The Phil Ferguson Show

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412 Trump, Russia, ETF Trading Costs, Diversification Feb 24, 2022

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Discussion of:
Trump and his love for Putin.
ETFs and the costs you may pay to trade
Some Scammy shit.
The value of diversification
Robert Green Ingersoll

411 - JC leaves religion, The Cushion, Longevity Insurance, RMD, American Atheist Conference Feb 16, 2022

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Interview with "JC". He left religion and you can too.
Investing Skeptically:
RMD
Longevity Insurance
How to use the cushion

410 Target Date Funds vs separate funds, Jeff - leaving religion, super shitty 401k Feb 07, 2022

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Interview with Jeffery Swanson. We discuss his journey out of religion.
Investing Skeptically: Why owning several funds may be better than a target date fund.

409 16 year investment performance, Inflation bonds Jan 28, 2022

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Review of 4 different investment strategies and how they might have performed over the last 16 years.
discussion of iBonds and TIPS.
Bonus audio: Robert Green Ingersoll "About the holy bible". Audio from The Center for Inquiry's CD. Used with permission.
You can get a copy here...
https://centerforinquiry.org/store/product/2-cd-set-lectures-by-ingersoll/

408 Geoffrey Blackwell from American Atheists Jan 20, 2022

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Geoffrey Blackwell from American Atheists. We discuss a couple of their legal cases and the 2022 annual convention in Atlanta GA.
New Schwab fee schedule,
Phone call with a rep from an annuity platform.
Bonus audio - Madalyn Murray O'Hair

407 Charlotte Dennett - The Great Game for Oil, The best funds from 2016 Jan 12, 2022

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Interview with Charlotte Dennett. We discuss her recent book "The Crash of Flight 3804: A Lost Spy, a Daughter's Quest, and the deadly politics of the Great Game for oil"
She is also the author of "The People v. Bush" and "Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil"
Investing Skeptically: Can we use 5 year performance numbers to pick funds that will beat the market over the next 5 years?

406 Year end review of 2021 - stock and bond performance Jan 04, 2022

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I review performance numbers for many investing indexes. S&P 500, US stock segments, International stock segments and Bond types.
Bonus Audio - George Carlin

405 Super shitty fund and leaving religion Dec 28, 2021

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Discussion of new DOL ERISA rules, Stock Buyback mutual fund. Interview with Marcin and the path out of religion.

404 Not Found - The FED - interest rates - inflation Dec 16, 2021

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Interview with Peter Conti-Brown about his book on The FED (2017).
Investing Skeptically: Inflation, the FED, taper, fed funds rate etc...

403 Junk bonds, leaving religion, Home co-ownership Dec 14, 2021

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Interview with a someone that has left Islam,
Investing Skeptically: Home Co-ownership, Junk bonds
Bonus audio
JFK - Church state separation
Katherine Hepburn - On religion

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