The Tom Dupree Show

What good is diversity in backgrounds if everyone thinks alike? Incompetence is a dangerous tradeoff for diversity in an administration.

Warren Buffet says it is important to view your investments as if you are an owner of a business and not view them as a trading vehicle. Buffet believes that setting yourself up as a long-term investor and not a stock trader is important to long-term success in the stock market.

In 2023, 36 countries worldwide have a digital tracking system. With the 15-minute city concept are we turning over more control than we are aware?

Has inflation turned the corner? You are always behind the curve when reacting to headlines. The big question is what will the stock market do this year. Year-to-date performance has been good. What we have been investing in and how we are positioning our portfolio...

When a target date fund doesn't cut it...What is not taken into account with this investment vehicle? What opportunities are missed when investing this way? What a target date fund is and isn't. One thing it lacks is continuity. Autopilot rarely works in the investment business.

Tom takes a trip down memory lane featuring the music of Jeff Beck and David Crosby following the passing of the two legends.

James O'Keefe from Project Veritas busts a Pfizer employee talking about Pfizer's business model for Covid.

Jim Salestrom is an Emmy-winning Songwriter. He performed in Dolly Parton's band for over 12 years. He also played with John Denver. Jim is in Lexington to visit a Mercy Chef deployment in Eastern Kentucky with Tom. We are so excited that he agreed to be on The Tom Dupree Show.

You need to have a relationship with a fee-only financial advisor… Have you ever gotten a phone call from a pitchy salesperson from a busy call center that went something like this: “Mrs. Smith, your name came across my desk this morning, and I want to let you in on the ground floor of an opportunity. It’s an opportunity that only comes around once in a lifetime. I am only letting in a few of the...

Tom comments on an article written by Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase that appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

Remember the lesson from the Dot.com bubble? Stocks that peaked in 2000 took 14 years to return to their highs. Every security has its own trading dynamic. It is important to position yourself in a security at a good price. Buy the dip when it drops. There is a big difference between that and Value Investing.

The Supreme Court denies the Brunson Case petition. The Supreme Court is ruling o things not because of law but because of the upheaval that it would cause. With 84% negative growth and chronic absentee data in schools in Kentucky, why are we getting another property tax bill?

We have the most forecasted recession ever. The government is trying to manufacture a recession...but you cannot tell the markets what to do or control human behavior. The stock market is made up of emotions like fear and greed. Investing is an emotional endeavor.

An NFL player collapses opening doors to prayer. The Speaker of the House ballot cast fiasco. The Brunson Case vs. Alma Adams Fayette County, Kentucky Property tax bills arrive. Where were you when the petition against this property tax bill was circulating?

Wall Street is an industry that makes money by telling people where to invest. Wall Street nailed earnings but missed the bear market. It is a reminder that you can be exactly right and wrong at the same time. Our goal is to produce cash flow for our clients. Looking back on 2022, there is always a silver lining to a bear market.

Donald Trump's tax returns being released opens the door to demand that other politicians release theirs. What about the records pertaining to politicians and their stock buys during Covid? A Securities Exchange Commission official steps down due to his connection with Sam Bankman-Freid.

What we do at Dupree Financial Group to help you to have purchasing power despite inflation. Milton Friedman speaks https://youtu.be/B_nGEj8wIP0 .

Interest rates. Duration. Oil. What is happening to the purchasing power of the dollar? What are suitable investments in this environment?

$45 Billion for Ukraine. No priority for a border wall or aid for flood-damaged Eastern Kentucky...Inflation starts in Washington. Sam Bankman-Freid-FTX. How is it all connected? Where did his 250 Million bail money come from? With 2.5 million donated to Mitch McConnell's PAC alone...there is a political trail to this whole mess.

Interest rates are the rental cost of money. Higher interest rates work inversely with lower bond rates. What are the effects of inflation on your investment portfolio?

How are your investments positioned? Investing in an era of higher interest rates. Our take.

A Rassmussen poll sheds light on some interesting statistics about the Covid vaccine. FTX funneled money to Ukraine and political campaigns. Sam Blankman Freid is charged with 8 counts of fraud.

How is your portfolio being managed with embedded gains? Do you have control of your cost bases? If you own open-ended mutual funds, you could get a tax bill even with your investments being down!

A child in New Zealand is given surgery. The parents do not Covid Vaccinated blood used. The court gives doctors guardianship of the child and provides the child with vaccinated blood during surgery. What are parents’ rights? The post 12-10-22 What are Parents Rights When it Comes to the Covid Vaccine? appeared first on Dupree Financial .

The net asset value formula is a simple metric used to show the intrinsic value of a mutual fund.  You might not care but you should! After all, when you are investing in a mutual fund some guy is usually telling you what to buy. Or maybe, you look at the historical performance and just say, “looks good!” But this one important metric is at least worth looking at when deciding what mutual fund or...