The Tom Dupree Show

How do your retirement savings and your retirement plan line up with your vision for your retirement? The post Hour 2 4-27-24 Needs, Wants, Wishes. appeared first on Dupree Financial.

A scandal could be on the horizon for the University of Kentucky Swim Program. The issue of the athletic department starts at the top. The post HOUR1 4-27-24 Kentucky Athletic Department Needs a Change appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Earning a return for your money. Best principles. Fee based reasoning. The post Investing for Income appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Is Kentucky’s new basketball coach, Mark Pope, a good hire? The post The Ravenous Kentucky Fan Base appeared first on Dupree Financial.

When food is used as a tool to change the world versus to feed people through love…it turns political. The problems of marijuana and the challenges it has caused for states that have legalized it. The post The Power of Food appeared first on Dupree Financial.

If you entrust your retirement to Wall Street and its “sales process…you will probably get mediocre results in your portfolio (often times through an autopilot 401K plan.) These are the default results that many rely on for their retirement. This un-customized approach embodies complacency. There is a better way! The post Don’t Rely on Wall Street. appeared first on Dupree Financial.

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As your phase in life changes…you need some flexibility in your portfolio. That could include taking some gains from your portfolio and buying some income producing stocks. Tune in to hear our theory on this move. The post Take Some Gains…Convert to Income appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Why did Calipari get another year and another chance? What will it take for University of Kentucky officials to pull the plug on a coach whose system is not working and hasn’t for several years? That and more about Kentucky sports with Tom Dupree and Michael Bennett. The post Michael Bennett joins Tom for an Unfiltered Hour About Kentucky Sports appeared first on Dupree Financial.

What is Shame? It is investing thoughts, efforts, love into something or someone that/who let’s them down. Tom’s angle on the Kentucky Basketball loss. There seems to be a pattern. The post What is Shame? appeared first on Dupree Financial.

There is a high cost for helping adult children financially. You must take care of yourself first. In the second segment, Annuities are becoming more attractive due to higher interest rates and a volatile stock market. Why we don’t recommend or sell them. The post Stop Overspending on Adult Children appeared first on Dupree Financial.

From the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting…from market concepts to things you can apply to your own household. And why In-Service rollovers make sense. The post The New Retirement Dream appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Biden’s vision for America as in the State of the Union address. Is he attempting to re write history? It seems that Americans would rather have security more than freedom. The post Biden’s America appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Can you trust how your 401k is invested? How is an IRA Rollover different? When it is an IRA Rollover , it becomes your money instead of the money of the plan. The 401k plan is not designed for you personally…money invested for where you are in your life. When buying stock, you are buying part of a business. Buy stock in great businesses at a fair price. The post Can You Trust Your 401K? appeared first on Dupree Financial.

With the national debt soaring, there is going to have to be a massive haircut in spending. How does this affect your investments? If you leave your money in money, you will have less money. The post The National Debt is a Runaway Train appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Riley Gaines is Pro-God, Family, and America. After a dead heat loss to a Transgender male in the NCAA Swimming Finals for the sake of a photo op… Riley could not sit back quietly. She is currently on her “Speak Louder Campus Tour” sponsored by the Leadership Institute. Riley is also the director of The Riley Gaines Center at The Leadership Institute. www.rileygainescenter.org The post Riley Gaines joins Tom appeared first on Dupree Financial.

We have to be mindful of how we conduct ourselves more than ever. Jerome Powell rigs the alarm on debt. Where has he been? Was all of the ‘Free” money a quest for votes? What do you put your trust in? Ethics, Philosophy…Theology…Politics? Where do you find value for yourself and your family? The post What Do You Put Your Trust In? appeared first on Dupree Financial.

If you don’t understand what you own in your portfolio…you are more likely to react emotionally and sell at possibly the wrong time. Financial confidence has the potential for greater investment returns. It gets down to financial literacy and what it means! The post Are You Confident in Your Financial Skills? appeared first on Dupree Financial.

More Americans are turning 65 than ever before. Age 65 now comes with possibilities of a new chapter not just winding down. This makes earning dividends even more important. The post Age 65 Is Redefining a Milestone appeared first on Dupree Financial.

There are people who have inherited way more money than they are used to managing. Often for wealth to be a blessing, one must be unattached to the money and use it for good. If you don’t have a vision of what will be done with the wealth … wealth will figure out what it will do to you! The post Weath is a Funny Thing appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Are you better off as part of a body of believers or chartering your own spiritual course? What do you put your faith in? The post Spirituality vs Religion appeared first on Dupree Financial.

The U.S. has a 6 trillion dollar problem over the next six months. There are way too many government programs spending way too much money and no politicians willing to take on the problem. In the second segment, how you can make simple adjustments to your retirement plan to protect your heirs and convey the value of money. The post The Great Wealth Transfer appeared first on Dupree Financial.

What makes Lexington such a hard place for people in their 20’s to buy a home? The State of the City address given by Lexington’s Mayor this week sheds a lot of light on the issue. The post The State of the City Address appeared first on Dupree Financial.

We talk about Dollar Cost Averaging and how dividends help mitigate liquidating stock shares at an inappropriate time for withdrawals. Your investment approach must match where you are in life. That is why it is so important to have an actively managed investment account. The post The Futility of Trying to Time the Stock Market appeared first on Dupree Financial.

MLK Day is no longer about the dream…but has risen to “we still have much to do.” Job creation from this DEI dream continues to get funded and staffed.MLK didn’t want special treatment…just opportunity. It has become a basis for reverse discrimination. Engineered Diversity will never get superior results. The post Corrupting Words appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Businesses are the ones that have saved the United States from inflation, recession, and lost jobs. Free markets and companies have brought down inflation, not government policies as you could be led to believe. It results from good companies providing a good product and using good technology. The post The Businesses that Saved the United States appeared first on Dupree Financial.

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The surprise in 2023 was there was not a recession. What will the surprise be in 2024? There are always surprises! The post Interest Rates, Inflation and Bonds appeared first on Dupree Financial.

The modern-day use of he/she/ they…if you attack language you divide human beings. Also, Claudine Gay resigns as President of Harvard. The liability of keeping her was too much. The post The Dangers of Compelled Speech appeared first on Dupree Financial.

It appears that we finally have an environment where income can be more easily derived from investments. It seems that growth and income could be possible in this environment as well. Are we headed for zero inflation? How can you make your money work for you? The post Recaps of Markets in 2023 appeared first on Dupree Financial.

How do you convert the growth in your portfolio so that you can start taking income from your portfolio? When should you start focusing on generating income from your portfolio? How can you withdraw money from your portfolio with the money possibly starting to dwindle? We answer these questions and more in this episode of The Tom Dupree Show. The post Your 401K is Up…But Don’t Be Overconfident! appeared first on Dupree Financial.

When are you part of the problem instead of the solution? Pfizer aquires a manufacturer of a cancer drug. Curious…Right? The post Politics, Propaganda, and Profits appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Retirement can be stressful if you go cold turkey and have nothing to do. Retirement provides the flexibility to choose what you would like to do. In the second segment, Gary LeBlanc of Mercy Chefs joins us with a tribute to our friend Jim Salestrom who passed away recently, and the mission of Mercy Chefs. www.mercychefs.com The post Retirement Can Be Stressful appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Things are happening in the stock market very quickly and rapidly. When seeking value, volatility can be your friend. The post Volatility Is Your Friend appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Vaccination and election deniers…the facade is crumbling The post The Facade Is Crumbling appeared first on Dupree Financial.

How do you generate an income stream and beat inflation? Be aware of, what appear to be easy decisions, when it comes to investing your money. Products such as gold and annuities are often sold using fear based tactics. The post Fear In Volatile Markets appeared first on Dupree Financial.

What the market taught us this year. It has been a year investors were more influenced by perception more than reality. The dislocation in some secotrs has lead The post What We Learned This Last Year appeared first on Dupree Financial.

The Death of Charlie Munger. His life was about way more than money. The post The Genius of Munger and Buffet appeared first on Dupree Financial.

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Our boy Governor is elected again. Republicans are weak. Trying to be palatable to Liberals doesn’t work. Abortion is being used as a political platform. The leading economic indicator has been declining for 18 months.As the demand for money goes starts to decline…interest rates decline and bond prices go up. Interest rates are the root of all money. The post Financial News and Abortion as a Political Trend appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Some pharmaceutical stocks are taking a beating and are way down. When the tide goes out…the people swimming naked are revealed. SV-40 -found in some vaccines- is linked to turbo cancer. We should be asking a lot of questions. The post Sometimes Things Have to Fall Apart to Become Better appeared first on Dupree Financial.

You can’t control when you are born. You can control when you retire as well as what you own/buy. It is important to control what you can control in Financial planning. Control what you can control! The post Set It and Forget It 401K is Over appeared first on Dupree Financial.

After four nominees, Mike Johnson was named the new Speaker of the House. You can’t understand Mike Johnson unless you understand Lousiana politics. The post Finally a New Speaker Of the House! appeared first on Dupree Financial.

The 60/40 portfolio method of investing has not been working. A dividend and income-producing portfolio is much easier to predict than a stock going up in value in the current market. The post No Dumb Questions When it Comes to Investing appeared first on Dupree Financial.

Tom’s favorite subjects are music and bonds. Municipal bonds are under stress while good businesses allocate human and financial capital. The post Music and Bonds appeared first on Dupree Financial.

In politics, we often see the desire for power. The only way the politicians have power is to take something away from the American people. One of these ways is making the American people more dependent on the state and handouts. The post The Hollowness of Power appeared first on Dupree Financial.

It costs more to retire and people are living longer. It could be a good idea to choose the short-term stability of good companies with good balance sheets combined with the long-term benefits of dividends. The post Inflation in Retirement appeared first on Dupree Financial.