About the show
More for Your Money, hosted by John Berkley of Uncommon Cents Investing, is a weekly radio show airing Saturdays at 9:06 AM on WCLO. With over 40 years of experience in portfolio management, John shares expert insights on investing, retirement planning, and wealth-building strategies. Whether you're looking for smart ways to grow your portfolio, navigate market trends, or make informed financial decisions, this show delivers practical advice tailored to everyday investors. Tune in each week for thoughtful discussions, listener questions, and actionable strategies to help you make the most of your money.
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Episodes
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Episode 44: Market Updates, Inflation, and Money Questions with John Berkley - 10/25/2025
October 25th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
3% annualized inflation, 401k, 401k distribution, age 62, age 70, bond portfolio, bull market, capital gains tax, closed end fund, company stock, concentration risk, consumer price index, cpi, dow, federal reserve goal, financial planning, gold bullion, gold mining, high yield bonds, investing, laddered cds, liquid cash, money market, money questions, nasdaq, net unrealized appreciation, nua, ordinary income tax, resource stocks, retirement accounts, retirement planning, robs account, roth ira, russell 2000, s&p 500, safe bonds, social security, stock market, structural inflation, tax location strategy, tax-free investing, timberland, total return, treasuries, value investing
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Episode 43: Market Highs and Massive Cash Positions: Learning from Jim Rogers and Warren Buffett - 10/18/2025
October 18th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
100% cash position, 100% recession predictor, 12 to 18 months lag, all-time highs, benjamin graham, buffett indicator, buy low sell high, corporate bonds, debt, deployment of capital, elevated valuations, extraordinarily expensive stock market, federal reserve, fiat currency, greenspan put, high cash percentage, inverted yield curve, jesse livermore, jim rogers, leverage, margin debt, monetary policy, patience, pe multiple, preservation, q3 earnings, recession timing, risk management, s&p 500, schiller, sitting tight, treasuries, value investing, vix volatility, volatility, warren buffett
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Episode 41: The Cost of Investing: Evaluating Fee Platforms, Controlling Tax Gains, and Addressing the Risks of Global Inflation and the Shrinking Stock Market - 10/04/2025
October 4th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
401k rollover, benchmarking, capital formation, capital gains tax, community property state, debt monetization, deficit spending, dollar extinction, enron, expense ratio, federal regulations, fee-based platform, fiat currency, fiduciary standard, full retirement age, growth versus value, hedge funds, hybrid insurance products, illiquidity, individual stocks, interval fund, investment advisory services, ira, laddered bonds, life insurance, long-term care insurance, mutual funds, private equity, publicly traded companies, reserve currency, retirement income, retirement planning, russell 1000, s&p 500, sarbanes-oxley act, sequence of return risk, shrinking stock market, social security benefits, step-up in basis, structural inflation, tax efficiency, treasury bonds, uncommon cents investing, us federal debt, worldcom
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Episode 40: Local Service and Financial Freedom: The Case for Hiring a Financial Professional - 09/27/2025
September 27th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
10-year bond, 401k fees, asset allocation management, beneficiaries, debt versus wealth accumulation, diversification, estate planning, financial choices, financial decisions, financial professional, growth stocks, inflation risk, interest rates, investment advisory services, local financial advisor, local service, managed accounts, market report, mentoring, pensions, price earnings multiple, retirement planning, return on advice, risk management, roth ira conversions, s&p 500, second opinions, social security, tax buckets, value stocks, wealth accumulation
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Episode 39: The Investment Committee on Market Paradoxes, Structural Inflation, and Risk Reduction Strategy - 09/20/2025
September 20th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
10-year yield, 2-year yield, advanced declines, asset allocation, brics, central bank independence, diversification, dow, dual mandate, federal funds rate, federal reserve, fiat currency, financial chaos, fiscal deficit, gold, growth stocks, hard assets, inflation risk, inflation tax, interest rate cuts, john maynard keynes, magnificent 7, market breadth, milton friedman, monetary policy, narrowing markets, nasdaq, p/e multiple, portfolio tweak, precious metals, purchasing power, quantitative easing, ray dalio, reserve currency, risk reduction, russell 2000, s&p 500, structural inflation, unsustainable debt, v-shape recovery, value investing, warren buffett
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Episode 38: Uncommon Cents: Wisdom on Decisions, Risk, and Retirement Strategies - 09/13/2025
September 13th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
401k, albert einstein, beneficiaries, billy graham, charlie munger, competency, dave ramsey, early withdrawals, expensive market, federal reserve, financial advice, financial decisions, financial literacy, financial podcast, financial scams, growth stocks, interest rates, investment strategy, market trends, money management, nasdaq, passion for work, retirement planning, retirement transition, risk management, robert lewis stevenson, roth ira conversions, rule of 55, s&p 500, socrates, spending habits, trusted contact, value, value stocks, warren buffett, wealth management, work ethic
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Episode 37: Beyond Predictions: Uncommon Cents Investing on Market Trends, Risk, and Unique Strategies - 09/06/2025
September 6th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
10-year treasury, billy graham, client relationships, dow, dr. mark mobius, economic slowing, edwin lefevre, emotional aspects of investing, ethical business, expense ratio, fee-based advisory, fiduciary, financial advisor, financial independence, growth stocks, in-house research, individual common stocks, interest rates, investment strategy, jesse livermore, long-term investing, margin investing, market forecasting, market trends, nasdaq, non-retirement accounts, portfolio building, registered investment advisor (ria), reminiscences of a stock operator, retirement planning, risk discussion, roth ira conversions, russell 2000, s&p 500, speculation, tax control, tax problems, value investing, wealth accumulation
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Episode 36: Investment Styles Unpacked: Value, Growth, and the Highs and Lows of Speculation - 08/30/2025
August 30th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
ai stocks, benjamin graham, bucket shops, capital gains, crypto, discipline, emotional control, financial advice, fomo, great depression, growth stocks, investment strategies, jdb indicator, jesse livermore, jim rogers, john bogle, john marx templeton, long positions, mag 7, market report, market timing, momentum investing, patience, pe multiple, proctor and gamble, retirement accounts, short selling, speculation, stock market, style drifting, tax loss harvesting, technical analysis, trading, value investing, warren buffett, yield curve
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Episode 35: Attorney Mike Vogel on Estate Planning, Gift Tax, and Irrevocable Trusts - 08/23/2025
August 23rd, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
5-year look-back period, annual exclusion, asset protection, c corporations, corporate formalities, corporate work, elder law, estate planning, federal gift tax, federal reserve, fiduciary, form 1041, form 709, interest rates, irrevocable trusts, lifetime exemption, llcs, long-term care expenses, market update, medicaid planning, mike vogle, operating agreements, portability, s corporations, step-up in basis, tax knowledge, trust administration, vogel law firm
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Episode 34: Ray Dalio on the Global Debt Crisis and Interest Rate Outlook - 08/16/2025
August 16th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
artificial intelligence, bond market, bull market, chatgpt, debt warning, deficit, discipline, economic predictions, empire cycles, federal reserve, financial advice, financial planning, financial system, fomo, geopolitics, global debt crisis, hedge funds, historical cycles, inflation, interest rates, investment strategy, long rates, market cycles, meltup, mentorship, monetary policy, mortgage rates, nasdaq, ray dalio, reserve currency, risk management, russell 2000, s&p 500, short rates, stock market, the changing world order, us dollar, wealth accumulation, wealth preservation
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Episode 33: The Future of Investing: AI, Productivity Gains, and Portfolio Bonds - 08/09/2025
August 9th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
10-year note, ai applications, ai efficiencies, ai ethics, ai productivity gains, ai safety, ai thinking partner, artificial intelligence (ai), asset classes, asset preservation, bond market fluctuations, bond maturity, bond portfolio, bond rating agencies, bonds, capital gains taxation, cash, cds, chatgpt, client priorities, closed-end investment companies, compliance logs, corporate bonds, credit rating, credit spread, debt monetization, derivatives, equity, etfs, expensive market, federal reserve, fixed income, goldilocks market, google notebook, government bonds, government deficits, gro, growth, high-yield bonds, higher education, household accounts, income, inflation, investment process, investment products, ira bonds, job descriptions, junk bonds, market beta, market pullback, market timing, market update, microsoft copilot, momentum investing, mutual funds, nasdaq, note-taking ai, price-earnings multiple, real interest rates, reversion to the mean, risk in bonds, risk tolerance, risk-return relationship, roth ira, s&p 500, staffing, stocks vs. bonds, traditional ira, us treasury auction, volatility reduction
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Episode 32: A Fireside Chat on Life, Work, and Investing for the Next Generation - 08/02/2025
August 2nd, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
401k, career advice, early investing, economic outlook, financial planning, free market capitalism, investing, life lessons, mentorship, money management, personal finance, retirement planning, roth ira, socialism, wealth accumulation, youth investing
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Episode 31: The Local Advisor Difference: Comprehensive Financial Planning Beyond the 1-800 Number - 07/26/2025
July 26th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
aging parents financial help, ai in financial planning, asset verification home purchase, backdoor iras, beyond 1-800 number, comprehensive financial planning, cost-effective financial advice, diy investor support, fiduciary financial advisor, financial advisor fees, financial advisor janesville, financial advisor wisconsin, financial education, financial newsletter, financial security, holistic financial planning, human emotion investing, inherited ira rules, insurance alternatives financial planning, investment management, ira contributions, local financial advisor, long-term care contracts, medicare supplement advice, more for your money podcast, pension planning, personalized financial service, qualified charitable distributions (qcds), relationship-based financial planning, required minimum distributions (rmds), retirement planning, social security advice, spouse death financial guidance, tax planning strategies, term life insurance advice, wclo, wealth management
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Episode 30: Navigating Value, Small Caps, and Market Mechanics - 07/19/2025
July 19th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
asset allocation, bid and ask price, company management, cpi, diversification, federal reserve, financial advisor, growth stocks, initial public offering, investment research, ipo, limit orders, market dynamics, market makers, market mechanics, market orders, market volatility, p/e ratio, pce, peter lynch, portfolio management, price-earnings multiple, retirement accounts, sarbanes-oxley, small caps, small company stocks, stock market bargain, taxable accounts, thinly traded issues, unemployment rate, value investing, value stocks, wall street journal article, yield curve
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Episode 29: Generational Insights and Practical Financial Wisdom - 07/12/2025
July 12th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
401k, bitcoin risks, capital gains, compounding capital, debt avoidance, developing markets, family business model, financial advisor, financial education, financial fundamentals, financial planning, generational insights, gold, investing vs. debt, investment strategies, janesville, market trends, mortgage payoff, natural resources, portfolio diversification, rebalancing assets, risk tolerance, roth ira, tax implications, wealth management
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Episode 28: From Poverty to Prosperity: Edmund Halibi's American Journey - 07/05/2025
July 5th, 2025 | 52 mins 50 secs
american dream, business challenges, compounding interest, economic opportunity, edmund halibi, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, free market capitalism, hard work, immigrant success, janesville wisconsin, liberia, market recovery, mentoring, personal growth, political instability, poverty, saving and investing, the italian house, third-world countries, wealth creation
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