Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Does budget ever change in retirement? As I get older, I expect to travel us and should I plan around just having a lower budget when I get home in my advanced years? Tom Vaughan: We have not seen dramatic decreases in budget based on age, mainly because people have a certain
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Why is the market going up as recession fears increase? You know, you talked about how like good news is now being taken poorly by the market. Can you explain that a little bit further? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, so recession fears are going up. And that at least this week, and even
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Do you still believe socks is a good quality investment? I watch your show several times a week. And it’s been a while since you mentioned it. Tom Vaughan: Yeah, so what he’s talking about is the iShares semiconductor ETF, the symbol is SOXX. That’s pretty much what we call it all
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Are there any stocks that have shown resiliency in this downturn? Tom Vaughan: Any stocks that have shown resiliency, okay? So this downturn has been a little bit different in some regards. And because technically speaking in downturns, you look towards utilities, you look towards health care, mainly because you know, people
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Should I consider taking a 15 year or 30 year mortgage? You know, with interest rates being so high, I can see, I think about percent maybe on that 15 versus that, you know, 30 year is that kind of worth that, you know, savings? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, it, it can be.
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Could you explain yield curve control? I hear people talking about, I’m not sure what it is and how it affects everything. Tom Vaughan: Yeah, yield curve control is essentially a theory, as far as I’m concerned. So far, I haven’t seen it be or heard about it being used yet. But
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: I want to help fund my grandchildren’s education. You know, what are my options? And you know, what are the pros and cons of each option? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, this is, you know, this is my 35th year and I have a different answer now than I used to have. Just based
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: My portfolio is down, should I ever consider taking Social Security early as income to kind of make up for that decrease in my portfolio? Tom Vaughan: Okay, so portfolio is down, obviously, as true for most of us here in this particular market. And let’s, I’m assuming that means that we’re
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: Hello, everybody, welcome to Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down a little bit more than 2%. Today was an interesting day, I had an alert set at the S&P 500, around 3940 level, and we jumped through that alert, IQ triggered, we got to 3945. And then the market really started down
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: What is a bear market rally? And how do you tell the difference between a bear market rally and just a regular rally? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, we got this question earlier. So I’ve got some things prepared for this too. But it’s really fascinating because, first of all, some definitions, right? A