Jun 29, 2022

There’s an old investing saying: “Fortunes are made in bear markets and collected in a bull market”. In this episode, Josh and Jay discuss the difference between bear markets and bull markets, and why that matters to investors. The guys also discuss the impact of emotion on the market, particularly in the short...

Jun 28, 2022

From “the next google” stocks, to penny stocks, dot.com stocks, meme stocks, or even crypto, there’s typically both social pressure applied to investors to not miss out on the next big thing, but also their own internal feelings of not wanting to “miss” out. This “Fear of Missing Out” or FOMO as it’s...

Apr 5, 2022

Josh and Jay discuss the different ways to pay for an extended healthcare event, or long-term care as it’s commonly referred to. Long-term care events can be one of the biggest destroyers of wealth that a family will encounter. How should you plan for an extended health care event? Should you put money in the bank?...

Mar 31, 2022

Interest rates are rising, and there are certain plans for the Fed to continue to increase the Fed funds rate. For pre-retirees and retirees looking at the purchase of an income annuity to help fund their retirement, or those folks with a pension backed by an insurance company provided annuity, how does rising rates...

Mar 31, 2022

In this episode, Josh and Jay discuss a phrase many investors have heard but may not fully understand: risk tolerance. What is risk tolerance? Why does it matter when you’re setting up your investment accounts? How do you determine your risk tolerance? Josh and Jay quickly go thru his company Gulf Coast Financial...