Today, Paul shares a story about running into an investor who feels a lot more peace about his investments after connecting the dots on standard deviation. The standard deviation of an investment portfolio helps personal investors, fund companies, and even insurance companies understand how far off the investment is from its projected return and how to know when an investment might no longer be able to provide the kind of income that you expected. Listen along as Paul helps explain why standard deviation helps you determine if you’re drifting off course or if you’ve found a reliable investment. Later in the episode, Paul explains the hurdles that electric vehicles still need to overcome to be the future of transportation and why the market will eventually find the best solution for consumers and not the one that people are most excited about right now.

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Paul and Evan talk about how the financial industry sells the “safest” and “best” product to investors given market conditions, and then the financial media swoops in to convince investors of some new information that pushes everyone in a different direction. Listen along as these advisors ask investors: During a time war, political uncertainty, elections, and new technology, do you want to trust that these companies know what is going to happen next? Instead, Paul encourages investors to take an approach that allows them to spread their risk out and unplug from the news. Later in the episode, a survey of Robinhood accounts shows that when investors can choose which companies to own, they usually pick companies that they already know and are using the products or services of.

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Paul has seen many people go through the same cycle of investing: becoming interested in investing, being sold faulty investments, becoming afraid of the future, and finally believing that all investing is just a scam or gambling. Today, Paul and Evan talk about investing at its best. Listen along to hear how investing can actually mean owning companies all around the world that increase peace and collaboration between nations, provide better jobs and a higher quality of life for workers, and champion innovation and technological advances for the world — all while these companies work to provide profit and financial security for you, the shareholder. Later in the episode, Paul shares a Halloween classic, “The 12 Scariest Things You Can Hear From Your Broker This Halloween.”

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Is it time to move some money from your savings to an investment portfolio? If so, how do you choose what you should invest in? Today, Paul shares how to know if you have too much money in the bank and how to invest the rest. Listen along as Paul explains why the assets you choose when you invest should be directly connected to your time horizon.

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This week Paul looked through a sea of headlines that could negatively impact markets and finally asked: Who on Earth would want to invest in times like these? Listen along as Paul works to help average investors separate the disillusionment that comes from war and political chaos from the process of saving and investing for the future. Later in the episode, Paul explains why having a true purpose for your money is much better than just having a lot of money.

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