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Straight Talk Wealth RadioYour Financial Advisor Needs to See the Future! - Episode 83No one can tell the future, right? Well frankly, your financial advisor will be made or broken on whether they can just do that!
In this episode, Bruce goes into why it is so important for financial advisors to buy their own BS, but rather, to always question and doubt.
Bruce looks forward to ask "Is the next Recession of 2024 coming, or has the government and the Federal Reserve made it all better now?"
Did Bidenomics leading us to a soft landing, or more Stagflation. And what should you do about it to...
2024-01-1628 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioGoing Live, Buying Starbucks and Taking CallsThis week I came into the KVTA Ventura studios and decided to broadcast live and take calls.I really want to know what YOU want to hear about! I started to get into David Stockman and the difference between how the markets and economy appear and what Mr. Stickman thinks they're really doing. BUT...the phones kept ringing and YOU ALL are much more interesting.Well, some nice ladies called in and we heard some fascinating stories. Check out this special editions!
2019-11-0456 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioGlobal Debt and the Future of GoldThere's a feeling out there that the investments markets have weak underpinnings, and that soon, the tides will change.Maybe.But do you understand why some pundits feel that way? With historically low unemployment, high prime-age workforce, and so thereby monetized consumers, what could go wrong?Extreme global levels of debt. That's what.Now, I'm not declaring any doomsday or recession. But if you're wondering where the fears start, they start there - with global debt levels. Because it's always the over-leveraging of debt into a bubble by investors and the...
2019-10-1956 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe Retirement INCOME CrisisAfter a lifetime of accumulation of savings and wealth, for retirees the entire games changes to the spending of wealth.So how does your portfolio provide for you then? In the past retirees have leaned heavily on income producing assets, such as dividends and bonds.Dividend payments have particular frailties. They're never guaranteed and, as shown by the 2018 collapse of telecom dividends, (Frontier, Century Link, etc) the income can be shut off with little or no notice. And when that happens, the stock price tumbles so that i...
2019-09-2856 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe Death of Bonds in a Negative Interest Rate WorldIf what Alan Greenspan says is true, we are heading into a whole new uncharted world of financial planning and asset allocation. In this episode hear Alan Greenspan in Sept of 2019 declare:1.) The US GDP is driven by the US Stock Market! (The OPPOSITE of how it has ever been).2.) Negative Interest Rates WILL COME to the U.S. It's only a matter of time!This changes absolutely everything for retired investors and savers. It means:Asset Allocation is gone! The component of Safety (bonds and bond funds...
2019-09-0957 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioWhat Every Senior Should Know About Medicare. The devil is in the details.We've never covered this topic before, but every single person age 64 1/2 should be paying close attention. Medicare rules are changing. Rates are changing. Benefits for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplements are changing.This week, Bruce brings in Ventura's leading Consultant on Medicare, Jessica Jones, to discuss why your Medicare coverage is NOT something you stop paying attention to!
2019-08-2556 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioBears vs Bulls - David Stockman vs Logan MohtashamiAs the US Economy achieves it's longest ever period of expansion, only one of two great stories can be told!Overloaded with private and public debt, and a decade of stimulus, we will soon see the greatest bubble burst in all of US History.The Federal Reserve has done a phenomenal job, the economy has never looked better, America is the greatest economic engine in the history of The Western World, and demographics are poised to carry us into further prosperous times!We're not joking! Both stories are compelling! And in this episode Bruce draws on the...
2019-08-0456 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioInflation Ahead? Deflation? It damn well matters!The core issue of this macro-economy, the driver of every tactical investment decision boils down to whether we have inflation or deflation ahead. That single issue affects stocks, bonds, banks, real estate and metals. No single investment choice can escape this fulcrum of balance in the economy.In this episode Bruce discusses the ongoing pressures in each direction. How do things look under severe inflation or deflation? How should your planning change for either, and who will be the winners and losers in either scenario.
2019-07-2857 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe Current Direction of the US Economy: Boom or Bust?The U.S. economy is currently in the midst of the longest expansion in history. But for retiring Boomers, or those near retirement, it's not about where we've come from, but about where we're going! Boomers don't have any room left for another decade of mistakes in their saving or investing strategy.Of course, there are only two answers - Growth or Contraction. And if you're like the average IRA or 401k owner, you're hearing both stories circulating right now, and you don't know who to believe!In this episode of...
2019-06-0956 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe Current Direction of the US Economy: Boom or Bust?The U.S. economy is currently in the midst of the longest expansion in history. But for retiring Boomers, or those near retirement, it's not about where we've come from, but about where we're going! Boomers don't have any room left for another decade of mistakes in their saving or investing strategy.Of course, there are only two answers - Growth or Contraction. And if you're like the average IRA or 401k owner, you're hearing both stories circulating right now, and you don't know who to believe!In this episode of...
2019-06-0956 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioRe-Thinking the Fundamentals / Free Tools to Help Calculate Your Own Retirement WithdrawalsIn anything you're trying to master, the fundamentals of the subject are the first thing to fully grasp and become comfortable with.Baseball? Practice your hitting, fielding, double-plays, over and over and over again, and you've got a shot at winning games.Musician? Practice your scales, arpeggios, and chord structure to get good at your instrument.So what are the fundamentals of Retirement Planning? And just as important, when it is time to question them and reassess them? In this show, Bruce demonstrates that recent times have...
2019-05-2756 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioLazy Money - Episode #2: Easy Interest Upgrades on Savings AccountsHow much of your cash is earning less than 2%? That's easy enough to fix!In this episode Bruce shows how just getting small increases in your interest bearing savings accounts makes big returns over not so much time.Learn how to turn your money in 0.5% CD's at the bank into something better with 2%, 2.5% or even 3.7%. Learn how to get the fees out of your savings account!Learn about the huge effect it has when you turn taxable annual interest into real tax-deferred growth with true compounding.Don't miss this most practical e...
2019-04-2158 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioLazy Money = Lazy Parents!How much of your money is earning less than 2%? That's LAZY MONEY and there is no reason for it!Too many people are sitting on huge sums of cash earning practically nothing, only because they can't strategically make up their mind on how to build their portfolios for Income, Growth, and Liquidity!In this episode Bruce demonstrates that the cost of getting paltry interest rates on even your bank savings account is needless and very costly in the long run. $100,000 earning .1% in a inflationary environment of 3.5% is loosing $3,400 a year in value. Or o...
2019-04-1457 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe 3 Greatest Risks to Running Out of Savings in RetirementWARNING: Your stock and fund broker would prefer you did NOT listen to this episode of Straight Talk Wealth Radio!The fact is that there are 3 key erosion factors to any retirement portfolio that your wealth manager might be able to guess how to manage against, but they can never guarantee the outcome.If you live too long, or if you plan on a portfolio withdrawal level that you think is reasonable how prepared will you be to reduce your standard of living by 40% halfway through retirement when markets, inflation or i...
2019-03-2858 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioAs Boomer Need for Long Term Care Insurance Explodes, Insurers' Finances ImplodePresently, !0,000 Baby Boomers A DAY turn 65 in the U.S., and it will continue until the year 2030! At that time there will be more people old people (over 65) in the U.S. than young people (18 and under) for the first time ever in the history of the country!Stats show that 7 out of 10 retirees will need Long Term Care (LTC) support services at some point in their retired life. Then this from the WSJ: "Millions Bought Insurance to Cover Retirement Health Cost, Now They Face an Awful Choice". That's because LTC...
2019-03-171h 00
Straight Talk Wealth RadioDon't Buy an Annuity!Annuities are LONG-TERM contracts! And annuity salesmen are well-trained to always "Sell the Sizzle"! They talk about great features, but omit the details.How long are your funds tied up? What benefits do you think you are getting for that?Why would your annuity salesperson show you just one or two models when there could be dozens to consider?What's your purpose for buying the annuity? Safety? Liquidity? Future guaranteed income? Living benefits such as long-term care funding? Growth? Without knowing how to define your needs and what specific questions you s...
2019-03-0356 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioDon't Buy an Annuity! - 30 Second Spot for 2019-03-03 Show on KVTAThis week's show is going to rattle some cages!
2019-03-0200 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioSTW Radio RETURNS! Wall Street Journal series: The UnPrepared Boomers!Our first Episode back on the airwaves at Newstalk 1590 KVTA, Ventura, CA since 2016!Bruce discusses what is new in the ALL NEW Straight Talk Wealth Radio! This week, featuring the ongoing Wall Street Journal series about retiring Baby Boomers, entitled "The Unprepared". Bruce excerpts the first article in the series and discusses how Boomers are unprepared, and some techniques to help them evaluate how unprepared you may actually be and some essential fixes to help.
2019-02-2456 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioAnnuity Wars - State of Calif Aims to Gut the Best Performing AnnuitiesCalifornia State insurance regulators have acted to remove some of the best performing annuity products from the California market starting on 1 January, 2017. I have never seen this much warfare against American Savers since Ben Bernanke destroyed the interest rate market to force retirees back into stocks, no matter the risk. Folks, there is a WAR going on between the Wall Street Casino Machine, and the Big Insurers of the Midwest. You have literally just a few days for this show to matter. LISTEN NOW, before you are stuck with "Next De-Generation" annuity products.
2016-12-1656 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe Peak of Globalization and What Happens Next: Exclusive Interview with Harry S. DentFor decades the world has been marching deeper and deeper into the globalization solution. NAFTA, the Euro, the rise of China,the TPP, etc, etc. But there have been repercussions, from the loss of manufacturing in the US, to the Euromess to clean up the debt-ridden southern European countries by Germany and the other northern European countries. And now, in the mid-twenty teens, the tides are changing back again. Today we see the Brexit, the backlash against immigration, the rejection of the TPP, and astonishing election of Donald J. Trump. Renown economist Harry S. Dent says the world is already...
2016-11-2756 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe Peak of Globalization and What Happens Next: Exclusive Interview with Harry S. DentFor decades the world has been marching deeper and deeper into the globalization solution. NAFTA, the Euro, the rise of China,the TPP, etc, etc. But there have been repercussions, from the loss of manufacturing in the US, to the Euromess to clean up the debt-ridden southern European countries by Germany and the other northern European countries. And now, in the mid-twenty teens, the tides are changing back again. Today we see the Brexit, the backlash against immigration, the rejection of the TPP, and astonishing election of Donald J. Trump. Renown economist Harry S. Dent says the world is already...
2016-11-2756 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioStrategies for a World Turned Upside Down - Episode 3Breaking News about the The Global Banking Crisis 2.0 in this show! European Debt levels show massive private sector bank debt with massive loan non-performance, and tells us how Europe will become a Global Crisis that will swamp Mario Draghi. And Janet Yellen won't be able to do a thing about it.Bruce then tells very specifically the tactical changes you need to make in your retirement portfolio to weather the changes.
2016-09-1656 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioStrategies for a World Turned Upside Down (Episode 2)This episode opens with a review of Jon Hilsenrath's Wall Street Journal article about the failures of the Federal Reserve to revive the economy and the question of whether they really know what they can even do about it in the end. Then Bruce turns right back to "What do you DO about it?"
2016-08-3057 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioStrategies for a World Turned Upside DownBruce got tired of telling you that things are going to change. In this episode he starts telling you more explicitly what to DO about it in your own portfolio.
2016-08-2956 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioHas Risk Left the Market - Episode 2JANUARY 2016 - Three major events were hurling markets down 10% in single month! The China Bubble, The Oil Glut, The Fed is Out of Bullets! And as fast as they rattled the markets, 5 months later it seems that these concerns are a distant dream. Are the stories gone? Are we back on a year of growth? Or will China and Oil come back to haunt us again in the foreseeable future? This show features key analysis on the investment and banking markets from Harry Dent, Carl Icahn, Mohammed El-Erian, John Truman Wolfe, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren,
2016-06-1456 min
Straight Talk Wealth Radio2016 - Year of Crisis or Recovery? Has Risk Left the Market?In the lead up to our Oxnard event on June 25th, hear an exclusive interview with economist Harry S. Dent. Bruce asks Harry about why the markets calmed after January 2016. The China Bubble, The Oil Glut, Fed Reserve out of bullets. Did these stories just go away or are they still major risks today?
2016-06-0757 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioListen to Straight Talk Wealth Radio! (30 sec promo)For your listening enjoyment!
2016-05-2100 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioA Look Behind the Wizard's Curtain! An Interview with John Truman WolfeIs the international economic crisis a carefully orchestrated strategy to gain control of the world’s finances?What if the current financial crisis was not caused by unforeseen random events, but was instead a carefully orchestrated assault on the US Dollar, designed to cripple the American economy and ultimately gain complete control of the world’s financial markets?Sound far fetched? Then you need to listen to this probing interview with John Truman Wolfe, the author of The Coming Financial CRISIS: A Look Behind the Wizard’s Curtain.Wolfe’s assertion is not some paranoid conspiracy theory, claiming the sky is falli...
2016-04-2456 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioA Look Behind the Wizard's Curtain! An Interview with John Truman WolfeIs the international economic crisis a carefully orchestrated strategy to gain control of the world’s finances?
What if the current financial crisis was not caused by unforeseen random events, but was instead a carefully orchestrated assault on the US Dollar, designed to cripple the American economy and ultimately gain complete control of the world’s financial markets?
Sound far fetched? Then you need to listen to this probing interview with John Truman Wolfe, the author of The Coming Financial CRISIS: A Look Behind the Wizard’s Curtain.
Wolfe’s assertion is not some paranoid conspiracy theory, claiming the sky is falli...
2016-04-2456 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioBubble, or No Bubble?After the great setback of 10% in January of 2016, by the end of the first quarter, it seemed liked all of the noise just suddenly stopped. Markets rebounded and didn’t look back.So what happened to the story? What about the “China Bubble”? What about depressed oil prices getting ready to crush banks who loaned the frackers up to $1 trillion that won’t be paid back? What about Europe on the edge of more default?In this episode Host Bruce Weide digs under the surface to find out what the “smart money” is thinking, exploring the recent media appearances of 4 of the most...
2016-04-2356 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioBubble, or No Bubble?After the great setback of 10% in January of 2016, by the end of the first quarter, it seemed liked all of the noise just suddenly stopped. Markets rebounded and didn’t look back.
So what happened to the story? What about the “China Bubble”? What about depressed oil prices getting ready to crush banks who loaned the frackers up to $1 trillion that won’t be paid back? What about Europe on the edge of more default?
In this episode Host Bruce Weide digs under the surface to find out what the “smart money” is thinking, exploring the recent media appearances of 4 of the most...
2016-04-2356 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioThe Truth About Dinner SeminarsBruce is determined to infuriate his colleagues. In the issue Bruce walks you through the most common financial sales presentations currently being huckstered at the free steak dinners that are so popular today. Most of these events are promoted through mass mailed invitations or even other radio shows. And while there is substantial content in them that can be factual, Bruce shows in this episode that there is just about the same volume of vital facts about these financial offers and products that you are never told. "Financial sales people are always told to 'Sell the Sizzle'. But I'm here...
2016-03-1256 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe Path to Dow 7,000!This episode features a startling collection of predictions from David Stockman (Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Reagan Administration), Mohammed el-Erian (chief economic adviser at Allianz), Jim Rogers (Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests), Donald Trump. These are just a few of the experts, the "Smart Money" if you will, that are pointing to the same future predictions for the Global Markets.
2016-02-2056 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe Great Gold BUST Ahead - Exclusive Interview with Harry S. Dent2016 starts off with "Mom & Pop 401K" shaking in their boots! If the markets fall this year, let alone the global economy, will gold be the answer? Harry Dent says authoritatively, "No Way!" Find out why Deflation must defeat gold. Listen to Dent's bold prediction in this interview for gold to reach $700/oz. by 2017 and even $350/oz. by 2023!
2016-01-1156 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioDavid M. Walker - The State of the Union's Finances - and YOUR Retirement AssumptionsExclusive interview with former Comptroller USA, The Honorable David M Walker. Mr Walker is the former Public Trustee for the Social Security anf Medicare accounts, former head of the General Accountability Office of Congress, appointed by President Clinton and servings also under G.W Bush. This episode begins one of several where Bruce interviews Mr. Walker regarding the national debt and deficits, and how troubled really are Social Security and Medicare? Oh yeah - and how to we FIX all this. There may be nobody better qualified to answer these questions and Mr. David M. Walker.
2015-11-2856 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioGLOBAL RUMBLINGS: More of Harry S. Dent on China's Massive Bubble - plus Falling US Real Estate Values to ComeWe've added some new reports from Harry Dent's "Markets & Economy" newsletters.
2015-10-0857 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioThe Thief in the Night - Harry S. Dent on China's Massive Bubble - plus Falling US Real Estate Values to ComeHear Bruce's exclusive interview with Harry S. Dent about the depth of the massive Chinese bubble in real estate that has now blown into Chinese stocks. Learn how the Chinese Communist parry is poised to lose control of their top-down crony capitalism in the bursting of their phony investment bubbles so big, it threatens to begin a global economic depression. Also features in depth discussion of the US housing market topping out before another potential 40% fall in prices, due to demographic weakness.
2015-09-2759 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThief in the Night UPDATE with Harry Dent: China's Real InfluenceExclusive interview with economist Harry Dent regarding China's real potential to crash US Markets. Leading into a new event in Oxnard on 10 October.
2015-09-2057 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioMaximizing Social Security Benefits; plus The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Medicare - EPISODE 1Leading up to our local workshop in September, Bruce discusses how utterly dependent most Americans will be for Social Security retirement benefits, when the actual income generated by Social Security is poverty level income. In the second half of this show Bruce introduces one of the most authoritative speakers in the US on Medcare benefits Alvin Parra, from Strategic Choices, LLC. Mr. Parra enlightens us on some of the little know lifetime penalties that can be assigned to seniors who do not accurately file for their Medicare benefits timely manner.
2015-08-2056 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioNicole Gelinas - Entire Uncut Interview for Podcast Subscribers Only!Exclusive interview with Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Nicole Gelinas. I recently discovered Ms. Gelinas on a video she produced with Prager University on why governement should not bail out the big banks. 1.) How we got here, markets addicted to government bailouts and stimulus; 2.) Why don't we fear the BOOM? What investors do wrong with risk. 3.) The story of decreasing income and rising debt in Middle Class America. 4.) Where is the trail from Fed money printing to inflated stocks on Wall Street? How they meet up. 5.) Where is the risk in today's banking system?. 6.) Update in Europe...
2015-08-0239 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioNicole Gelinas - After the Fall - Saving Capitalism from Wall Street and Washington EPISODE #2Exclusive interview with Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Nicole Gelinas. I recently discovered Ms. Gelinas on a video she produced with Prager University on why government should not bail out the big banks. This is Part 2 of my two-part interview with her. In this episode we discussed 1.) Where is the trail from Fed money printing to inflated stocks on Wall Street? How they meet up. 2.) Where is the risk in today's banking system?. 3.) Update in Europe and China. 4.) Will things have to get worse before they get better?
2015-08-0157 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioNicole Gelinas - Saving Capitalism from Wall Street - And WashingtonExclusive interview with Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Nicole Gelinas. I recently discovered Ms. Gelinas on a video she produced with Prager University on why governement should not bail out the big banks. This is Part 1 of my two-part interview with her. In this episode we discussed 1.) How we got here, markets addicted to government bailouts and stimulus; 2.) Why don't we fear the BOOM? What investors do wrong with risk. 3.) The story of decreasing income and rising debt in Middle Class America. Lots more good stuff to come next week!
2015-07-2458 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioA Thief in the Night! - Why the Next Great Crash is Inevitable by 2020! EPISODE 3In this final episode in the run-up to our July 18th workshop, Bruce covers new ground never featured before: What risk is Greece to American Investors: how the Chinese Bubble has shifted from condos to stocks, with the Shen Zin exchange being up 120% on the year while Chinese GDP growth continues to contract; and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's recent remarks regarding the American stock bubble are taken up. THIS BUBBLE IS GLOBAL, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN HARDER TO BELIEVE! The evidence is here in this show!
2015-07-0356 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioA Thief in the Night - Episode #2Hear an exclusive recording of David Stockman speaking at the Dent Research "Irrational Economics" summit in October 2014, where he describes the current stock market as "A one-way casino dragging the economy closer and closer to the brink". Also features Bruce's exclusive one on one interview with Harry Dent. PLUS SHOCKING details about massive residential mortgage defaults that have come to light that no one is speaking about!
2015-06-1656 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioA Thief in the Night - Why the Next Stock Market Crash is Inevitable by 2020Featuring an exclusive interview with economist Harry S. Dent, and excerpts from former White house Budget Director David Stockman, hear the release of a major Southern California Event. Hear why Global Quantitative Easing can NOT go on forever,and how it will end. Hear two very different views of how investors should protect themselves. Get OUT of the equities markets? Or stay IN the equities markets? Bruce chats it up with John Grace, President of Investor's Advantage and keeps it friendly while he ardently disagrees.
2015-05-3156 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioDollar UP? Oil CHEAP? China SLOWING? Harry Called it Years Ago!March 2015 Interview with Harry S. Dent where I review several forecast e made that were unbelievable at the start of 2014, and were the irrefutable FACT just a year later.
Harry tells us where we will be a year from now.
2015-03-1556 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioDavid Stockman on The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America
2015-02-1556 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioThe Game of Legal Extortion - EPISODE 2In Episode 2, the country's leading Asset Protection Attorney, Douglas Lodmell, reviews what techniques work and what don't work to protect your wealth from frivolous lawsuits. Lawyers have turned the legal system into an industrial size extortion racket over the last generation. Doctors, contractors, employers, and construction company owners are particularly at risk. Follow the thread of how the "ambulance chasers" have come to usurp the system, how the scam is run today, and most importantly, what works and what does not for techniques to protect your interests from frivolous lawsuits. Bruce interviews the country's leading Asset Protection Attorney, Douglas Lodmell...
2014-12-2856 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioThe Game of Legal Extortion - EPISODE 1Lawyers have turned the legal system into an industrial size extortion racket over the last generation. Doctors, contractors, employers, and construction company owners are particularly at risk. Follow the thread of how the "ambulance chasers" have come to usurp the system, how the scam is run today, and most importantly, what works and what does not for techniques to protect your interests from frivolous lawsuits. Bruce interviews the country's leading Asset Protection Attorney, Douglas Lodmell, and also features the website FaceOfLawsuitAbuse.org
2014-12-1756 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioThe China Crisis - How the Coming Collapse of China Will Cause a Global Economic Depression - EPISODE 3
2014-11-0256 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioThe China Crisis - How the Coming Collapse of China Will Cause a Global Economic Depression - EPISODE 2
2014-10-2656 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioThe China Crisis - How the Coming Collapse of China Will Cause a Global Economic Depression - EPISODE 1
2014-10-1957 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioMaximizing Social Security - The Most Important Financial Decisions You Will MakeFor 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.
2014-08-3156 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioAre 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.
2014-08-1056 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioConfessions & Dirty Secrets of the Financial Services IndustryEvery 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.
2014-07-2756 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioToo 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 what has changed in the US banking system since the 2008 Meltdown, an...
2014-05-2356 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioToo 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 what has changed in the US banking system since...
2014-05-2356 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioAdvisor Wars! Why Financial Advisers Can't Work in HarmonyWhen 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.
2014-04-2056 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioWarren Buffett's Best Kept Secretin 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 class, traditionally only the domain of institutional investors, now become available to individuals with...
2014-03-3056 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioWill 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 it's largest global customer. Could such a ploy actually help China collect on it's $1.3 trillion of US Debt, that...
2014-03-0356 min
Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe Inevitable GLOBAL BubbleDespite 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, former Budget Director for the Reagan Administration and author of The Great Deformation, and Contrarian economist and...
2013-12-1856 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioThere IS a Crystal Ball! - Japan, China, and the Asian Demographic CliffDid 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 economic slowdowns to slowdowns in good ole baby-making. He then raises the next logical question, "Isn't China next?" and...
2013-11-1056 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioIRRATIONAL ECONOMICSIs 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, and an exclusive interview with Harry S. Dent., which explores opposing economic theories...
2013-10-1756 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioAddicted 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?
2013-06-2256 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioAddicted 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 Bloomberg TV* What is a Retirement Roadmap?
2013-06-1347 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioAddicted to Stimulus - Can the Fed Get the U.S. Through Rehab? PART 2The 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 Know AboutHARRY DENT INTERVIEW: * Why Shouldn't Wall Street be Happy?* Wall St. vs Main St.* Why Corporate Profits are So...
2013-06-1333 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioAddicted to Stimulus - Can the fed Get the U.S. Through Rehab? - PART 3The 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 Next Collapse * What SHOULD the US Be Doing? * Real Estate * Gold
2013-06-131h 03Straight Talk Wealth RadioA Thief in the Night! Why the Next Stock Crash is Inevitable and What You Can Do About ItWALL 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 any potential to offset it like the last time. This show features and extensive interview with N...
2012-10-2050 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioA Thief in the Night! Why the Next Stock Crash is Inevitable and What You Can Do About ItWALL 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 any potential to offset it like the last time. This show features and extensive interview with N...
2012-10-2050 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioReal 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 opportunities will be different than the real estate boom and bust of '02-07, and some hidden land-mines in the current economy that could challenge...
2012-10-0450 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioWhat'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 big car makers know that you haven't been told... about the biggest threat to retirement this country will...
2012-09-1650 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioWhat'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 big car makers know that you haven't been told... about the biggest threat to retirement this country will...
2012-09-1650 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioWhy NOT Gold? Broadcast Episode for KRLAClearly, 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 meaningless in the face of hyperinflation." Straight Talk Wealth Radio Host, Bruce Weide, doesn't disagree with the distinct possibility of the premise, and in this show he...
2012-08-1950 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioWhy NOT Gold? Broadcast Episode for KRLAClearly, 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 meaningless in the face of hyperinflation." Straight Talk Wealth Radio Host, Bruce Weide, doesn't disagree with the distinct possibility of the premise, and in this show he...
2012-08-1950 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioHarry S. Dent - Why NOT Gold? Exclusive InterviewWe 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 not only lead to the next big stock marklet crash, but also further losses in...
2012-08-0848 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioHARRY DENT INTERVIEW with Straight Talk Wealth Radio July 2012 - unedited versionHarry 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,.
2012-07-0721 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioIncome Guaranteed to Last a LifetimeHow 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 Michael Rossi will discuss these issues and provide valuable solutions on how...
2012-07-0650 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioBeat Wall Street at Its Own Nasty GameIn 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.
2012-07-0650 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioIs it TOO LATE for Financial Security in America? KRLA BroadcastJust 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 growth potential on your savings is no small setback! How can most Americans even dream of a secure retirement if the...
2012-06-2250 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioBrighter 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, provided we survive the winter?How will YOU weather the global economic winter and survive...
2012-06-0450 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioKRLA 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 too big to bail out.In this show Bruce exclusively interviews renown economist and best selling...
2012-05-1750 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioEXTENDED 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!
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Straight Talk Wealth RadioGovt Reports Lay Out The Ultimate Retirement StrategyIn 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 specific strategy to mitigate, manage, and maximize your retirement savings, GUARANTEED! You will not hear...
2012-04-2750 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioKRLA 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 broadcast episode. Includes a very current interview with Rodney Johnson, president of H.S. Dent Enterprises.
2012-04-1250 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioKRLA 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 estate, stock up wi...
2012-03-2650 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioEXTENDED 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 estate, stock up with piles an...
2012-03-2358 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioEXTENDED 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 there is a disconnect between the actual economy and the direction of the S&P 500. Will Baby Boomers...
2012-03-091h 13Straight Talk Wealth RadioWho's Goosing the Market? - KSACFebruary 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?
2012-03-0952 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioEXTENDED 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 shortened broadcast version, and includes a lot more interview clips from the Bill Moyers episodes...
2012-02-101h 25Straight Talk Wealth RadioThe NEXT Banking Crisis! Could 2008 Happen Again? - KSAC SaramentoThe 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 at www.StraightTalkWealth.com
2012-02-1052 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioThe Light at the End of the Tunnel - WPGB PittsburghBaby 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.
2012-01-3152 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioEXTENDED 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.
2012-01-101h 15Straight Talk Wealth Radio2012 and The Desperate Decade AheadWhat 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.
2011-12-3150 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioBaby Boomer Economic Crisis - It IS & WILL BE a Different WorldFeaturing European Debt Failure, China, and American Demographics.
2011-12-0350 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioHow Dismal Recovery is Causing Big Profits - plus - the China Bubble5 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.
2011-07-1450 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioWall Street Journal Gets it WRONG! Plus Great Radio Drama with Bruce & WaltWSJ 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.
2011-04-1050 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioWall Street Journal Gets it WRONG! Plus Great Radio Drama with Bruce & WaltWSJ 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.
2011-04-1050 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioRetirement in CrisisIn 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.
2011-02-1057 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioWhat 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.
2011-01-3050 minStraight Talk Wealth RadioBack to The Basics - The Money MatrixHey, 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!
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