More for Your Money

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 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 27: Navigating Market Records, Understanding Price vs. Value, and Fred Smith's Economic Insights - 06/28/2025

June 28th, 2025  |  52 mins 50 secs

529 accounts, custodial account, deficits, dow jones, economic systems, federal reserve, fedex, financial advice, fred smith, free enterprise, government control, human nature in investing, inflation, investing, investment strategy, long-term investing, market records, market trends, market volatility, money management, nasdaq, p/e ratio, price vs. value, price-to-earnings multiple, roth ira, russell 2000, s&p 500, short-term investing, stock market, tariffs, transfer payments, utma account

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Episode 4: The Debt, Inflation, and Your Future: How to Stay Grounded in a Shaky Economy - 1/18/25

January 18th, 2025  |  52 mins 54 secs

debt-to-gdp, economic policy, federal reserve, financial literacy, inflation, inflation history, investing in inflation, janesville wi, john berkley, kit carson, market performance, monetizing debt, national debt, personal finance, u.s. deficits, uncommon sense investing

In this week’s More for Your Money, John Berkley and Kit Carson tackle a topic that’s often in the headlines—but rarely explained in a way that makes sense: national debt and inflation. With warmth, wisdom, and a little Wisconsin winter humor, John breaks down what 36+ trillion dollars of federal debt actually means for us as investors, taxpayers, and future retirees.

They walk through the history of U.S. debt levels—from post-WWII to today—and how inflation, interest rates, and government spending have played a role in shaping the economy. What does this mean for your money? How should individuals prepare in a world of structural inflation, slow-moving tax reform, and the possibility of higher interest rates?

John gets practical with a key takeaway: We can’t fix the national debt ourselves, but we can make smart decisions to protect our own finances.