InvestTalk

In this compilation program, Justin Klein and Luke Guerrero field a variety of finance and investment questions from callers across the United States and around the World.Today's Stocks & Topics: Bonds, Portfolio Management, Credit Card Debt, Real Estate Co-Op, Investing for Kid’s Future, Current Bond Market, Investing in Morocco, Value Stock, Difference from a 403b and Regular 401k, The Young Consumer, Large, Mid or Small Caps, Roth I-R-A Withdrawals, Preferred Dividend Stocks, The Dow vs. The S&P 500, 401k Rollover, Fractional Shares, Growth to Value Trade.Our Sponsors:* Check out ClickUp and us...

In this inaugural InvestTalk holiday special, Justin and Luke wrap up the year by gift-wrapping the market's toughest lessons and checking their list of "naughty or nice" investor behaviors to see who’s set for success. From crowning the listener call of the year to peering into the crystal ball for 2026 market predictions, this episode is a festive roadmap to help you secure your financial future.Our Sponsors:* Check out ClickUp and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://www.clickup.com* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out In...

Due to year-end tax selling, small-cap stocks have historically outperformed in January and we will explain why the January Effect happens and highlight specific small-cap ETFs investors might want to consider buying before the calendar flips.Today's Stocks & Topics: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY), Market Wrap, Investible Assets, “Pre-Positioning for the “January Effect” (Small Caps)”, American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL), Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD), Mortgage Rates, Stock Screeners, Xylem Inc. (XYL), HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA), PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL), Wall Street and Tariffs.Our Sponsors:* Check out ClickUp and use my code INVEST for a great...

Active Management's Edge in Fixed IncomePassive bond funds are broken, and we expose why the current high-yield, high-volatility market is proving that active managers offer better risk mitigation and a measurable edge.Today's Stocks & Topics: Xylem Inc. (XYL), Market Wrap, Jacobs Solutions Inc. (J), AECOM (ACM), WEC Energy Group, Inc. (WEC), HP Inc. (HPQ), “Active Management's Edge in Fixed Income”, Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG), Biggest Market Developments in 2025, Hesai Group (HSAI), Cash Position, Consumer Staples Stocks.Our Sponsors:* Check out ClickUp and use my code INVEST for a great deal: http...

Is the dollar's global dominance ending? We break down the real risks of de-dollarization and how geopolitical sanctions could punish your US-heavy portfolio.Today's Stocks & Topics: Trane Technologies plc (TT), NIKE, Inc. “Water Scarcity: The $3.4 Trillion Infrastructure Gap “, (NKE), KPP Newsletter, Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI), Consumer Price Index (CPI) Report, Monetizing Debt, Equinor ASA (EQNR), Rambus Inc. (RMBS), Private Funds.Our Sponsors:* Check out ClickUp and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://www.clickup.com* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out Invest529: https://www.invest529.com<...

We will reveal how to profit from the necessary modernization of America's aging water systems and fight the structural problem of scarcity.Today's Stocks & Topics: The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. (MICC), Market Wrap, Thematic ETFs, “Water Scarcity: The $3.4 Trillion Infrastructure Gap”, Coupang, Inc. (CPNG), The Stock Market and 401k, Financial Risks in 2026, BHP Group Limited (BHP), Bloom Energy Corporation (BE).Our Sponsors:* Check out ClickUp and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://www.clickup.com* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out Invest529: https://www...

Commercial real estate is hitting rock bottom. We will explain how to buy discounted distressed debt without owning a single office building.Today's Stocks & Topics: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), Market Wrap, Safe Route to Invest, Carrier Global Corporation (CARR), “CRE Distress: Where Are the Opportunities?”, IPOs, Waymo or Tesla, Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (ACLS), The Trade Desk, Inc. (TTD), Small Caps, Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI), Cash Holdings in Portfolios.Our Sponsors:* Check out ClickUp and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://www.clickup.com* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/i...

The national debt crisis is no longer a political problem—it’s an investment bomb that will drive up your interest rates and throttle private sector growth.Today's Stocks & Topics: Centrus Energy Corp. (LEU), Market Wrap, Jones Soda Co. (JSDA), Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY), Stocks on Sale, “The Nation's Unsustainable Fiscal Path”, State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI), China's Energy Supply, Teck Resources Limited (TECK), Prediction Markets.Our Sponsors:* Check out ClickUp and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://www.clickup.com* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/inve...

Recent data shows the UK economy shrinking and German industrial production stalling, while US PMI data remains robust. This divergence suggests the US remains the "cleanest dirty shirt" in the global economy.Today's Stocks & Topics: First Trust Water ETF (FIW), Market Wrap, Residential Real Estate in the Bay Area, “Global Divergence: Europe Stalls, US Chugs Along”, Contango Ore, Inc. (CTGO), Dolly Varden Silver Corporation (DVS), Options & Capital Gains, Transport Stocks, NFLX and WBD Merge, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Bank Stocks.Our Sponsors:* Check out ClickUp and use my code...

As the year closes, mutual funds and hedge funds engage in "window dressing", the practice of buying winners and selling losers to make their quarterly reports look good. This creates artificial price movements in December that retail investors can exploit.Today's Stocks & Topics: Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT), Market Wrap, KPP Newsletter, Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB), “Institutional "Window Dressing" Season”, Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF (DTCR), Key Benchmark Numbers: Treasury Yields, Gold, Silver, Oil and Gasoline, The Oil Market, Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), TerraVest Industries Inc. (TVK.TO), Medtronic plc (MDT), Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Inco...

The IRS has officially announced the 2026 retirement contribution limits with the 401(k) cap rising to $24,500, but the big news is the "Super Catch-Up" provision from the Secure 2.0 Act.Today's Stocks & Topics: Nomura Energy Transition ETF (PWER), Market Wrap, “The "Super Catch-Up": New 2026 401(k) Limits”, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD), Vera Therapeutics, Inc. (VERA), How to Short a Stock, Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares (VO), Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund ETF Shares (VBR), The Domestic Oil Industry, Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) (SVNLY), GE Vernova Inc. (GEV), Investing vs. Gambling..Our Sponsors:* Chec...

Dollar General (DG) shares have surged 14% after beating earnings, and this contrasts with luxury weakness and signals a shift in consumer behavior.Today's Stocks & Topics: Davidson Multi-Cap Equity I (DFMIX), Market Wrap, Medtronic plc (MDT) , “The Discount Retail Signal: Is the Consumer "Trading Down"?”, UFP Industries, Inc. (UFPI), Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX), Ero Copper Corp. (ERO), Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates, E.L.F. Beauty, Inc. (ELF), B2Gold Corp. (BTG), Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD).Our Sponsors:* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out Invest529: https://www...

Adobe Analytics has reported that "Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) usage hit an all-time high of $10.1 billion in November 2025, and this "phantom debt" doesn't always show up on credit reports immediately.Today's Stocks & Topics: PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP), Market Wrap, “The Holiday Debt Trap: BNPL "Phantom Debt"”, Primoris Services Corporation (PRIM), Firefly Aerospace Inc. (FLY), Commodities, Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Entergy Corporation (ETR).Our Sponsors:* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out Invest529: https://www.invest529.com* Check out NordProtect: https://nordprotect.com/investalk* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com<...

We will examine the volatile 2026 forecast for the U.S. dollar, which Morgan Stanley predicts will decline to a 2021 low by mid-year before staging a significant rebound.Today's Stocks & Topics: Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD), Market Wrap, Defiance AI & Power Infrastructure ETF (AIPO), “US Dollar Volatility: The Choppy Path to Stabilization in 2026”, Stryker Corporation (SYK), Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG), Impinj, Inc. (PI), U.S. Consumer Sentiment, Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index (FNILX), U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS), A-I and Shopping.Our Sponsors:* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out Inve...

We will analyze how the AI arms race is triggering massive Big Tech debt issuance to fund data center construction, and what this "mega-issuance" means for the stability and "spreads" of the investment-grade credit market.Today's Stocks & Topics: Upwork Inc. (UPWK), Market Wrap, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (VTI), “AI's Credit Market Footprint: Financing the Data Center Boom”, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), Key Benchmark Numbers: Treasury Yields, Gold, Silver, Oil and Gasoline, Target Date Funds (TDFs), Onto Innovation Inc. (ONTO), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW), Mega Mergers.Our Sponsors:* Check out...

We will be analyzing the fundamental strategic shift from global cost-cutting to domestic resilience... as companies pour investment into onshoring and nearshoring... in order to prioritize speed and proximity in manufacturing.Today's Stocks & Topics: Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO), Market Wrap, Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL), Safe Haven Investment, Dow Inc. (DOW), “The American Supply Chain Renaissance”, Rio Tinto Group (RIO), The Private Loan Market, StartEngine, TETRA Technologies, Inc. (TTI).Our Sponsors:* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out Invest529: https://www.invest529.com* Check out NordProtect: https://nordprotect.com/inve...

We will debate whether the S&P 500's historically high Shiller P/E (P/E10) ratio is justified by today's economic environment, or if the current market valuation—nearly matching the 2000 peak—signals an unsustainable bubble.Today's Stocks & Topics: Axon Enterprise, Inc. (AXON), Market Wrap, Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM), “Warning Signs: Is the Market P/E Ratio Justified?”, FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS), Abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF (SIVR), iShares Silver Trust (SLV), Copper Supply and Demand, Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V. (OMAB), Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (BAM), Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK), Ca...

Commodity markets are splitting: Inflationary pressure eases as energy and food prices decline due to better supply, while strategic minerals (like copper, lithium, and rare earths) face sustained volatility and high prices due to supply constraints driven by surging demand from the AI and EV sectors.Today's Stocks & Topics: Tecnoglass Inc. (TGLS), Market Wrap, Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS), “Navigating Divergent Commodity Markets”, International Exposure, Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Oil Pipelines, Covered Calls ETFs, Target Corporation (TGT), Walmart Inc. (WMT), Japan Bond Rates.Our Sponsors:* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out...

A growing trend is emerging where a Health Savings Account (HSA) is treated not as spending money, but instead as a "Super IRA" for retirement. Could this be the right call for you?Today's Stocks & Topics: Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT), Marker Wrap, Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (PLG), “The "6-Figure HSA" Retirement Strategy”, Liquidity, Leidos Holdings, Inc. (LDOS), The Auto Industry, Emerging Markets Bonds.Our Sponsors:* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out Invest529: https://www.invest529.com* Check out NordProtect: https://nordprotect.com/investalk* Check out Progressive: https://www.p...

In this compilation program, Justin Klein and Luke Guerrero field a variety of finance and investment questions from callers across the United States and around the World.Today's Stocks & Topics: A-I Stocks, Bond Maturity, Short-Term Rental Market, The VIX, Crypto, Pre-Tax Allocation vs. Roth I-R-A, Poorly Managed Companies, Publicly Traded Sports Teams, P.E. Ratios, Oil, Portfolio Management, Converting a Traditional IRA to a Roth, Cash Management, How to Calculate Company's Debt, 529 Plan, Entry Point.Our Sponsors:* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out Invest529: https://www.invest529.com...