HeyJaredThoughts On Money [TOM]
THOUGHTS ON MONEY [TOM] is a podcast looking at simple truths on money. Everything from budgeting to investing to decision making. A great place to come for answers to your personal financial questions or to spark thought on how to improve your financial life.
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Good Company. Bad Stock. (opens the original)
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This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4AhW7vM Trevor Cummings hosts Thoughts on Money with Brett Bonecutter and analyst Ishan Chhabra to discuss Chhabra’s article “Good Company, Bad Stock,” focusing on how a strong business can still be a poor investment when purchased at the wrong valuation. Using a Red Vines analogy and Walmart from 2000–2011, they show how high expectations (Walmart at ~44x earnings) can lead to weak stock returns (~1% annual) despite strong fundamentals (EPS compounding
The Risk of Taking Advice from Instagram (opens the original)
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This week's blogpost: https://bahnsen.co/4A77CpN Trevor Cummings hosts a Thoughts on Money podcast discussion with Blaine Carver and Brett Bonecutter on how modern environments—especially social media algorithms and targeted ads—shape financial decisions, using the Stanford Prison Experiment as an example of behavioral influence. They critique an Instagram “real estate guru” video promoting “regular rich” via two rules: pay off all debt (including a mortgage) and save $2 million, assuming an eas
Insurance Sales: Follow the Money (opens the original)
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This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4xsigpq On the Thoughts on Money podcast, Trevor Cummings, Sarah Leitzke, and Blaine Carver discuss Sarah’s blog post inspired by “pearl party” videos and multi-level marketing, using them to frame a key consumer question in insurance: “How are you paid?” They outline three compensation models for people selling insurance: recruiting-focused, multi-level marketing-style setups; captive agents tied primarily to one carrier’s products; and broker-style acc
Is Gold a Good Investment? (opens the original)
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This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/46j36GM Host Blaine Carver interviews Brett Bonecutter about his article “Is Gold a Good Investment?” prompted by Rand Paul’s Fort Knox visit and frequent client questions about gold. They outline why investors are drawn to gold—perceived capital preservation, durability/rarity, mistrust of fiat currency and debasement, de-dollarization, and crisis “shock absorber” appeal—while noting gold’s short-term volatility. They discuss gold’s valuation challenge
The NYC Pied-à-Terre Tax: Who Pays and Will It Happen? (opens the original)
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This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4cmIBMV On the Thoughts on Money podcast, host Trevor Cummings speaks with New York-based Matthew Gregory and Brett Bonecutter about New York City’s proposed “pied-à-terre” tax—an annual surcharge on high-value properties not used as a primary residence, aimed largely at nonresidents. They discuss the controversial rollout, including a publicly released list of potentially affected owners and subsequent legal challenges focused more on process than polic
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