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The China Crisis - How the Coming Collapse of China Will Cause a Global Economic Depression - EPISODE 1

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The China Crisis - How the Coming Collapse of China Will Cause a Global Economic Depression - EPISODE 1

Maximizing Social Security - The Most Important Financial Decisions You Will Make

For most working Americans, Social Security s going to provide a VITAL foundation to their retirement. But few realize that there are several strategic decisions on how and when to collect Social Security that can cost you or benefit you the difference of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a lifetime. This show is classroom style, taken from Bruce's local seminars on how to make the best possible decisions for you, your spouse, and your survivors. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straig...

Are the Markets Topping?

2 conflicting articles in the Wall Street Journal get published, and together they are foretelling. Includes exclusive interview with Harry S. Dent. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

Confessions & Dirty Secrets of the Financial Services Industry

Every day hard working people are fleeced out of their hard earned savings by smartly honed, if not often dishonest sales pitchmen. In this episode Bruce gives you the insider's look at how financial advisers are actually trained to sell and propagandized. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

Too Big to Fail! - Has Banking Changed? Could 2008 Happen Again?

How could the real estate market in only 4 essential states in the US have caused the Global Meltdown of 2008?  How could an over-inflated stock market in the US in 1929 have caused the worldwide Great Depression of the 1930's? How is it that small bubbles in any asset base can take down an entire global system?  It only really happens when the banking system buys into the bubble, and then grows Too Big to Fail! In this episode of Straight Talk Wealth Radio, host Bruce Weide explores wha...

Advisor Wars! Why Financial Advisers Can't Work in Harmony

When was the last time your financial adviser suggested that you also consult with other advisers? Ludicrous, right? Well, on this show we follow the money! Learn who's interests come first, - yours or your adviser's revenue stream? Learn to tell the difference between propaganda & sales pitches, from real analysis and evaluation. And better, learn how it can in fact be very feasible to have multiple advisers who work in coordination for the good of the client. Talk to Bruce by visiting http...

Warren Buffett's Best Kept Secret

in 2013 Berkshire Hathaway bought a an asset worth $300 million. Their cost? $60 million! Do you think just maybe Warren Buffett wouldn't like to do that all day long?By the way, any changes in the stock market, the real estate market, or the gold market will not change the outcome of this investment one single iota! It is a true non-correlated asset class, and is in fact maybe the very best hedge against a collapse those very Big 3 Benefactors of Fed quantitative easing.How has this asset c...

Will China Destroy the Dollar?

There's a story going around the internet. It's saying that China has secretly amassed thousands of TONS of gold. They're buying gold mines, gold exchanges, gold stocks and gold bullion for reasons that will be so detrimental to the Dollar, that it will literally destroy the dollar as the World Reserve Currency.In this program Bruce explores the validity of the story with economist Rodney Johnson, President of Dent Research. Together they explore why China would do something so detrimental to...

The Inevitable GLOBAL Bubble

Despite historically unprecedented money printing, the real US economy remains sluggish and deflationary. However, stocks are great! IS there a stock bubble today, that is by and large stimulus driven? Based on this uncertain outcome, the rest of the world has written it's playbook as well. Will the Central Banks of the world save economic life as we know it on Earth, or destroy our globalized system in a catastrophic crash by the end of this decade? Weighing in this week: David Stockman, for...

There IS a Crystal Ball! - Japan, China, and the Asian Demographic Cliff

Did you know Japan also had a Baby Boom? It just happened to be about 20 years ahead of us. Remember when Japan was supposedly going to be buying all of California in the late 1980's? What happened? Why did their economy retreat on the world stage? You've heard Bruce declare it before. DEMOGRAPHICS! Today, Japan produces 1.4 children for every couple. It's population is literally shrinking! In this episode Bruce takes you inside emptying villages in Japan and demonstrates the connection of e...

IRRATIONAL ECONOMICS

Is Congress insane, or is the social veneer that keeps everything seem mild, finally starting to crack in this country? Is this war of polarized ideas as bad as it gets, or is it just the beginning of a greater conflict? In this show, Bruce declares that the political polarization is only a faint reflection of the much bigger war of economic ideas that very few politicians even realize that they are indoctrinated to. Show features the Dylan Ratigan MSNBC rant where he totally loses his temper...

Addicted to Stimulus - Edited Version - KFWB (56:00)

The greatest economic experiment in the history of the Western World has just taken place. To save the Global Economy from total cataclysmic collapse the governments of the world have printed more money out of whole cloth than has ever been imagined before. The results? $2 TRILLION in Stimulus (money printing) for $300 Billion Growth. Can this go on forever? Will the economy propel forward from here, or is Wall Street ADDICTED TO STIMULUS? Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwea...

Addicted to Stimulus - Can the Fed Get the U.S. Through Rehab?

The greatest economic experiment in the history of the Western World has just taken place. To save the Global Economy from total cataclysmic collapse the governments of the world have printed more money out of whole cloth than has ever been imagined before.The results? $2 TRILLION in Stimulus (money printing) for $300 Billion Growth. Can this go on forever? Will the economy propel forward from here, or is Wall Street ADDICTED TO STIMULUS?SEGMENT #1 #1 * Wall Street Headlines* Mark Faber on ...

Addicted to Stimulus - Can the Fed Get the U.S. Through Rehab? PART 2

The greatest economic experiment in the history of the Western World has just taken place. To save the Global Economy from total cataclysmic collapse the governments of the world have printed more money out of whole cloth than has ever been imagined before.The results? $2 TRILLION in Stimulus (money printing) for $300 Billion Growth. Can this go on forever? Will the economy propel forward from here, or is Wall Street ADDICTED TO STIMULUS?SEGMENT #2* WSJ: 3 Strengths of the Economy You Didn’t...

Addicted to Stimulus - Can the fed Get the U.S. Through Rehab? - PART 3

The greatest economic experiment in the history of the Western World has just taken place. To save the Global Economy from total cataclysmic collapse the governments of the world have printed more money out of whole cloth than has ever been imagined before. The results? $2 TRILLION in Stimulus (money printing) for $300 Billion Growth. Can this go on forever? Will the economy propel forward from here, or is Wall Street ADDICTED TO STIMULUS? SEGMENT #3 HARRY DENT INTERVIEW: * TRIGGERS to the N...

A Thief in the Night! Why the Next Stock Crash is Inevitable and What You Can Do About It

WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS - The International Monetary Fund pronounces, (despite their best efforts) that the world needs to brace for ANOTHER soon-to-come recession! WHAT? Haven't the Central Banks of the world committed to printing enough fiat money to keep us all out of this abyss? No! In fact, the WSJ report actually enlarges on the fact that it was the very fixes by Central Banks (ECB, U.S. Fed Reserve, Bank of Japan, etc) that have exacerbated the coming Recession, and complicated an...

Real Estate Investing - Time to Get Back In?

Sept, 25, 2012 - Wall Street Journal Reports, "Home prices notched their strongest year-to-date gains since 2005, climbing 5.9% through July and signaling the housing market's steady trudge toward recovery."Could it be that it's time for investors to jump back in to real estate?In this episode of Straight Talk Wealth Bruce interviews two outstanding guests on the matter:Economist, Rodney Johnson: President of Harry S. Dent Enterprises. Rodney speaks in detail about how the new real estate opp...

What's Wrong With Annuities?

General Motors' employees have a problem. A BIG problem.In this show, What's Wrong with Annuities? host Bruce Weide explores the pros and cons of Guaranteed Income vs. Managed Income in retirement for working American Baby Boomers, and why literally more than 35 billion dollars of GM and Ford obligations are set to move out of the hands of Wall Street money managers, over to the American Midwest (known as the "insurance belt") actuarial statistic geeks at life insurance companies.What do the...

Why NOT Gold? Broadcast Episode for KRLA

Clearly, the world's sovereign governments are either bursting with debt now, or they are frantically absorbing the debt liabilities of their private sectors, or even other countries. Understandably, mindful people are today speculating what could happen if major European countries, and yes...the US eventually simply can not pay their debt obligations and the World goes BANKRUPT! The most common answer you hear today, "Buy gold & silver because monetary denominations will be come meaningles...

Why NOT Gold? Broadcast Episode for KRLA

Clearly, the world's sovereign governments are either bursting with debt now, or they are frantically absorbing the debt liabilities of their private sectors, or even other countries. Understandably, mindful people are today speculating what could happen if major European countries, and yes...the US eventually simply can not pay their debt obligations and the World goes BANKRUPT! The most common answer you hear today, "Buy gold & silver because monetary denominations will be come meaningles...

Harry S. Dent - Why NOT Gold? Exclusive Interview

We KNOW that governments around the world are over-indebted. We KNOW some very big governments are going to default this decade. So how could the flight to gold NOT be the answer? In this exclusive interview with Straight Talk Wealth Host, Bruce Weide, Mr. Dent discusses the realtionship between $20 trillion in private sector debt that he expoects to burst in the next few years as opposed to approx $2 trillion that the U.S. has "printed" to begin filling the void. Dent declares that this will...

HARRY DENT INTERVIEW with Straight Talk Wealth Radio July 2012 - unedited version

Harry Dent is interviewed by STW Host Bruce Weide regarding Dents recent claim that the Global governments and banks are in a deviant collusion to create a false global economy and artificially low interest rates that will soon have its day of reckoning on the global economy,. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

Income Guaranteed to Last a Lifetime

How old will you live to be? That is the million dollar question. With people living longer and the advances in medical technology, how can you plan your retirement and guarantee that you will have enough money to last you the rest of your life? Imagine you are retiring next year. Is your retirement income guaranteed to increase with inflation? Will you even be able to live on what you make today in 10, 20 or more years down the line? In tis show, Bruce Weide and special guest co-host Michae...

Beat Wall Street at Its Own Nasty Game

In this episode Bruce explores whether it is possible to trust Wall Street anymore, in the light of blatant manipulation by too-big-to-fail global banks, in collusion with governments around the world. Sound like harsh words. Bruce's lays out the actual facts in this show. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

Is it TOO LATE for Financial Security in America? KRLA Broadcast

Just your luck. You've been trying to save for retirement or just build wealth over the last 12 years, and you couldn't have picked aworse time. Consider the challenges we've faced as an economy: * The bursting of the Tech Bubble in 2000 * The terrorist attacks of 9/11 * The housing boom of 2003-2007, followed by the biggest bust since the Great Depression * The continuing repercussions of the debt bubble; from chaos in Europe, to an American economy addicted to stimulus 13 years of lost...

Brighter Days Ahead!

Despite all appearances, the global financial markets are NOT coming to an apocalyptic collapse! Yes, there WILL be a new day dawning! The problem is that it may take until the end of this decade.In this show, Bruce extensively discusses the Seasons of the Economy, coming full cycle about every 40 years. FIND OUT: * How will we get through this global winter (If governments stopped trying to reverse the natural course of things)?* How America could come out strong by the end of the 2010s, pro...

KRLA Broadcast - Who is Going to Pay for Europe's Debt? YOU and Your IRA!

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. - Barack Obama - European government and private debt is on an unsustainable andunsolvable path. Now, after northern European countries (namely Germany) have spent billions and billions of Euros to save Greece, (who just elected a new government that will tell their lenders to "take a hike"), there is a whole new specter or European debt rising in Spain. But this time it's different.Spain is too big to fail, AND t...

EXTENDED PODCAST VERSION: Who is Going to Pay for Europe's Debt? You and Your IRA! (The entire uncut interview with Harry S. Dent)

This is the entire interview uncut with Harry S. Dent that Bruce conducted in the course of editing the broadcast show. Get the whole enchilada on what Harry Dent had to day, right here! Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

Govt Reports Lay Out The Ultimate Retirement Strategy

In this show Bruce reviews two critical governmental reports from the General Accountability Office (GAO), and the President's Council of Economic Advisers which are sounding major alarms about the Baby Boomer Generation's unpreparedness for retirement in the next 10-20 years in America. The reports cover the 5 Major Risks to retirement that, according to the government, will change everything. But the VERY VERY GOOD NEWS is that Bruce breaks down each specific risk, and gives you the spec...

KRLA Broadcast - What Happens to Investors When Stimulus Runs Dry? Lessons from JAPAN.

Japan's pre-WW II Baby Boom was 20-plus years before the US's. Their bubble burst in the late 1980's. The Nikkei Index is has still only recovered to 10,000 from it's peak of 40,000 over 20 years ago. Japan's answer? Keep printing Yen and stimulating against all demographics, instead of de-leveraging and writing down debt! Does that sound anything like the U.S. Fed Reserve's actions today. Yet, there are major differences between our two countries as well. Get the whole story in this broadcas...

KRLA Broadcast - INFLATION OR DEFLATION? America's Monetary System in Crisis and How to Plan for It!

In this show I want to address an issue that I truly believe is the most important issue all of us will face in the next decade. It is an issue that goes to the very heart of financial planning. And that is whether our personally accumulated U.S. Dollars will in fact become worth more in the foreseeable future or in fact become worthless as a monetary system by the end of this decade. - - You could buy all the stocks and mutual funds you want in the 2010’s; buy all the best foreclosure real ...

EXTENDED PODCAST VERSION: Inflation or Deflation? America's Monetary System in Crisis and How to Plan For It!

In this show I want to address an issue that I truly believe is the most important issue all of us will face in the next decade. It is an issue that goes to the very heart of financial planning. And that is whether our personally accumulated U.S. Dollars will in fact become worth more in the foreseeable future or in fact become worthless as a monetary system by the end of this decade. You could buy all the stocks and mutual funds you want in the 2010’s; buy all the best foreclosure real estat...

EXTENDED PODCAST: Who's Goosing the Market? (and more on the potential Banking system failure)

Get the whole story without the commercials. Is the stock market climbing because things are getting fixed, or do we have Wall Street living on "crack cocaine" being pushed on it by the Federal Reserve? In the Extended Podcast version, Bruce gets to slow down and give you the much bigger picture with all the facts. Hear interview clips with Gretchen Morgensen, David Stockman, Lakshman Achuthan (Chief Operations Officer of the Economic Cycle Research Institute), and Harry S Dent, who say that ...

Who's Goosing the Market? - KSAC

February 2012 has been a good month for stock. Yet Bruce takes on naysayers like David Stockman, Lakshman Achuthan (Chief Operations Officer of the Economic Cycle Research Institute), and Harry S Dent, who say that there is a disconnect between the actual economy and the direction of the S&P 500. Will Baby Boomers see another economic crisis? Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

The NEXT Banking Crisis! Could 2008 Happen Again? - KSAC Saramento

The crux of Failure in 2008 was the BANKS! Yes, tentacles went far and wide, but it was the leveraging of massive debt into the overinflated US real estate market that was at the crux of it.In this show we feature a groundbreaking series from Bill Moyers about why people like David Stockman, former Budget Director for the Reagan administration, and N.Y. Times Journalist Gretchen Morgenson, say not only that it can happen again, it WILL happen again!See much more on this story at our website a...

EXTENDED PODCAST VERSION: The NEXT Banking Crisis! Could 2008 Happen Again?

The crux of Failure in 2008 was the BANKS! Yes, tentacles went far and wide, but it was the leveraging of massive debt into the overinflated US real estate market that was at the crux of it. In this show we feature a groundbreaking series from Bill Moyers about why people like David Stockman, former Budget Director for the Reagan administration, and N.Y. Times Journalist Gretchen Morgenson, say not only that it can happen again, it WILL happen again! THIS SHOW GREATLY EXPANDS on our shortene...

The Light at the End of the Tunnel - WPGB Pittsburgh

Baby Boomers barely have a decade left to recover from the current economic and financial crisis. So when WILL things turn around? This episode features excerpted interviews with Harry S. Dent regarding his book The Great Crash Ahead, and covers the hurdles to overcome, (European Debt, China Bubble, American Debt), and what the government could most effectively do right now to get America back on a strong economic footing. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

EXTENDED PODCAST VERSION: Why Europe Can't Get Better Until it Gets Worse!

First in a special "podcast only" format, STW Radio, usually broadcast as a 1-hour show on AM radio with barely enough time to cover issues in detail, now gets to stretch out and get serious about informing America regarding saving for retirement in the Desperate Decade ahead. This show highlights the seeds of the Eurodebt and why Europe only has 1 of the 3 key tools most other sovereign countries have to fix their economic crisis. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

2012 and The Desperate Decade Ahead

What can we expect going into the new year? What is the story of the coming decade? And how can retiring Baby Boomers find some peace of mind in retirement in a desperate decade ahead. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

Baby Boomer Economic Crisis - It IS & WILL BE a Different World

Featuring European Debt Failure, China, and American Demographics. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

How Dismal Recovery is Causing Big Profits - plus - the China Bubble

5 July the WSJ reports two seemingly diametrically opposite stories - the Recovery is dismal, and Wall Street investors seem to be loving it. In this show find out how the stock market can be so UP, while the US economy is do DOWN. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

Wall Street Journal Gets it WRONG! Plus Great Radio Drama with Bruce & Walt

WSJ reports that seniors' nest eggs across the country are being shattered by low interest rates the Fed Reserve has put in place since the financial crisis. They talk about the crisis on .24% (the 24/100ths!) at the bank but they totally fail to mention the 7-8% guarantees in the pension markets. These folks are confusing short-term vehicles with long-term purposes and that's why they are gong under!Plus, Bruce & Walt really clown it up to make a point. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www....

Retirement in Crisis

In this show, Bruce Weide and Kirk Cox explore whether the Baby Boomgeneration will actually ever enjoy a period of life where one'sassets can be a sole source of income, or whether working until our70's or 80's is more the lot of the Booomers.Several major challenges are identified and address. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

What is Unique About Straight Talk Wealth Strategies?

This is a seminal show we keep replaying that never gets dated. It is about a key transition that the Baby Boom generation is just beginning to enter that they have little cognizance of, but is going to hit them like a ton of bricks. That is the difference between the ACCUMULATION aspect of saving and investing vs. the DISTRIBUTION strategies that they will begin to employ, and that are much more tricky and dangerous to miscalculate. Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com

Back to The Basics - The Money Matrix

Hey, guess what? I think people are tired about hearing about theeconomy!So this week we are going back to the basics of retirement planning.Listen to this show where Bruce covers the Money Matrix - a litmustest you can apply to any investment for retirement! Talk to Bruce by visiting https://www.straighttalkwealth.com