The Investor Coaching Show with Paul Winkler

Wealthy Investors Can Afford To Take Risks and Lose Big

It’s easy to look at wealthier investors and think they know more about money and investing. Today, Paul and Evan explain some critical differences between wealthy investors and average-income investors and why comparing yourself to wealthy investors can lead to many investing mistakes.

 

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Interest Rates Change. Confident Investors Don’t Overreact.

Paul and Evan talk about a trap that educated investors don’t fall into around interest rates. Last week, we saw interest rates change, which may bring about a rise in return in fixed income assets, like bond and CD rates, and a short-term drop in stock prices. Listen along to hear these two investors explain why a diversified portfolio historically beats responding to these trends and why even 10-year returns aren’t a long enough time horizon to see what is going on in stocks.

 

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60/40 Portfolios: A Historically Good Income Solution for Diversified Investors

Inflation is pushing the value of the dollar down, but markets can be volatile, and it can be difficult to pull money out for income when stocks are down. Today, Paul talks about an asset mix that has historically been a great income solution for properly diversified investors. 

 

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The Problem With the Invest America Act No One Is Talking About

“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it." This quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein and is the driving force behind the new Invest America Act proposed by Sen. Ted Cruz in early May, which would give each American born $1,000 at birth in an investment account that could be added to over the years and taken out of when they are an adult. This idea has been praised by many, and Paul even admits it is a tempting proposition, but there is a problem with the bill that few are talking about. With the government investing billions of dollars into large U.S. companies each year through this law, would the government be able to use its investment to gain leverage over and coerce companies by threatening to invest elsewhere?

 

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New to Investing? Take These Steps First

Today, Paul talks about how to overcome some of the first challenges around saving and investing. Listen along to hear Paul cover the mindset shift that helps many go from living paycheck to paycheck to saving and making their first investments. Paul spends the second half of the episode helping those newer to investing get educated about the most common strategies that get sold and why those strategies leave investors’ money more at risk than a properly diversified portfolio.

 

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A Strong Voice for Market Efficiency Diagnosed With Terminal Lung Cancer

Today, Paul reflects on the work of Jonathan Clements, an author and former writer for The Wall Street Journal, who has not stopped trying to leave a legacy amid a terminal cancer diagnosis. Listen along as Paul explains why it is so important to have voices like these in the investing world and why the concept of market efficiency is the foundation that you build many other investing concepts on top of.

 

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Innovation Fuels Change — Tariffs Provide a Global Trade Mix-Up

Paul and Evan open the show talking about how tax law changes have affected the way you take an income from certain investments over the last 50 years. They then pivot into a conversation around tariffs and changes in global trade that could create new opportunities and challenges for jobs as we see technology change the way that businesses innovate and operate. 

 

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Trump Hypes Up Tax Bill and Encourages People to Get in the Market

Today, Paul and Evan talk about a tax bill the Trump administration is calling the “Big Beautiful Bill” and share some details about certain tax increases and credits that are likely to be included. Listen along as the advisors share an honest and level-headed discussion about these items and why they are not encouraging the public and investors to get too excited or scared about it, because legislation can always be changed and isn't the determining factor in relaxing about money. 

 

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Is it 6%, 7%, 10%, or 12%? A Lesson in Returns

If you search the internet for the average return of the S&P 500, you’ll likely get some very different answers. If the average return of your portfolio is off by even 1%, you end up with very different incomes in retirement. Today, Paul and Evan cover this topic at length and share why looking at the 30-year periods of the market will make the picture clearer. They also explain how we can use this kind of information to see that properly diversified portfolios outperform both large U.S. funds and total market funds.

 

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Your Financial Plan Needs a Professional, Not a Google Search

Searching your symptoms online can be a frightening experience, often leading you to seek professional medical advice. Similarly, Paul Winkler and Evan Barnard discuss how investors can be misled by unreliable or biased information online, resulting in a misdiagnosis of their financial situation. Listen along to hear these investors talk about how the internet as a whole paints a skewed picture of markets and how AI is making it even more difficult for investors to navigate.

 

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