web02.fireside.fm Wed, 06 May 2026 09:09:02 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) More for Your Money - Episodes Tagged with “Individual Stocks” https://moreforyourmoney.fireside.fm/tags/individual%20stocks Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500 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. Disclosure: https://bit.ly/3Yc920O af episodic An Uncommon 'Cents' approach to investing Uncommon Cents Investing 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. Disclosure: https://bit.ly/3Yc920O no 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. Uncommon Cents Investing sheena@uncommoncentsinvesting.com Episode 50: Fee vs. Commission: Finding the Right Financial Advisor and Understanding Your Costs - 12/06/2025 https://moreforyourmoney.fireside.fm/50 4aee866a-56f7-4837-b9e9-a1baf0d454ca Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500 Uncommon Cents Investing full Uncommon Cents Investing Join John Berkley of Uncommon Cents Investing as they share practical financial insights and strategies to help you get more for your money. 52:50 no <p>John Berkley and Krista Berkley clarify the critical differences between fee-based and commission-based advisory models. The discussion emphasizes that understanding how your advisor is compensated and the underlying investment expenses is crucial, as the best platform—whether buy-and-hold commission or ongoing fee management—depends entirely on the client's needs and investment goals. Special Guest: Krista Berkley.</p> Financial advisor compensation, fee-based advising, commission-based products, sales charge, upfront sales charge, annual management fees, ongoing fees, investment expense ratios, comparing advisor costs, old school investing, mutual funds, individual stocks, buy-and-hold approach, investment transparency, long-term investing, wealth accumulation, choosing a financial advisor, Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), 401k rollover, Roth IRA. John Berkley and Krista Berkley clarify the critical differences between fee-based and commission-based advisory models. The discussion emphasizes that understanding how your advisor is compensated and the underlying investment expenses is crucial, as the best platform—whether buy-and-hold commission or ongoing fee management—depends entirely on the client's needs and investment goals.

Special Guest: Krista Berkley.

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Special Guest: Krista Berkley.

]]> 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 https://moreforyourmoney.fireside.fm/41 bff02996-b2a0-43d8-b2ed-e87e729b23f8 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:45:00 -0400 Uncommon Cents Investing full Uncommon Cents Investing Join John Berkley of Uncommon Cents Investing as they share practical financial insights and strategies to help you get more for your money. 52:50 no <p>Join John Berkley for a comprehensive look at crucial financial decisions. John reviews the rising markets and discuss the complexities of transitioning to fee-based investment platforms, warning against potentially higher costs. Learn how managing individual stock portfolios allows for greater tax efficiency, utilizing concepts like the step-up in basis. The show tackles global concerns, including high federal debt, the risk of structural inflation, and the future status of the dollar. Finally, he explores why the U.S. stock market is shrinking due to regulations, and offer guidance on when to claim Social Security. </p> Uncommon Cents Investing, investment advisory services, fee-based platform, mutual fund costs, expense ratio, fiduciary standard, 401k rollover, IRA, S&P 500, benchmarking, value investors, Russell 1000, value stocks, growth stocks, tax efficiency, individual stocks, capital gains tax, step-up in basis, community property state, mutual fund gains, social security benefits, waiting to take social security, full retirement age, retirement planning, sequence of return risk, treasury bonds, laddered bonds, long-term care insurance, hybrid insurance products, dollar extinction, structural inflation, deficit spending, debt monetization, fiat currency, US federal debt, reserve currency, publicly traded companies, shrinking stock market, federal regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Enron, WorldCom, private equity, hedge funds, illiquidity, interval fund, capital formation Join John Berkley for a comprehensive look at crucial financial decisions. John reviews the rising markets and discuss the complexities of transitioning to fee-based investment platforms, warning against potentially higher costs. Learn how managing individual stock portfolios allows for greater tax efficiency, utilizing concepts like the step-up in basis. The show tackles global concerns, including high federal debt, the risk of structural inflation, and the future status of the dollar. Finally, he explores why the U.S. stock market is shrinking due to regulations, and offer guidance on when to claim Social Security.

]]> Join John Berkley for a comprehensive look at crucial financial decisions. John reviews the rising markets and discuss the complexities of transitioning to fee-based investment platforms, warning against potentially higher costs. Learn how managing individual stock portfolios allows for greater tax efficiency, utilizing concepts like the step-up in basis. The show tackles global concerns, including high federal debt, the risk of structural inflation, and the future status of the dollar. Finally, he explores why the U.S. stock market is shrinking due to regulations, and offer guidance on when to claim Social Security.

]]> Episode 26: Market Valuations, Financial Repression, and the Psychology of Investing - 06/21/2025 https://moreforyourmoney.fireside.fm/26 65ee1daa-e570-4f2b-92e8-1aca7494bf53 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 15:00:00 -0400 Uncommon Cents Investing full Uncommon Cents Investing Join John Berkley of Uncommon Cents Investing as they share practical financial insights and strategies to help you get more for your money. 52:50 no <p>This episode of "More for Your Money" features John Berkley, Greg, and Todd discussing market performance, historically high price-earnings multiples, and AI's influence on growth. Topics include "financial repression," structural inflation, income inequality, and contrarian economic views. Uncommon Cents Investing shares their approach of disciplined, long-term value investing in individual stocks, emphasizing the psychology of investing. Special Guests: Greg Snyder and Todd Berkley.</p> investment advisory, fee-based firm, registered investment advisor, fiduciary standard, market performance, S&P performance, price-earnings multiples, elevated valuations, Artificial Intelligence (AI) impact, accelerating growth rates, financial repression, central bank actions, asset prices, structural inflation, government deficits, income inequality, value stocks, individual common stocks, long-term strategy, not timing the market, portfolio building, client objectives, time horizons, psychology of investing, contrarian economic views, Lacy Hunt, Jeremy Siegel, Ray Dalio, deflation, estate planning This episode of "More for Your Money" features John Berkley, Greg, and Todd discussing market performance, historically high price-earnings multiples, and AI's influence on growth. Topics include "financial repression," structural inflation, income inequality, and contrarian economic views. Uncommon Cents Investing shares their approach of disciplined, long-term value investing in individual stocks, emphasizing the psychology of investing.

Special Guests: Greg Snyder and Todd Berkley.

]]> This episode of "More for Your Money" features John Berkley, Greg, and Todd discussing market performance, historically high price-earnings multiples, and AI's influence on growth. Topics include "financial repression," structural inflation, income inequality, and contrarian economic views. Uncommon Cents Investing shares their approach of disciplined, long-term value investing in individual stocks, emphasizing the psychology of investing.

Special Guests: Greg Snyder and Todd Berkley.

]]> Episode 20: Understanding Margin Debt in Your Brokerage Account - 05/10/2025 https://moreforyourmoney.fireside.fm/20 3d1ed7c4-e8a5-4f46-a7d0-ff7684a09ff8 Sat, 10 May 2025 15:00:00 -0400 Uncommon Cents Investing full Uncommon Cents Investing Join John Berkley of Uncommon Cents Investing as they share practical financial insights and strategies to help you get more for your money. 52:50 no <p>This episode explores leverage and margin debt in investing. Learn how it works, its significant risks (like margin calls), potential rewards, and tax implications. John explains Uncommon Cents Investing's approach, using margin only for select clients who can afford the risk and understand they could take a loss. </p> investing, leverage, margin debt, margin account, borrowing money for investing, investment risk, margin calls, brokerage account, options vs. margin, tax consequences, capital gains tax, retirement accounts, non-retirement accounts, individual stocks, investment fees, expense ratio, market update, S&P 500, value investing, wealth accumulation This episode explores leverage and margin debt in investing. Learn how it works, its significant risks (like margin calls), potential rewards, and tax implications. John explains Uncommon Cents Investing's approach, using margin only for select clients who can afford the risk and understand they could take a loss.

]]> This episode explores leverage and margin debt in investing. Learn how it works, its significant risks (like margin calls), potential rewards, and tax implications. John explains Uncommon Cents Investing's approach, using margin only for select clients who can afford the risk and understand they could take a loss.

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