain Financial Education?

SUMMARY: Discover how bit coin fits into the hierarchy of monies. Traders and investors will hear if the future of bit coin is to compete with or compliment more established monies like the U.S. Dollar and gold. SHOW NOTES: 3:49: Is Bit Coin Fully Established? 5:58: What Is Layered Money? 8:06: How Does Bit Coin Fit With Other Monies? 13:59: Why Is The U.S. Dollar In Trouble? 20:31: Should Investors Treat Bit Coin As A Currency Or Investment? 28:41: How Has Block Chain Brought Bit Coin Legitimacy? 34:22: What Is Bit Coin's Political Risk? 42:11: Is It Possible To Increase The Supply Of Bit Coin?

SUMMARY: Discover what to do when things go wrong. Planning instead of reacting to crises is a skill anyone can learn. Andy and Frank Supovitz offer hard-earned wisdom on crisis planning and management. SHOW NOTES: 3:19: How We Are All Project Managers? 8:42: Why Is Planning Often Wrong? 12:34: How Do Solutions Contain Patterns? 21:02: What Was Right & Wrong About The CDC's Initial Response To COVID? 25:02: Why Is Hope Not A Plan? 31:39: How Do You Motivate Someone To Be Proactive With Crisis Management?

SUMMARY: Jim Rickards joins Andy to discuss his research into the post-pandemic economy. Discover how to best position yourself and your business now that COVID vaccines have arrived. SHOW NOTES: 3:01: How Has The Fed Changed The Economy? 15:16: Why Should You Focus On Velocity Of Money? 26:54: What's Wrong With Modern Monetary Theory? 34:34: How Can You Forecast Your Economic Future?

SUMMARY: Cyber security is the backbone of any financial plan. Discover the risks present every time you use your phone, email, software or hardware. Rob Embers joins Andy with valuable information that may help you secure your wealth. SHOW NOTES: 3:23: How Can You Protect Your Data? 6:35: What Do Cyber Criminals Want? 9:50: How Safe Are Online Brokerages? 12:29: Is It Safe To Use Hot-Spot Wi-Fi? 14:31: Is Block Chain Safe? 18:36: How Has COVID Inspired Cyber Criminals? 20:49: What Is A Basic Cyber Security Plan For Businesses?

SUMMARY: Games are a great way to learn. Andy speaks with Kim Kiyosaki about a board game that teaches financial education. SHOW NOTES: 9:17: How Was The Cashflow Game Created? 16:26: How Does A Game Teach Investing For Cashflow? 20:21: How Do Games Reveal Character? 29:17: Why Is The Cashflow Game Useful To All Investors?

SUMMARY: Big Tech has created the Data Economy, which exploits your personal and business privacy. Discover how you can protect your privacy while engaging in the Data Economy. Carissa Veliz joins Andy. SHOW NOTES: 2:50: What Is The Data Economy? 3:56: What's Wrong With Big Tech Collecting Data? 6:19: How Will AI Advance The Data Economy? 9:08: How Much Info Does Big Tech Acquire? 12:53: How Are Governments Reacting To The Data Economy? 15:13: How Can Individuals Protect Themselves In The Data Economy? 17:01: How Has COVID Impacted Privacy? 20:07: What Responsibility Do Small Businesses Have In The Data Economy?

SUMMARY: Discover how the best traders set themselves apart. Jack Schwager joins Andy to share details about a lifetime of work interviewing and analyzing the best market traders. SHOW NOTES: 5:02: Why Do The Best Traders Care The Least About Profits? 8:26: What Is The Psychological Trait Top Traders Possess? 12:49: How Do Top Traders View Market Stability? 16:45: Can You Teach Yourself To Be A Top Trader? 21:29: How Do Top Traders Manage Risk? 25:44: Do Top Traders Subscribe To One Style Of Trading? 28:17: How Has AI Impacted The Top Traders? 31:42: How Can A Good Trader Become A Top Trader?

SUMMARY: Monetary systems may no longer function under the rapid advances of technology. Discover how you can protect your wealth and navigate an uncertain future. Jeff Booth joins Andy. SHOW NOTES: 5:45: How Does Technology Create Abundance? 10:14: How Are All Markets Manipulated? 12:55: Why Do Humans Not Understand Exponentials? 16:32: How Are All Monetary Systems Failing? 21:55: What Is Driving People Apart? 22:55: How Do You Prepare For An Uncertain Future? 24:10: Why Are The Next 10 Years Guaranteed To Be Difficult? 26:43: Why Will Social Fracture Become Worse?

SUMMARY: Jewel Tankard joins Andy for an inspiring discussion of faith and entrepreneurship. SHOW NOTES: 1:48: How Did Jewel's Parents Inspire Her To Be An Entrepreneur? 9:16: What Can We Learn From Racial Strife In America? 15:22: Does The Bible Teach That Money IS The Root Of All Evil? 18:28: How Does Entrepreneurship Differ For Women? 24:19: How Is Detroit Delivering Financial Literacy? 28:19: Why Is It Important For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Act Immediately?

SUMMARY: What will the world look like after COVID? Discover how business, school and investing will emerge post pandemic. Mauro Guillen joins Andy to discuss his groundbreaking research into the reshaping of the future. SHOW NOTES: 4:54: How Will COVID Change The Future? 6:58: What Jobs Will Be Eliminated In The Next 10 Years? 11:02: How Will Incomes Be Allocated In The Future? 15:09: How Will The Future Of Money Change? 18:29: How Will Demographics Change In The Next 10 Years? 23:33: Are People Psychologically Prepared For The Rapid Change Currently Underway?

SUMMARY: Income inequality is an issue that affects the poor, middle class and rich. Warren Valdmanis joins Andy to discuss solutions for challenges facing capitalism. SHOW NOTES: 4:26: How Does Capitalism Need To Improve? 7:42: How Is Income Inequality A Problem For The Rich? 9:55: How Can Business Owners Manage Greed? 15:10: How Can Social Capitalism Gain Momentum? 20:30: How Can Entrepreneurs Best Achieve Social Capitalism?

SUMMARY: Discover how the COVID crisis may be psychologically impacting your financial decisions. Joy Lere joins Andy to discuss her work helping people successfully manage finances during times of crisis. SHOW NOTES: 3:54: How Are Money And Psychology Connected? 10:09: What Are The Factors That Go Into Financial Decision Making? 17:03: How Is COVID Impacting Financial Decisions? 24:29: How Can A Simple Shift In Mindset Help Your Psychology? 27:40: How Can You Create Financial Anti-Fragility?

SUMMARY: Unprecedented central banking intervention into financial markets has turned global markets into one big carry trade. Discover how carry trading impacts your investments and how you can navigate carry trading. SHOW NOTES: 3:26: What Is A Carry Trade? 6:10: How Do Fluctuations Of Currencies Impact Carry Trades? 13:32: How Does Credit Expansion Impact Carry Trades? 17:38: How Is Fundamental Trading Impacted By Carry Trading? 25:22: Why Must The Fed Be Required To Print Money? 38:22: How Is The S&P 500 Related To Carry Trading? 53:59: How Has Carry Trading Impacted Modern Monetary Theory?

Trust is the cornerstone of any relationship, yet it increasingly is in short supply. Joel Peterson joins Andy to discuss how to build, execute and maintain trust in business.

SUMMARY: Bad habits – not lack of knowledge -- are the most common reasons people go broke. John MacGregor joins Andy to discuss the habits you can develop today that will help you preserve your wealth. SHOW NOTES: 3:41: What's The #1 Reason People Go Broke? 6:30: Why Do So Few People Make A Financial Plan? 10:30: How Is Losing Wealth A Behavioral Issue? 14:58: How Do You Change Your Financial Behavior? 21:13: What Should People Do During COVID To Protect Their Wealth?

SUMMARY: Discover the advantages and risks of owning gold ETFs. Tom Lydon joins Andy to discuss the differences between paper gold and physical gold. SHOW NOTES: 5:18: What Is A Gold ETF? 14:37: Why Do Gold ETFs Get A Bad Rap? 18:35: How Does A New Investor Educate Himself On ETFs? 24:55: Why Is The Stock Market Rising During The COVID Crisis?

SUMMARY: The COVID crisis has collapsed the economy, yet the stock market has rebounded. Discover why stocks are up when the rest of the economy is down. SHOW NOTES: 9:17: Is There Any Data That Support The Market's Rise? 10:17: Is There Historical Context To Explain The Economic Collapse? 15:24: How Does Fundamental Analysis Impact Stocks? 18:46: How Does Emotional Trading Create Bubbles? 23:46: Should The Fed Directly Buy Equities? 30:18: How Does The Fed Expand Credit? 36:57: Why Traders Should Not Bet Against The Fed.

SUMMARY: Andy addresses the death of George Floyd with guest Tim Drisdom.

SUMMARY: Oil prices are rising after reaching historically low prices. Discover what you need to know about the oil sector during the COVID crisis. Mike Mauceli, CEO of REI Energy, joins Andy. SHOW NOTES: 6:41: Why Did The Saudis & Russia Start A Price War? 10:16: Why Do Lifting Costs Vary So Much? 16:12: Is Russia Trying To Put U.S. Frackers Out Of Business? 17:43: How Did Oil Prices Go Negative? 26:07: What Are The Investment Opportunities In Oil?

SUMMARY: The COVID crisis is adding pressure to an already wobbly public pension system. Ted Siedle joins Andy to discuss how you can protect your public pension, bypass a pension and/or help overhaul a broken scheme. SHOW NOTES: 2:13: How Is COVID Impacting Public Pensions? 4:55: How Are Many Public Pensions Underfunded? 10:15: How Do Wall Street Fees Impact Public Pensions? 14:21: What Level Of Responsibility Does The Pensioner Have? 18:52: Will The COVID Crisis Trigger Pensions To Declare Bankruptcy?