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Advice and Insights

58 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings

A perspective on markets that is anything but traditional, join David L. Bahnsen as he unpacks impactful investment principles that aim to create long-term success. Challenging, high-energy, and devoid of fluff and nonsense, this is your source for timely market insights, and a committed viewpoint on all things investing. We are not looking to show you our investment intelligence; we are trying to grow your own!

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Episodes

Something is Wrong With The Guacamole

June 06, 2019 17:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

Topics discussed: Who Knows What Evil Lurks Tariffs are Taxes on Americans Connecting the Dots of Real Economic Impact How The Fed will Combat the likely slowdown from this policy Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Special Edition - A China Trade War Update

May 14, 2019 12:04 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

Topics discussed: The market response to the escalation in the China/trade fiasco is secondary in importance to understanding what exactly is going on, and why.  In this Advice and Insights podcast David L. Bahnsen unpacks the politics of it, the economics of it, and most importantly, what we believe it means from a portfolio standpoint.  For all things trade/China/tariff, check out this special edition of the Advice & Insights podcast! Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com The...

Part 7: Special Podcast Series: Conclusion The Case For Dividend Growth

May 02, 2019 10:01 - 10 minutes - 9.54 MB

Topics discussed: Summarizing The Case for Dividend Growth: Investing in a Post-Crisis World Links mentioned in this episode: CaseForDividendGrowth.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Part 6: Special Podcast Series: Chapters 9 & 10 The Case For Dividend Growth

May 02, 2019 10:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

Topics discussed: Chapter Nine – To This End We Work: Avoiding Dividend Cuts & Chapter Ten – Clearing Up The Confusions Around Dividend Growth Investing Links mentioned in this episode: CaseForDividendGrowth.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Part 5: Special Podcast Series: Chapters 7 & 8 The Case For Dividend Growth

April 23, 2019 14:57 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

Topics discussed: Chapter Seven – The Threat of Inflation: The Self-Contained Offense and Defense of Stocks Growing their Dividends & Chapter Eight – But What About Stock Buybacks? Links mentioned in this episode: CaseForDividendGrowth.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Part 4: Special Podcast Series: Chapters 5 & 6 The Case For Dividend Growth

April 17, 2019 15:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

Topics discussed: Chapters 5 and 6, Withdrawal Mechanics Matter: Avoiding the Poison of Negative Compounding as you Tap Your Nest Egg to Live Happily Ever After & Opportunity Cost Myth: Why Dividend Growth Investing Is not a Return Consolation Prize from the book, The Case For Dividend Growth - Investing in a Post-Crisis World Links mentioned in this episode: [CaseForDividendGrowth.com](https://casefor dividendgrowth.com) TheBahnsenGroup.com

Part 3: Special Podcast Series: Chapters 3 & 4 The Case For Dividend Growth

April 15, 2019 12:05 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Topics discussed: Chapters 3 and 4, Not Buying the Stock to get the Dividend: Buying the Dividend to get the Stock & Accumulation of Wealth: The Eighth Wonder of the World on Steroids, from the book The Case For Dividend Growth - Investing in a Post-Crisis World Links mentioned in this episode: CaseForDividendGrowth.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Part 2: Special Podcast Series: Chapters 1 & 2 Special Series: The Case For Dividend Growth

April 12, 2019 10:30 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

Topics discussed: Chapters 1 and 2, Why People Invest: Cash Flow is King & Historical Context and Realities, from the book The Case For Dividend Growth - Investing in a Post-Crisis World Links mentioned in this episode: [CaseForDividendGrowth.com](https://casefor dividendgrowth.com) TheBahnsenGroup.com

Part 1: Special Podcast Series: Introduction - The Case For Dividend Growth

April 09, 2019 13:45 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MB

Topics discussed: David introduces the concept of dividend growth investing, the subject of his new book The Case For Dividend Growth - Investing in a Post-Crisis World Links mentioned in this episode: [CaseForDividendGrowth.com](https://casefor dividendgrowth.com) TheBahnsenGroup.com MarketEpicurean.com

Mueller Report A Market Dud

March 28, 2019 17:12 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

Topics discussed: Trump Moves Ahead Special Counsel is Not Special News for Markets Earnings Are All that Markets Follow Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Advice & Insights PODCAST - Checking In On Capex

March 15, 2019 10:11 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

Topics discussed: Capex In Present Economic Conditions Hard Capex vs. Soft Capex China and Capex Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

A Tax Like No Other

March 07, 2019 17:30 - 9 minutes - 8.87 MB

Topics discussed: Serious Tax, Serious Business Investor Returns are Impacted A Money Grab, For Sure Takes Money From Where it is Needed Most Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

An Involved Look at Inflation

March 01, 2019 03:30 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

Topics discussed: Feds Flawed Inflation Policy What is a "Inflationista?" Wrong Targeting Leads to Missed Targets Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

What A Full Year of Tax Reform Means for Your Taxes

February 15, 2019 03:30 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

Topics discussed: Tax Refunds Billion's Lower to Date, But Not The Whole Story Bottomline - Most Won't Have Taxes Going Up Corporate Capex Stimulus is Still in Play Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

What the Recent Federal Reserve Reversal Really Means

February 01, 2019 03:30 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB

Topics discussed: When The Fed Fed the Market The Credit Market Lack of Response to Build Up of Corporate Leverage What Will The Fed Do Now? Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Our 2019 Perspective: Making Sense of 2018, and Previewing the Year Ahead

January 11, 2019 04:15 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB

Topics discussed: Performance Summary Across Markets Bonds: Can’t live with em’, Can’t live without em’ 2019 Perspectives Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

A December to Remember

December 28, 2018 03:30 - 11 minutes - 15.4 MB

This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Record Highs, Big Lows Trade Wars Still Raging? How are We to Behave? Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

A Lesson About Quantitative "Tightening" We Must All Learn

December 21, 2018 03:00 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MB

Topics discussed: QE vs. QT Pulling Liquidity Out of The Economy Extracting Liquidity Has Consequences Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

What is Causing Business Confidence to Wane?

December 12, 2018 03:21 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MB

Topics discussed: The Yin and Yang of China's transformative GDP Growth Economic Cycle and Stock Market's Relationship US GDP numbers The Sudden Pause in Business Investment Spending Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Mr. Market Doesn't Like Mr. Tariff

December 06, 2018 13:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Topics discussed: The Tweet that Launched A Thousand Bots Prominent Uncertainties of The China Trade War The Taxman Trumpeth Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

What Should The Fed Be Doing

November 30, 2018 03:30 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB

Topics discussed: Recap of economic recovery after The Great Recession Market reaction to normalization of monetary policy Fed Doves and Hawks A prescription for Fed action Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Corporate Credit and How Investors are Impacted

November 16, 2018 05:30 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MB

Topics discussed: Credit Market Realities Boom and Bust Scenarios Irrational Allocation of Assets Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

A Midterm of Consensus

November 09, 2018 03:00 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MB

Topics discussed: Key State by State Results Flips that didn't Fool Wall Street California and Colorado Polls and Propositions Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

The Most Important Part of the GDP and It's Very Low

November 02, 2018 05:30 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MB

Topics discussed: Trade War Turmoil Earnings, or Price-to-Earnings? Capex alert - or, How Is the Economy? Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

SPECIAL EDITION - Advice and Insights - The Lessons We and You Learned from the Financial Crisis

October 04, 2018 19:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

Topics discussed: No Regrets The History of These Important Lessons The Lessons we Must Learn Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Did TARP REALLY Save the Stock Market in 2008 ??

September 26, 2018 23:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

Topics discussed: Politicians Perplexing Voting Game TARP - The Great Public Relations Boon The Bleeding Didn't Stop Links mentioned in this episode: MarketEpicurean.com DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

The Fed's "Alphabet Soup" of Facilities May Be Folly

September 21, 2018 15:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

Topics discussed: Quantitative Easing isn't that Easy The Velocity of Money does Matter The Federal Reserve is the Lender of Last Resort Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

The Month I Could Never Forget: A Not-So Happy Anniversary

September 15, 2018 02:51 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com Special Market Epicurean Series On The Financial Crisis Of 2008

Putting the Passive Debate to Pasture

September 04, 2018 20:48 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB

Topics discussed: Does passive investing actually exist? Must consider an investors appetite for risk Managing behavior is more important than managing a portfolio Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

A Recipe for a Recession

August 31, 2018 10:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB

Topics discussed: Yield Curve and Recessions Corporate Profit Growth and Recessions Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com DividendCafe.com

What Is The Big Story in Markets Right Now?

August 24, 2018 10:00 - 9 minutes - 8.32 MB

Topics discussed: Normalization of Monetary Policy Rallying Dollar Investor Advice Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Emerging Markets: "Back the truck up"

August 17, 2018 12:30 - 9 minutes - 8.32 MB

CIO David Bahnsen discusses the state of emerging markets and the events influencing them. Topics discussed: Companies with strong domestic sources of revenue vs. those who are export driven Rising Dollar Fears around trade and tariffs Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Stock Buybacks Are Not the Enemy of Prosperity

August 10, 2018 12:30 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

This week CIO David L. Bahnsen discusses stock buybacks from both economic and political perspectives. TheBahnsenGroup.com David's Article on Stock Buybacks @ NationalReview.com

Focus On The Fed

August 03, 2018 12:30 - 11 minutes - 22.1 MB

In this Advice & Insights Podcast David talks about the effects of Fed policy on the economy and the dangers of politicization of the Fed. TheBahnsenGroup.com

Dividend Investing - It's What We Do!

July 20, 2018 15:34 - 18 minutes - 34.9 MB

This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Why We Are Dividend Investors When to Believe the Yield Curve The Right Kind of Growth of Dividend Links mentioned in this episode: http://example.com http://second-example.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Recapping The First Half Of 2018

July 13, 2018 15:30 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

This week, David recaps the first two quarters of 2018 Topics discussed: Early positive performance in risk assets Fed normalization of monetary policy. Trade conflicts and tariffs Emerging markets and more Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Why Are Markets "Running In Place"

June 28, 2018 22:57 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MB

This week, David takes a deeper dive into the current state of trade war talk ..... Topics discussed: markets don't form an ideological opinion more trade is preferrable to less trade Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Tax Reform Giveth And Tariffs Taketh Away

June 21, 2018 23:14 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MB

This week, David covers how the battle between trade war talk vs the positive effects of tax reform is effecting markets..... Topics discussed: Tariffs imposed on Chinese goods China's retaliation US threat to retaliate against the retaliation Reasoning behind market reaction (or lack thereof) Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Dividend Investing: An Antidote For "Short-termism"

June 14, 2018 20:08 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

This week, David talks about Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon's call to end the practice of “quarterly earnings guidance” and how their call reinforces a key tenet of our core investment philosophy ..... Topics discussed: Dimon/Buffett Interview w/ Becky Quick on CNBC quarterly earnings guidance dividends as an indicator of long term corporate fiscal health Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

What American Investors Need To Know About Italy

May 31, 2018 22:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MB

This week David unpacks political events in Italy and the EU... Topics discussed: Genesis of Italy's politcal conflict Flow of money from Italy's bonds to US and Germany Viability of the Euro Valuations in EU and US markets Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

A Special Conversation With Ron Baron of Baron Capital

May 23, 2018 19:09 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB

This week, David sat down with Ron Baron ..... Topics discussed: Ron's story The History of Baron Capital Ron's investing philosophy Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Capex And The Continuation Of This Bull Market

May 18, 2018 12:30 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

This week, David tackles Capital Expenditure and more ..... Topics discussed: Capex Economic Growth Multiplier Effect Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Unpacking the Market's Reaction to a Positive Earnings Season

May 04, 2018 13:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

This week we listen in on this week's Dividend Cafe podcast to bring you a discussion that includes: Earnings Season Asset Allocation Bond Market Inflation Data Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Interest Rates and the Stock Market

April 27, 2018 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.82 MB

This week, David covers: .... Topics discussed: recent positive earnings reports higher bond yields potential for inflation Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Understanding Trade Deficits

April 20, 2018 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MB

This week David disusses trade, trade deficits and trade surpluses. Topics discussed: Trade Deficits/Surpluses Tariffs Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Big Tech Special

April 11, 2018 20:30 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

This week, David takes a deeper dive into the market segment commonly referred to as Big Tech ..... Topics discussed: Big Tech market cap and its effect on S&P 500 Potential effects of regulation on the space Potential effects of public opinion Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com

Q1 2018 in the Markets - A Tale of Two Cities

April 06, 2018 13:04 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

This week, Chief Investment Officer David L. Bahnsen discusses quarter one in financial markets Links mentioned in this episode: www.DividendCafe.com www.TheBahnsenGroup.com

Making History in Markets

March 27, 2018 21:10 - 24 minutes - 26.5 MB

This week, David L. Bahnsen delves into the historical nature of recent market events, and how investors should prepare. Links mentioned in this episode: www.DividendCafe.com www.TheBahnsenGroup.com

David and Kimberlee talk Fiduciary, Finance, and the Fiscal Feminist

March 21, 2018 19:58 - 42 minutes - 43.4 MB

This week, [someone], [someone else] and [another person] cover [topic]..... Topics discussed: Women's Financial Affairs When Two Lawyers Split How did the Fiscal Feminist come to be

An Interview with Vontobel's Peter Newell

March 13, 2018 18:05 - 39 minutes - 41.2 MB

This week, Chief Investment Officer David L. Bahnsen interviews Vontobel Asset Management's Peter Newell. Links mentioned in this episode: www.AdviceandInsights.com

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