Money Life With Chuck Jaffe Daily Podcast

Chuck closes out his coverage of #FinCon19 by chatting with five FinCon stars, including Doug Nordman of The-Military-Guide.com, Philip Taylor, the founder of both Fincon and of ptmoney.com, Andy Hill of the Marriage, Money and Kids blog and podcast, Sarah Li-Cain, writer and host at Beyond the Dollar, and Steve Stewart, podcast editor and the community leader of FinCon's Podcast Network.

Chuck is at FinCon 2019, the giant meeting of podcasters, bloggers, writers and other content creators from throughout the personal-finance world. His guests today cover a wide range of subjects and programming. You'll hear from Gwen Merz of Fiery Millenials, Stephanie McCullough of Sofia Financial, Dustin Heiner of MasterPassiveIncome.com, Kent Brown of the Daily Money Show, Australian Paul Benson of Financial Autonomy, Kelly McKillip of Couch Cents, Whitney Hansen of The Money Nerds, and Logan Allec of Money Done Right.

Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com made the PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon US Treasury Index ETF (ZROZ) his ETF of the Week saying it's that -- despite the inversion in the yield curve -- it's an appropriate investment response to today's common investment concerns, because long-term bonds stabilize a portfolio in low-rate, recessionary environments. Also on the show, author James Pattersenn looks at stocks a young Warren Buffett would buy, Brooklyn Lowery of CardRatings.com discusses credit-card churning, and Joe Saul-Sehy of the Stacking Benjamins podcast helps Chuck prepare for FinCon 2019 by discussing the good, bad and ugly of the podcast world and the blogosphere.

Jim Welsh, macro strategist and portfolio manager at Smart Portfolios, said he expects the market to rally to rpughly 2,950 on the Standard and Poor's 500 ahead of the next Fed meeting, only to have the central bankers issue some sort of disappointing news around a rate cut that puts the market into a short tailspin down to the 2,750 range. From there, Welsh said, expect an oversold bounce that helps to fuel the next rally. Also on the show, author Caitlin Zaloom discusses the lengths parents go to in order to pay for college educations, we rebroadcast an interesting disagreement between Jeremiah Reithmiller and Steve Tresnan of HighTower Advisors on how to use alternative investments in a portfolio, and Michael Robinson of Money Map Press stops by to talk stocks in the Market Call.

Ted Rossman of Bankrate.com said that more than two-thirds of people with credit-card debt are making a financial mistake by trying to maximize credit-card rewards rather than forgoing the bonuses for a card with a lower rate and fewer costs that will help them eliminate debt faster, noting that gaining a few percentage points in cash back or airline miles is not worth the average credit card's 18 percent rate. Also on the show, author Rita McGrath talks about identifying transformative changes in business ahead of the crowd, Noland Langford of Left Brain Capital Management talks stocks in the Market Call, and Chuck answers a question about home-purchase offers you might get in the mail.

Vincent Reinhart, chief economist and macro strategist at Mellon, is not forecasting a recession in the United States but he said that trade uncertainty has been a drag on economic activity worldwide, creating a global recession. Moreover, even when the trade and tariff disputes are resolved, he said things will not be better than before, as it will take time to recover from the damage being caused by the slowdown in trade. Also on the show, Chuck answers a listener's question about an investing strategy espoused by Jim Cramer, Sandy Block of Kiplinger's Personal Finance talks about ways to simplify your finances, and Mike Liss of American Century Value has the Market Call.

Jerry Parker of Chesapeake Capital Corp. -- an original member of the famous Turtle Traders -- said in the Market Call that he'd rather find the most-diversified portfolio than simply trying to find the best stocks, noting that investors need to be taking a defensive posture -- using precious metals, commodities and betting against stocks with short positions -- to be well positioned in today's uncertain markets. Also on the show, author Kendall Rose discussed how step-parents can avoid the financial issues that are often a problem for blended families, financial planner Judith Ward of T. Rowe Price discussed how parents and children fail to communicate on college costs, and Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com checked in his pick for ETF of the Week, a specialty fund that loves the online retailers and shorts traditional big-box brands.

Brent Wilsey of Wilsey Asset Management said in the Market Call that his form of value investing -- which relies heavily on the PEG ratio -- has seent he number of bonafide investment opportunities shrink as the market has slowed down. He expects the trend to continue, even as he does not expect the market to hit a full-blown recession soon. Also on the show, Richard Flahive and Ray Baraldo if HighTower Advisors, discussing the distribution phase of life, Jean Statler of the Alliance for Lifetime Income on how people need to consider setting up income streams to reduce retirement worries, and Zack Friedman, author of 'The Lemonade Life.'

Brad lamensdorf of the Ranger Equity Bear ETF said that the market has been getting weaker with every correction, recapturing old highs more slowly and showing signs that a real downdraft with longer-lasting results could be on the way, particularly once sentiment turns ugly. He noted that if the Standard and Poor's 500 breaks through current support levels, it would likely fall at least 200 points further. Also on the show, financial adviser and author Ed Butowsky talks about scary financial advisers, Andrew Crowell of D.A. Davidson discusses the real benefits of saving when you are young, and lamensdorf returns to talk stocks in the Market Call.

Andrew Foster of Seafarer Capital Partners said that trade and tariff wars have not stopped growth in emerging markets, but they have exacerbated a slowing trend, particularly in China, that will make developing and emerging markets harder to profit from in the near future. Foster noted that valuations in emerging markets are reasonable, but without growth to help drive the market, investors should expect muted returns from emerging markets for the long-term future. Also on the show, Greg McBride of Bankrate.com talks about how many workers are not increasing their set asides to retirement plans, Sam McBride of NewConstructs.com -- no relation -- discusses a stock that is headed for trouble and Greg Woodard of Manning and Napier covers stocks in the Market Call.

Dan Zanger of ChartPattern.com said the Standard and Poor's 500 seems headed down to about 2,700 now as it pushes through what he called an 'ABC pattern' that started recently, has gone through the first two steps and is awaiting the third move, which traditionally will be down. Zanegr right now is only 10 percent invested in the market, and he warns that while the market has been in a range, the volatility has been hurting a lot of traders. Also on the show, Sir John Hargrave talks his new book about blockchain and bitcoin, Ken Tumin of DepositAccounts.com says that Americans are losing billions of dollars to misplaced loyalty to their bankers, and Chuck talks about a media-darling investment expert who turned out to be a fake.

Joel Greenblatt of Gotham Asset Management -- arguably the leading light along with Warren Buffett when it comes to value investing -- said that reports that value investing has stopped working are exaggerated and wrong, so long as you have the right definition of value investing. Most investors don't. Yann Cornil of the University of British Columbia talked about something else investors don't do right, namely diversify. James Hickey of H.D. Vest Financial Services said he doesn't expect a recession in the near-term despite headline risks, and Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com covers a hot trend with a trendy new fund.

Peter Vanderlee of ClearBridge Investments said that between low payout ratios and reasonable rates of growth, investors in dividend-paying stocks should have a positive outlook as they play defense against the slowing economic and market conditions likely to be in place over the next few years. Vanderlee noted that while there has been a flight to safety among investors, they have not bid up dividend-payers to where investors can't get fair values and the occasional bargain. Also on the show, Ray Baraldi and Richard Flahive of HighTower Advisors discussed the processes they believe investors should be following during the 'accumulation phase' of their lifetimes, Matt Schulz of CompareCards.com talked about how many consumers now find back-to-school shopping more stressful and costly than holiday shopping, and Randy Bateman of Balcones Investment Research returned to the Market Call to talk top-down investing and the companies that will benefit from robotics

Justin Hance, director of research for the Oakmark Funds, said that valuations in Europe remain attractive despite slower economic activity and perceived problems there, noting that on a stock-by-stock basis, investors are able to find quality businesses at reasonable prices more easily than in other markets around the globe. Also on the show, Megan Greene of the National Association for Business Economics discussed the group's most recent survey showing when economists believe we will see a recession, Mark Hamrick of Bankrate.com talked about the things many people have felt they can not afford to spend their money on this summer, and Simon Lack of SL Advisors and the American Energy Independence ETF covered energy stocks in the Market Call. 

Brandon Nelson, senior portfolio manager at Calamos Investments, said small-cap stocks are the cheapest they've been in many, many years relative to large-caps, noting that investors could win playing them on different levels, as an asset class in general but also making bets on individual securities. He favors technology, health care and consumer-discretionary stocks while mostly avoiding industrial materials, energy and utility issues. Also on the show, Ted Rossman of CreditCards.com talks consumers using cash versus plastic, Sam McBride of NewConstructs.com says that WeWork is an IPO that makes other new-stock follies look almost sane, and we rebroadcast a recent interview with Les Nanberg of Cornerstone Wealth, who -- unlike most experts -- expects to see recession sooner rather than later.

John Kosar, chief market strategist at Asbury Research, said that while the market is stuck between a major support level of roughly 2,800 and resistance at 2,950 on the Standard and Poor's 500, it remains in a bullish trend, which he expects to resume after economic cross-currents like trade wars, the inverted yield curve and slowing global growth are worked out. Also on the show, Tadas Viskanta of AbnormalReturns.com discusses who, if anyone, is trustworthy these days in the world of online financial advice and commentary, and David Snowball of MutualFundObserver.com chats about fund investing in an extended Market Call.

A day after the stock market suffered its worst loss of the year and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 800 points, Chuck hosts Chris Zaccarelli of Independent Advisors Alliance and David Goerz of Strategic Frontier Management for two extended Big Interview sessions. While the pair disagreed on how and whether to use the current decline as a buying opportunity -- with Zaccarelli saying he will buy secondary dips, but not this one and Goerz looking for mispricings to take advantage of -- both expect the market to rebound and be above current levels by year's end. Also on the show, Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com looks to Europe with his ETF of the Week.

Scott Wren, senior global equity strategist at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute, said that with large-cap stocks near fair value, he doesn't think there is much room for stocks to run over the rest of the year, though he does think they will finish the 2019 up from current levels. With that in mind, Wren suggested that investor play the range-bound market, buying when the Standard and Poor's 500 goes below 2,800 and looking to take profits when the market again reaches new highs and maintains 3,000. Also on the show, Collective Wisdom from HighTower Advisors, Todd Grossman of TalkWalker USA discusses social media marketing campaigns, and Dan Brady of TrendRating.com talks stocks in the Market Call.

Rusty Vanneman, president at CLS Investments, said that despite an outlook for heightened volatility, the stock market looks poised for a 'nice move into year end,' and he warned nervous investors that heading to the sidelines means missing out on the fun. Vanneman noted that while investors are right to be concerned about trade and tariff wars, those situations typically end with a positive resolution, making most of the interim movements little more than market noise. Also on the show, Chuck answers an audience member's question about physical-gold funds, Gina Pogol of AmOne.com talks about consumers' summer spending habits and money needs, and there is a rebroadcast of a July chat with Chris Davis of the Davis Funds.

David Trainer, president of New Constructs, put Netflix stock back in the Danger Zone, noting that the company has overcome troubling analysis that has called for a big decline for a long time, but he said that the stock's underlying circumstances have grown worse as it the share price has defied gravity, and he expects a crash to Earth soon, spurred in part by heightened competition and worrisome spending. Also on the show, Jason Reposa of MyBankTracker.com discusses the billions of dollars Americans are wasting on bank fees, author Carl Frey talks 'The Technology Trap' and changes in the labor market in the modern age of automation, and Mark Travis of Intrepid Capital Management is all about value investing and beaten-up small-cap stocks in the Market Call.