Money Tree Investing

A few weeks ago everyone was bearish, now no one is. what happened? Also we discuss year end tax strategies that you can do to legally keep money from uncle sam. Lastly, we share a very popular chart of why it makes sense to rent vs buy right now. Oh and we congratulate meatloaf... AKA Javier Milei, which might prove out to be real life comedy, not just the kind his girlfriend puts on. For more in...

Sharon Klein talks about financial divorce, which is an additional kick in the teeth after the legal divorce. She explains all the things you need to understand if you want to minimize the impact to your life for the next 20 years. For more information, visit the show notes at https://moneytreepodcast.com/financial-divorce-sharon-klein Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Megan Gor...

2023 is almost over and we only had one bank crisis. It is a miracle there were not more this year. However 2024 is shaping up to produce a potentially massive banking crisis on the scale of 2008. A 2024 bank crisis would surprise a lot of people, but at the same time everyone saw it coming and did nothing.  Why? Good question. This has the making of the next black swan. Much like 2022 when the ma...

Risk is what is left over after you have thought of everything else. Risk management is now very important. Commercial real estate, consumer debt services, personal income, etc. Lots of shoes to drop. All this and more on this week's episode. For more information, visit the show notes at https://moneytreepodcast.com/risk-is-what-is-left-over-grant-bledsoe   Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innov...

This week the Fed spoke and the market listened. Here is what it heard... We still don't believe you J Powell... We know you will lower rates next year. The markets should be higher despite any rational thought. HODL Nuff Said... Mic Drop... And in other news... People still cannot pay their credit card bills... or buy new homes... or afford to continue to spend on a debt fueled buying binge... An...

We discuss essential lessons of investing in US financial history. We dive deep into lessons that all investors need to know. Big trend changes are coming and you need to be prepared. Paradigm shifts... Debt Jubilee... Growth Challenges... and more. Join us for an interview with Mark Higgins, who is a market historian and student of financial history. For more information, visit the show notes at...

We discuss some crazy mental models about how the world works that can help you be successful in investing. Are these correlations or causations? Your answer can give you insight into your future. Other tell tales signs are the commonalities of Jordan Belfort and Warren Buffett. Warren Buffett didn't become wealthy like you read about. There is an underlying secret that allowed him to become this...

Looking for credible news sources? Me too.  That's why I don't read the "news". I cultivate my sources from various places based on their ability to identify certain trends. This has taken me 20 years to filter Want your own sources? Here are 6 tips to cultivate your own sources How to cultivate investment sources Stay away from major media, most of it is propaganda or paid-for advertising Find in...

Great interview this week with Stocktwits COE Rishi Khanna. We discuss how Stocktwits is changing the face of investing. We discuss Ai, deep fakes, Web3, decentralized ownership, investor sentiment, and more. Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Megan Gorman | The Wealth Intersection Douglas Heagren | Pro College Planners   Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moneytreepodc...

Peter Higgins talks about high yield bonds and the next credit event. If you are not worried about the next credit event, it could clean you out. Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Douglas Heagren | Pro College Planners Phil Weiss |  Apprise Wealth Management Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moneytreepodcast Follow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/money-tre...

Even though the market has been dropping for the past 3 months, very few people think it is going lower. BIG QUESTION: Why does virtually no one on Wall Street believe J Powell?  He has been clear. We have been clear. Rates will be higher for longer than most people think. The markets are starting to reflect it, wait till it is fully baked in. Not a rollercoaster I want to be on. Today's Panelists...

We think we have free will and control over our lives, but we have much less control than we think. No I'm not talking about the government. I'm talking about the operating systems that control us. Habit formation, cognitive bias, emotions, prediction engines, misinformation and more.  This is a great episode if you want to change your life. Join us this week as we discuss how to change your inves...

Tim Baker joins me to discuss the up coming credit event, what a credit event is, and how you can prepare.  Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Tim Baker | Metric Financial   Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moneytreepodcast Follow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/money-tree-investing-podcast Follow on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/MTIPodcast  

Get some insider information in the real estate market from our interview with Tim Whalen. You need to hear this if you own real estate. It is starting to happen and I'm glad I made the changes to my portfolio last year before this came about. Great insights this week from Tim. Join us to hear what he thinks will happen next. For more information, visit the show notes at https://moneytreepodcast.c...

Summer is over and fall market seasonality is here. Join us to see what this means for your portfolio. If history repeats this will impact your portfolio more than you know.  BTW did you notice the equal weight SP500 is now negative for the year? Yup... almost no one else did either, but it's important. join us to find out why. For more information, visit the show notes at https://moneytreepodcast...

Amnol Singh talks about the swing traders mindset and how to prevent yourself from making big mistakes. We discuss how to use different styles in your favor, and why some methods work better than others. Join us this week to learn a new skillset that could help in a volatile market. For more information, visit the show notes at https://moneytreepodcast.com/swing-trading-amnol-singh Today's Panelis...

WTF Happened in 1971 indeed... Anyone over the age of 40 years old knows what happened in 1971. If you don't then this is essential information if you want to protect your wealth. Join us as we dive into a ton of data, charts and stories about why 1971 was the turning point where things started to go off the rails. www.wtfhappenedin1971.com   Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Do...

Investing legend Mark Yusko has a seasoned career at Morgan Creek prior to that he worked on the endowments at UNC and Notre Dame. Mark is a deep thinker and strategist when it comes to investing in the new era of digital currencies. There is a lot of opportunity and challenges ahead. If you want to navigate the choppy waters, listen to this episode where we find out what Mark sees that we do not....

This week we discuss how fear and control negative affect your investing success. Wall Street... The media... Salespeople... All of them are working against your better judgement. We share these secrets this week on our show to help you become a better investor today. Inverted yield curve, housing prices, household liquidity savings, income and more. BTW This has nothing to do with Marijuana. But...

The housing crash is 100% certain according to Keith Weinhold. While we agreed with Keith on a lot of ideas on this episode, we do have a heated debate on why housing is not crashing yet and why it might take a while.  Join us this week on Money Tree Investing where we skewer some traditional thinking about real estate so you can find the best opportunities in the real estate market without taking...

Retailers are sounding the alarm... a bit late in my opinion, and probably doing a bait and switch as well. They are claiming that slippage (AKA theft) is causing them to lose billions... or the economy is doing it... The theft has been an increasing part of their business in states like California. And they have been aware of it. Why sound the alarm now? Join us this week to find out. Also we dis...

Billionaire Ben Frasier is the podcast host of Invest Like A Billionaire. We discuss billionaire habits, how you too can become wealthy, and what to do immediately when you have extreme wealth. This is an in depth dive into billionaire wealth and what you can learn from it. For more information, visit the show notes at https://moneytreepodcast.com/invest-like-a-billionaire-ben-fraser Today's Panel...

Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Barbara Friedberg | Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moneytreepodcast Follow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/money-tree-investing-podcast Follow on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/MTIPodcast  

This week we interview Wes Moss about the Happiness Retirement Project. We discuss a lot of research data on people who are the happiest in retirement. If you think you know about happiness in retirement, you haven't seen anything yet.  I learned a lot in this interview and will be applying much of the knowledge to my own practice. Join us this week for your own happiest retirement. For more infor...

This week I came back from vacation to this surprise in the markets. I take one week off and what happens? You guessed it. not much. Well except for the market sell off, bounce back and bounce back again. It's all getting us ready for Labor day when the real traders get back to their desks. Well if they actually went to work in an office... Which according to Goldman Sachs is not happening. We wil...