Money Life With Chuck Jaffe Daily Podcast

Kristina Hooper, global investment strategist at Invesco, said that Fed tightening and trade wars have put investors into more dangerous territory, and yet she does not expect a dramatic drop in the market but instead sees more volatility, and particularly downward momentum and spikes occurring despite economic expansion and a strong fundamental environment. Also, David Trainer of New Constructs heaps shame on investors who have ventured into the Danger Zone, Omar Aguilar of Charles Schwab Investment Manage

Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com made the Invesco Standard and Poor's 500 Low Volatility ETF his 'ETF of the Week,' noting among many reasons that it is a good hedge against future volatility for investors who found October particularly uncomfortable. Also on the show, Simeon Hyman of ProShares talks retails stocks, Adam Falcon of Princeton Asset Management dicusses the bond market, Adrian Garcia evaluates BankRate.com's latest survey on holiday giving, and Gerry Frigon of Taylor Frigon Capital Management says th

David Molnar, Joseph Klein and Patrick Fruzzetti of HighTower Advisors agreed during the Collective Wisdom segment that while the market has been slowing and has signaled some rough times ahead, they see domestic markets more as a buying opportunity right now than as something that has fallen without immediate prospects for getting up. While they cited different economic underpinnings, all noted that the numbers remain favorable, even if they are not quite as good as in the recent past. Also, Brett Arends d

Jim Kee, chief economist at South Texas Money Management, said he believes the economy can avoid any sort of recession induced by the actions of the Federal Reserve through next year, but noted that geopolitical strife is a wildcard that could create trouble if it stunts growth and business spending. Also, Charles Rotblut makes a former 'Sell of the Week' his 'Stock of the Week,' Jeffrey DeMaso of Adviser Investments discusses Vanguard's fee cut, a response to recent moves from Fidelity Investments, and Eri

Sandy Rufenacht, co-manager of the Aquila Three Peaks High Income and Growth Opportunity funds, said that investors need to be balancing their desire to buy low and to take advantage of the market's recent downturn against a changing landscape of market opportunities, noting that there is a hiehgtened sense of potential trouble for the market now. Also, Nate Clements of MagnifyMoney.com discusses a study showing when certificates of deposit are a better bet than stocks, David Trainer of New Constructs puts

Adam Grimes of Talon Advisors said that the type of volatility we have seen recently has always presaged a bear market in the past, and while he isn't expecting a downturn until after at least six months of complacency -- and potentially one more round of market highs -- he believes investors should start thinking defensively and should take any market increase as a chance to take profits. Also, Lindsey Bell of CFRA Research was sounding bearish, noting that there is a good chance that Santa Claus won't be

Jonathan Clements, editor of HumbleDollar.com discussed the FIRE movement -- Financial Independence/Retire Early -- and said that detractors and naysayers are missing the point that efforts to save aggressively while young always pay off, so encouraging the ideas without necessarily embracing them all is good for everyone. Also, Tom Lydon makes a Warren Buffett-like ETF his 'ETF of the Week,' Greg McBride of BankRate.com discusses record high ATM fees and other heavy banking costs, and we rebroadcast a rece

Sam Stewart, founder of the Wasatch Funds, now with Seven Canyon Advisors said that for all of the market's volatility and histrionics in October, it was simple business as usual, and that we're now living in a Goldilocks situation with the Federal reserve trying to get interest rates just right to avoid making the market too volatile in response. Also on the show, Jimmy Hausberg and Michael Sheldon of HighTower Advisors discuss the factors that go into their equity decisions, author Thomas Oppong talks abo

Three years ago, Charles Rotblut of AAII Journal made Deckers Outdoor Corp.his 'Stock of the Week,' three years after the last time he featured the stock. In that time, DECK is up 190 percent, and Rotblut said in spite of that increase, he sees room for the stock to gain another 15 to 20 percent from here. Also on the show, author Haleh Moddasser talking gray divorce, Andrew Moore-Crispin of Ting on how 2018 will be the holidays with a price-check, and a rebroadcast of a recent Market Call interview with Bi

David Trainer of New Constructs said in the Danger Zone segment that investors who rely too heavily on price/earnings ratios when making buy and sell decisions are leaving themselves at the whim of an inaccurate, outdated statistical measure. Also, Brian Livingston discussed why buying and holding so-called lazy portfolios will no longer produce the kinds of results he sees as coming from what he describes as 'muscular portfolios,' value manager Vitaliy Katsenelson of Investment Management Associates talks

Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com discussed the Fed's Open Market Committee Meeting from Thursday, noting that the central bank said nothing in its statement to change expectations that another rate hike will happen next month, and he expects rates to keep rising into 2019 for so long as the economic numbers show that the increases are not killing the economy. Also on the show, Toni Turner of Trendstar talking technical analysis, Chuck giving out the final tally on his Halloween trade-or

While emerging markets have lagged this year, a recent bounce in Brazil has pushed small-cap stocks there above their long-term trading average, and that has Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com making the iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF his 'ETF of the Week.' Also, author Dennis Stearns discusses his book on late-in-life financial fumbles, Chuck takes an audience question about a gimmicky fund that was discussed by an expert on the show earlier this week, and we rebroadcast a recent Market Call interview with Tom

Jon Adams, senior investment strategist at BMO Global Asset Management said that if the Federal Reserve can 'thread the needle' managing interest rates and inflation, there's no reason for the current economic cycle to end in the next year or so, and he expects to remain bullish and overweight stocks -- particularly domestic stocks -- until the market and economy are signalling that real change is coming. Also, Jimmy Hausberg and Michael Sheldon of HighTower Advisors discussed the factors currently affectin

Charles Rotblut, editor of AAII Journal, said that Genomic Health Inc. -- an evolving diagnostic-testing firm that recently turned its first profit -- is the Stock of the Week, having just been added to one of the Journal's key portfolios after outperforming 98 percent of all stocks over the last six months. Also, Miyuki Kashima of BNY Mellon Asset Management discusses the Womenomics movement and how it is affecting investing in Japan, Terry Jones of Investor's Business Daily covers investor optimism on ele

Frits Folts, chief inveestment strategist at 3Edge Asset Management said that he expects the stock market to have one more melt-up -- a rebound back to recent highs -- that could even be a dramatic pop, but that any increase will be followed by a downturn. He took a 'not overly bullish' equity outlook and combined it with an even less-bullish take on bonds, suggesting investors should think of cash as an alternative investment for the time being. Also on the show, David Trainer of New Constructs rips apart

In a show featuring experts with divergent opinions, Mona Mahajan of Allianz Global Investors said the market will see increased volatility, sector rotation -- with strength in consumer staples and health care -- but generally a continued upward trend for the next year, while Avi Gilburt of Elliott Wave Trader said that the market, after rallying back to a level of recent highs, is due for a significant fall, perhaps as much as 25 percent in what could be a steep decline to end the bull market. Jack Ablin o

It's a big-big-big show, with three Big Interviews, plus Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com with the ETF of the Week. In those Big Interviews, Doug Cote, chief market strategist at Voya Investments, said the market is going through a 'temporary, healthy correction,' noting the bull market is still intact and that the current volatility represents a return to normalcy. That 'it's normal, stay the course' sentiment was echoed later in the show by Tom Elliott, international investment strategist for the deVere group i

David Kotok, chief executive at Cumberland Advisors said the market is getting back to normal, and while it might be some new normal, it will have the traditional long-term returns of 8 to 10 percent for large-cap domestic stocks and lower single-digits for bonds, and he noted that correcting expectations should help investors find satisfaction in the market ahead. Also, the HighTower gang discusses year-end planning, Tony Arsta from Motley Fool Emerging Markets chats about where int he world to be investin

Michael Mullaney, director of global research at Boston Partenrs, said that the stock market has gone into a gray zone, a transitional period where fiscal stimulus has not kicked in -- though it should down the line -- and the effects of tightening money are being felt more. He expects increased volatility going forward, but more at normal levels as measured by the VIX, rather than at new highs, and says the market will rally because the economy isn't headed for recession. Also, Charles Rotblut of AAII Jour

William Smead, manager of the Smead Value Fund, said in the Market Call that the popular companies of the next 10 years will be those that make money from the creation and establishment of households, as the millennial generation has families and starts raising kids. He singled out Target and Disney as big names for that generation and the next decade of investing. Also on the show, Jason Reposa of MyBankTracker.com talks about Americans' alarming lack of emergency savings, Matt Swain of Broadridge Communic