Money For the Rest of Us

J. David Stein
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A personal finance and investing podcast on money, how it works, how to invest it and how to live without worrying about it. J. David Stein is a former Chief Investment Strategist and money manager. For close to two decades, he has been teaching individuals and institutions how to invest and handle their finances in ways that are simple to understand. More info at moneyfortherestofus.com

  1. JAN 28

    Why Catastrophe Bonds Yield 12%. Should You Invest?

    A new ETF allows individuals to earn income by insuring against natural disasters through investing in catastrophe bonds. We break down the historical returns, risk, fees, and structure of this intriguing investment opportunity. Topics covered include: What types of natural disasters are increasingHow insurance companies use reinsurance and cat bonds to protect against extreme lossesWhy home insurance premium increases should be lower in 2026How cat bonds are structured and what makes them a unique fixed income securityWhat to consider in deciding to invest in cat bonds. Sponsors Gelt - Taxes Done Right Delete Me – Use code David20 to get 20% off Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Investments Mentioned Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF (ILS) Stone Ridge High Yield Reinsurance Risk Premium Fund (SHRIX and SHRMX) Show Notes Miami Is Entering a State of Unreality by Mario Alejandro Ariza—The Atlantic Historical Hurricane Tracks—NOAA LA fires dominated insured losses of $127bn in 2025, says Aon by Eva Xiao and Lee Harris—The Financial Times 2026 Climate and Catastrophe Insight—AON BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 2002 ANNUAL REPORT—Berkshire Hathaway When, Where and How Often Insurers Fail—PACICC Climate change presses on: Devastating wildfires and intense thunderstorms exacerbate losses for insurers—Munich RE Reinsurance buyers experience market softening as reinsurers grow capital following strong returns—Guy Carpenter Catastrophe bond sales hit record as insurers offload climate risks by Lee Harris and Ian Smith—The Financial Times Swiss Re Global Cat Bond Performance Index returns 11.40% for 2025—Artemis Catastrophe Bonds by Alexander Braun and Carolyn Kousky—Wharton See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    24 min

  2. JAN 14

    What Will Drive Financial Markets in 2026—and How to Make It Your Best Year

    We explore the forces likely to shape financial markets in 2026 and how to make better decisions as you pursue your goals this year. Topics covered include: The difference between intentions and resolutionsKey behavioral biases and how to overcome themThe cautionary tale of a private real estate fund that went publicIs the affordability crisis real?The big test for AI in 2026The financial and economic outlook for the year Sponsors Gelt - Taxes Done Right Masterworks - Invest in multimillion-dollar artwork offerings Delete Me – Use code David20 to get 20% off Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Show Notes A Slightly Better You in the New Year by Roland Fryer—The Wall Street Journal Paying Not to Go to the Gym by Stefano DellaVigna and Ulrike Malmendier—American Economic Association Handbook of Cognitive Biases—Federal Intelligence Service FIS Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over—Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis America’s affordability crisis is (mostly) a mirage—The Economist When Your Private Fund Turns $1 Into 60 Cents by Jason Zweig—The Wall Street Journal Canadians Are Furious After Real Estate Funds Lock Up Their Money by Paula Sambo—Bloomberg Blue Rock TI+ Annual Report—Securities and Exchange Commission Which jobs have grown (and declined) fastest during your working life? by Andrew Van Dam—The Washington Post Is AI More Like a Mind or a Market? by Walter Frick—Bloomberg Don’t Fear the Bubble Bursting by Carl Benedikt Frey—The New York Times Related Episodes 484: 7 Steps to Living a Longer Life 414: Use Caution with Private REITs like Blackstone’s BREIT Masterworks Disclosures Listeners get priority access to Masterworks at https://www.Masterworks.com/david Art correlation and appreciation data based on repeat-sales index of historical Post-War & Contemporary Art market prices and S&P 500 annualized return (includes dividends reinvested) from 1995 to 2025, developed by Masterworks. There are significant limitations to comparative asset class data. Indices are unmanaged and a Masterworks investor cannot invest directly in an index.   Content creator (the “Endorser”) receives cash compensation from Masterworks, LLC (“Masterworks”).  Endorser is a client of Masterworks.  Masterworks can only make and accept sales after an offering statement has been filed, and “qualified”, by the SEC.  Any offers may be revoked before notice of qualification.  Indications of interest involve no obligation.  Investing involves risk.  Past performance not indicative of future returns.  For further disclosure on Regulation A Offerings, Risks of Investing, Performance Metrics, Art Market Data, and more visit the offering documents filed with the SEC and Important Disclosures at masterworks.com/cd. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    33 min

  3. 12/17/2025

    Debt Is For Managing Wealth Not Creating It

    Should you borrow money to magnify returns in your 401 (k), IRA, or other tax-deferred retirement account? We examine Basic Capital, which allows investors to leverage their retirement account investments. We also explore how the wealthy don't use debt to generate wealth but to manage it.  Sponsors Gelt - Taxes Done Right Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Show Notes Basic Capital This 30-Year-Old’s Startup Is Bringing Leverage to 401(k) Savers by Suzanne Woolley—Bloomberg This startup is offering mortgages for 401(k)s by Liz Hoffman—Semafor Startup Failure by Elizabeth Pollman—SSRN Related Episodes 353: The Pros and Cons of Infinite Banking and Whole Life Insurance 238: The U.S. Is More Socialist Than Denmark Regarding Home Mortgages See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    26 min

  4. 12/10/2025

    Do Retiring Baby Boomers Actually Move Markets? And How Much Do Demographics Really Matter

    As Baby Boomers continue to retire, some analysts expect financial markets to feel the strain. We examine whether demographic shifts truly shape stock and bond returns, or what other factors matter more. Topics covered include: Will retiring baby boomers lead to lower stock prices or higher interest ratesSome earlier demographic predictions and how they worked outHow do natural interest rates reflect the demand and supply of capitalWhy demographics are only one factor that determines economic growth and financial market returns Sponsors Gelt - Taxes Done Right Delete Me – Use code David20 to get 20% off Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Show Notes Zeihan Harry Dent Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest—Federal Reserve Bank of New York Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. since 1989—The Federal Reserve Related Episodes Related Episodes 487: Are We Heading for a 2030s Depression? Global Economic and Population Shifts 445: From Boom to Bust—Why China’s Stocks Lagged Behind Its Economy & Where to Invest Next 395: How Population Trends Will Impact Growth, Inflation, Investing and Well Being See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    23 min

  5. 11/19/2025

    Burnout, Breaks, and the Courage to Spend with David Bach

    David converses with best-selling author David Bach about preventing burnout through sabbaticals, moving to another country, why retirees should take Social Security as early as possible, and Bach's idea of a flat tax on IRA distributions. Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Show Notes David Bach's IRA Flat Tax Idea Related Episode 506: Should You Retire Early and Live Outside Your Home Country? With Joshua Sheets See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    42 min

  6. 11/12/2025

    Sports Betting Is Not Investing

    Can you really make money sports betting on low-risk, high-probability events? Topics covered include: The growing size and influence of the U.S. sports betting marketRecent sports betting scandalsHow sports betting odds workAn intriguing low-risk approach to sports bettingWhy the low-risk sports betting approach is still gambling with a negative expected returnBehavioral biases that encourage sports bettingRevisiting the difference between investing, speculating, and gambling Episode Sponsor Delete Me – Use code David20 to get 20% off Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Show Notes https://info.lowstressbets.com/ How Do Betting Odds Work? by OC Staff—oddschecker Senate Commerce Committee Wants Answers on NBA Gambling Scandal—Senate Commerce Committee "US sports betting crisis grows as MLB’s Clase and Ortiz indicted over alleged rigged pitches" by Tom Lutz—The Guardian ESPN Will Not Let Failure Push It Out Of The Gambling Business by Chris Thompson—Defector 22% of All Americans, Half of Men 18-49, Have Active Online Sports Betting Account—Siena University Research Institute A Review of Sports Wagering & Gambling Addiction Studies Executive Summary—National Council on Problem Gambling How sports gambling took over prediction markets in the US by Sam Learner, Oliver Roeder and George Steer—The Financial Times  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    21 min

  7. 10/29/2025

    Hoarding, FOMO, and Zcash: A Private Bitcoin

    What’s the difference between hoarding and investing? There’s a reason markets built on productive assets—like stocks and bonds—are far larger than hoarding markets such as gold and cryptocurrency. In this episode, David explores why that is, and shares why he recently bought Zcash, and how it’s both similar to and different from Bitcoin. Email Newsletters Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Money for the Rest of Us Substack Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Show Notes Zcash CoinGecko The Largest Companies by Market Cap in October 2025—The Motley Fool (Accessed October 2025) DOJ Seizes $15 Billion in Bitcoin as U.S. and U.K. Target Massive Southeast Asian Crypto Scam Network—Chainalysis Selling Gold in the Diamond District - Money for the Rest of Us Substack Related Episodes 532: Should Private Assets, Gold, and Crypto Be Investment Options in 401k and other Defined Contribution Plans? 513: Crypto—Innovation or Insanity? Meme Coins, Hacks, and Strategic Bitcoin Reserves 432: Are the Economy and Financial Markets Zero-Sum Games? 496: Are You Taking Enough Aspirational Risk? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    22 min

  8. 10/22/2025

    Don’t Take Financial Advice from AI

    How AI gets simple finance wrong, and how to make it work for you, not mislead you Topics covered include: How AI ignores the time value of moneyA detailed example of ChatGPT misleading by making a simple math mistakeSome examples of opportunity costs and sunk costs when making financial decisionsUnderstanding how AI works can help us use it more effectively Sponsors Claude.ai - Sign up for Claude today and get 50% off Claude Pro Money for the Rest of Us Plus Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Show Notes What Kind of a “PhD-level Expert” Is ChatGPT 5.0? I Tested It. by Gary Smith—Mind Matters Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions by Joe Wilkins—Futurism Why Language Models Hallucinate by Adam Tauman Kalai, Ofir Nachum, et al—Arxiv Auto Loan Calculator—nerdwallet Related Episodes 538: Forests, Fakes, and the Fight for the Real 457: AI’s Fork in the Road: Societal Bliss or Existential Threat 450: How Higher Interest Rates Alter Our Financial Blueprint See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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A personal finance and investing podcast on money, how it works, how to invest it and how to live without worrying about it. J. David Stein is a former Chief Investment Strategist and money manager. For close to two decades, he has been teaching individuals and institutions how to invest and handle their finances in ways that are simple to understand. More info at moneyfortherestofus.com

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  • Creator
    J. David Stein
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodes
    566
  • Rating
    Clean
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