Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: You know, what is the complete stock market cycle? And you know, how do you tell what part of the cycle you’re in? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, so a complete stock market cycle is kind of from the bottom, up to the top back to the bottom again. So for example, I think
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: Everybody The S&P 500 was down point zero 6%. Today almost flat as far as that goes, but the Dow actually hit an all time high today with the close, you know, again goes back to 1880. So, whenever it closes at an all time high, it’s kind of exciting. But we
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: So was this a question about long term care? You know, what is self insured long term care? And you know, what are the benefits of being self insured over a policy of just a standard long term care policy or a rider on a, like a universal whole life insurance policy?
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: everybody welcome to Monday, the S&P 500 was up point six 4%. Today, another all time record close, we had 69. all time record closes last year. So nice to start off the first day of this year. With another record close, we made some adjustments to the portfolios today. Lots of
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: So what’s the best way to give gift money to my grandchildren, if I was wanting to maybe think about a larger sum of money than usual? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, I mean, you can gift up to 15,000 per person. So if you are married, you could actually give 30,000 to a
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: Hello, everybody, welcome to Thursday, the S&P 500 was down point 3%. Today, and really kind of a slow Dale together another good chance for me to talk about one key thing and would be watching for next year. And that’s the relationship between Large Cap stocks and Small Cap stocks. So
Transcript: Everybody, welcome to Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up point one 4%. Today, as we continue our climb here through the Santa Claus Rally, and not a lot happening today, actually, it was kind of a slow day altogether might be a good time for me to discuss kind of what I see happening
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Talk about your fruit tree method for kind of pruning these large stock positions. And then with that method, you talked about covered calls and how they generate income. Could you explain that a little bit more? And also, what’s a covered call? Tom Vaughan: Yeah. Okay, that’s a complex question. So
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: Hello, everybody, welcome to Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down point 1%. Today, and actually, you know, the NASDAQ was down also. But the Dow was actually up, which was kind of nice. But let’s talk about what they call the Santa Claus Rally here. And there’s some interesting stats that I
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Should I take money out of my Roth to pay for pay to pay off my mortgage or pay off a car note? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, okay. So let’s say you’ve got your mortgage, and you’re just trying to get rid of it, it’s kind of an irritant, and you’ve got this