Make Better Wealth Decisions: How Financial Advisor's Blind Spots Can Hurt Your Investments in a Rapidly Changing World

John De Goey (a podcast covering financial literacy, financial advisors & wealth)

Have you thought about how bias impacts your investing? Is your portfolio built using standard principles that might not work in a new world paradigm that features an end to the bond bull, an end to the peace dividend and the onset of tariffs and trade wars? Make Better Wealth Decisions will help you navigate investing and planning by exposing how traditional advice does not incorporate recent events. The podcast will help you: 1. Spot hidden risks in stocks due to high valuations. 2. Protect your wealth with hard assets in a stagflationary economy. 3. Adapt wisely to avoid outdated investment principles. Tune in every Thursday where you’ll hear thought leader, author and portfolio manager John De Goey interviews financial experts about industry trends and thinking. Every Tuesday thereafter, he releases a short primer episode that provides context to make sure you understand what it all means and what you can do to help yourself. If you're ready to Make Better Wealth Decisions, hit play on recent fan favorite episode #147 with Tom Czitron that deals with valuations, bubbles, and the finance industry's overall lack of preparedness in 2025.

  1. 1d ago

    #301 | Why Decision Hygiene Is Impacting Your Wealth Decisions: How Media Literacy Can Help - Financial Literacy, Financial Advisors & Wealth

    How do you know whether the financial information you're consuming is actually helping you make better wealth decisions—or influencing you in ways you don't recognize? With more financial content coming from banks, journalists, influencers, social media, and increasingly AI, knowing what to believe has become just as important as knowing how to invest. Bryan Borzykowski, founder and CEO of ALLCAPS Content and an experienced business journalist, shares why media literacy and decision hygiene are essential to making sound financial choices. In this episode, you'll learn: How to evaluate financial information more critically by comparing multiple credible sources instead of taking a single story at face value.How to recognize potential misinformation, influence, and AI-driven fraud before they affect your financial decisions.Why seeking out financial education and starting to save early can put you in a stronger position to achieve your long-term wealth goals. Listen to the episode to strengthen your decision hygiene, sharpen your media literacy, and make more confident wealth decisions. Worried about the current investment climate and your money? Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement: https://makebetterwealthdecisions.s.gy/podcast John De Goey's Books. Grab your copy from Amazon: Bullshift: How Optimism Bias Threatens Your FinancesSTANDUP to the Financial Services IndustryThe Professional Financial Advisor IV

  2. 3d ago

    #300 | How To Prepare Your Portfolio Management Strategy for AI-Driven Market Volatility - Financial Literacy, Financial Advisors & Wealth

    Weekly Wealth Update: A Make Better Wealth Decisions podcast dedicated to explaining how current events impact your portfolio and the wealth decisions you make. Tune in every Monday for commentary on how the news of the week affects your portfolio and your thinking. Are you truly prepared for the next market drawdown—or are you simply assuming you’ll stay the course when things get difficult? With AI driving excitement, valuations remaining elevated, and investors becoming increasingly optimistic about what the future holds, today’s market environment has some striking similarities to previous periods of investor exuberance. The difference is that when markets turn, knowing what you should do and actually doing it can be two very different things. Drawing on lessons from the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, this episode explores how investor behavior, loss aversion, and portfolio management can shape your ability to withstand market volatility—and why having a plan before a crisis is very different from trying to create one during a crisis. You’ll learn: How to assess whether your portfolio can withstand a meaningful market drawdown before you're forced to make decisions under pressure.Why AI-driven optimism and elevated valuations can create risks for investors who assume recent market performance will continue indefinitely.How proactive portfolio management and a commitment to your investment strategy can help you respond more constructively when markets become difficult. Listen to the episode to reflect on whether your portfolio is truly built for the next downturn—and make sure you’re prepared to stay the course when it matters most. Worried about the current investment climate and your money? Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement: https://makebetterwealthdecisions.s.gy/podcast

  3. Aug 6

    #299 | How Competing Forecasts and Current Events Are Converging to Shape Better Wealth Decisions - Financial Literacy, Financial Advisors & Wealth

    Worried about the current investment climate and your money? Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement: https://makebetterwealthdecisions.s.gy/podcast Are you making wealth decisions based on headlines—or are you weighing competing forecasts before acting? Markets, technology, demographics, and geopolitics are all evolving at the same time, making it harder than ever to separate signal from noise. In this solo episode, John explores how competing forecasts can help you think more clearly about current events without relying on predictions. Rather than telling you what will happen next, he walks through a framework for making better wealth decisions in an increasingly uncertain world. In this episode, you'll discover: How long-term structural trends, AI developments, and geopolitical events can interact to influence investment decisions.Why comparing competing forecasts leads to stronger decision-making than relying on a single narrative or market prediction.Practical ways to build resilience into your portfolio by focusing on diversification, decision hygiene, and thoughtful risk management. If you want to make more confident wealth decisions while navigating today's current events and competing forecasts, this episode will give you a practical framework for thinking before you act. John De Goey's Books. Grab your copy from Amazon: Bullshift: How Optimism Bias Threatens Your FinancesSTANDUP to the Financial Services IndustryThe Professional Financial Advisor IV

  4. Aug 4

    #298 | Why Ignoring Climate Change Won't Help Your Portfolio & What to Do Instead - Financial Literacy, Financial Advisors & Wealth

    Weekly Wealth Update: A Make Better Wealth Decisions podcast dedicated to explaining how current events impact your portfolio and the wealth decisions you make. Tune in every Monday for commentary on how the news of the week affects your portfolio and your thinking. What do record-breaking wildfires, historic rainfall, and extreme weather really mean for your portfolio? Climate change is no longer a distant concern—it's becoming an economic reality that can influence industries, insurance costs, business performance, and long-term investment outcomes. In this episode, you'll explore why today's environmental changes deserve a place in your investment thinking and how the decisions you make now could affect your portfolio for years to come. By listening, you'll discover: Why climate change is becoming a significant long-term risk factor for your portfolio.How extreme weather can influence industries, insurance, and investment performance.Key questions to ask yourself when evaluating whether your portfolio is prepared for a changing world. If you want to better understand how climate change could shape your portfolio and future investment decisions, this episode will give you a valuable perspective to help you think ahead. Worried about the current investment climate and your money? Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement: https://makebetterwealthdecisions.s.gy/podcast John De Goey's Books. Grab your copy from Amazon: Bullshift: How Optimism Bias Threatens Your FinancesSTANDUP to the Financial Services IndustryThe Professional Financial Advisor IV

  5. Jul 30

    #297 | Does Your Portfolio Ignore Climate Change & Geopolitics? Here's Why That Could Be a Costly Mistake - Financial Literacy, Financial Advisors & Wealth

    Worried about the current investment climate and your money? Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement: https://makebetterwealthdecisions.s.gy/podcast Are today's biggest risks to your portfolio coming from the markets—or from climate change and geopolitics? Most investors focus on interest rates, inflation, and stock performance. But the forces shaping long-term wealth may be far bigger. In this episode, international policy expert Akaash Maharaj explains how climate change, global conflict, energy security, and public policy are increasingly influencing investment returns, economic stability, and the financial decisions we make for ourselves and future generations. You'll discover: Why climate change and geopolitical events are becoming major drivers of long-term investment performance and portfolio risk.How sustainability, energy transitions, and resource scarcity could create both investment opportunities and financial challenges over the coming decades.Why successful wealth decisions require long-term thinking, trusted advice, and understanding the global trends that markets often overlook. Listen now to discover how understanding climate change and geopolitics can help you make more informed, resilient, and confident wealth decisions for the future. John De Goey's Books. Grab your copy from Amazon: Bullshift: How Optimism Bias Threatens Your FinancesSTANDUP to the Financial Services IndustryThe Professional Financial Advisor IV

  6. Jul 28

    #296 | The Strait of Hormuz, Oil Shortage & the Global Economy: What Investors Need to Know Now - Financial Literacy, Financial Advisors & Wealth

    Weekly Wealth Update: A Make Better Wealth Decisions podcast dedicated to explaining how current events impact your portfolio and the wealth decisions you make. Tune in every Monday for commentary on how the news of the week affects your portfolio and your thinking. Worried about the current investment climate and your money? Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement: https://makebetterwealthdecisions.s.gy/podcast Could the closure of the Strait of Hormuz trigger an oil shortage severe enough to reshape the global economy—and what would that mean for your investments? As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate, the risk of prolonged disruption to global energy markets is becoming harder to ignore. In this episode, we examine why the Strait of Hormuz remains one of the world's most important economic chokepoints, why an extended conflict could lead to an oil shortage, and how these developments may impact markets, inflation, and long-term wealth decisions. In this episode, you'll discover: Why the Strait of Hormuz is critical to the global economy and how disruptions could affect oil prices, inflation, and supply chains.What geopolitical and economic experts are watching as negotiations stall and the probability of a prolonged conflict increases.How investors can think strategically about portfolio positioning when faced with rising geopolitical risk and potential energy market shocks. If you want to better understand how a Strait of Hormuz oil shortage could affect the global economy—and how to make more informed wealth decisions in an increasingly uncertain environment—this episode provides the context you need. John De Goey's Books. Grab your copy from Amazon: Bullshift: How Optimism Bias Threatens Your FinancesSTANDUP to the Financial Services IndustryThe Professional Financial Advisor IV

  7. Jul 23

    #295 | John Rapley Explains Why Investing Success Depends on Understanding Inflation & Market Volatility - Financial Literacy, Financial Advisors & Wealth

    Worried about the current investment climate and your money? Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement: https://makebetterwealthdecisions.s.gy/podcast Could the biggest risks to your portfolio be hiding in today's headlines instead of the stock market? From conflict in the Middle East to rising government debt, stubborn inflation, and growing questions surrounding AI-driven market valuations, today's macroeconomic environment is creating challenges that many investors aren't fully considering. In this episode, John Rapley, contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail, explains how geopolitics, monetary policy, energy markets, and global economic shifts could shape investing opportunities and risks over the coming years. You'll discover: Why inflation may remain higher for longer—and what that could mean for interest rates, bonds, and your investment portfolio.How geopolitical events, energy markets, and government debt can create market volatility that investors should prepare for.Why emerging markets may offer compelling long-term investing opportunities as global economic leadership continues to shift. If you want a clearer understanding of how today's biggest global events could influence your investing decisions tomorrow, this episode will help you connect the dots before the next wave of market volatility arrives. John De Goey's Books. Grab your copy from Amazon: Bullshift: How Optimism Bias Threatens Your FinancesSTANDUP to the Financial Services IndustryThe Professional Financial Advisor IV

  8. Jul 21

    #294 | Why You Need a Resilient Portfolio to Make Better Wealth Decisions - Financial Literacy, Financial Advisors & Wealth

    Weekly Wealth Update: A Make Better Wealth Decisions podcast dedicated to explaining how current events impact your portfolio and the wealth decisions you make. Tune in every Monday for commentary on how the news of the week affects your portfolio and your thinking. Worried about the current investment climate and your money? Click the link below and book a call for personalized advice to help you feel secure and protected about your retirement: https://makebetterwealthdecisions.s.gy/podcast Are you making wealth decisions that will strengthen your portfolio—or weaken it the next time markets turn volatile? Successful investing isn't about predicting the next market move. It's about following a disciplined framework that helps you make better wealth decisions regardless of what the markets are doing. In this episode, you'll learn five practical strategies that can help build a more resilient portfolio, reduce emotional decision-making, and improve your long-term investing outcomes. By listening, you'll discover: How to create a disciplined investing plan that keeps emotions from driving your wealth decisions.Why market volatility can become one of the greatest opportunities to strengthen your portfolio when approached strategically.How rebalancing, tax-loss harvesting, and professional portfolio management can improve long-term investing results and resilience. Listen now to discover a practical framework that can help you make more confident wealth decisions, strengthen your investing strategy, and build a portfolio designed to weather any market environment. John De Goey's Books. Grab your copy from Amazon: Bullshift: How Optimism Bias Threatens Your FinancesSTANDUP to the Financial Services IndustryThe Professional Financial Advisor IV

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Have you thought about how bias impacts your investing? Is your portfolio built using standard principles that might not work in a new world paradigm that features an end to the bond bull, an end to the peace dividend and the onset of tariffs and trade wars? Make Better Wealth Decisions will help you navigate investing and planning by exposing how traditional advice does not incorporate recent events. The podcast will help you: 1. Spot hidden risks in stocks due to high valuations. 2. Protect your wealth with hard assets in a stagflationary economy. 3. Adapt wisely to avoid outdated investment principles. Tune in every Thursday where you’ll hear thought leader, author and portfolio manager John De Goey interviews financial experts about industry trends and thinking. Every Tuesday thereafter, he releases a short primer episode that provides context to make sure you understand what it all means and what you can do to help yourself. If you're ready to Make Better Wealth Decisions, hit play on recent fan favorite episode #147 with Tom Czitron that deals with valuations, bubbles, and the finance industry's overall lack of preparedness in 2025.

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