Chuck 'N Ann on Finance

With the Memorial Day weekend behind us, we look international at Italy's most recent political and economic turmoil. What's going on in Italy right now? What does it have to do with the EU? What does it have to do with investments you may have and what you can do about it? Tune in to this week's episode. Be a good steward. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2BytAE5 Visit us online at www.iiefinancial.com and call 832-953-4998 to discuss your investment plan with Chuck, a uniquely Catholic Christian financial advisor. Don't forget to check out our other show on Breadbox Media- Salt and Light!

Mother's Day edition of the show! Chuck and Annie share their whirlwind weekend with listeners then dive right into market analysis, what the futures market is telling us about the economy and global trade speculation, how companies are being affected by the "trade wars," what they're doing to hedge themselves,and what an individual investor can do to protect him or herself. Be a good steward. Visit us online www.iiefinancial.com, and call us to discuss your investment plan at 832-953-4998. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2BytAE5 Don't forget to check out our other show on Breadbox Media- Salt and Light!

In this week's episode, Annie returns to the show after being under the weather for a few days. She and Chuck discuss: *the recent earnings season for major companies and how they're moving the market or not *Buffet's huge stock purchase of a company from whom millenials predominantly are migrating away *Elon Musk writes off pitiful earnings report and huge debt snubbing investors *global trade "wars" and negotiations and the "economic bed we've made for ourselves as Americans" *charity race for those who hate running begins with a pint of beer and offers coffee and donuts half-way through *market bases sidways over the last two months- Chuck and Annie analyze the price charts and provide insight for traders and investors alike Visit us online www.iiefinancial.com, and call us to discuss your investment plan at 832-953-4998. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2BytAE5 Don't forget to check out our other show on Bread

Do the dollars you spend make the world a better or worse place? After following his work for many years and meeting him in person at the GK Chesterton Conference (click here for that episode), we had the great honor of interviewing Mr. Joseph Pearce on the Salt and Light podcast! In this episode we focus on Mr Pearce’s book “Small is Still Beautiful- Economics as if families mattered” and discuss current economics, both macro and micro, how individuals should treat and use money in both commerce and investing, and the impotance of the fmaily unit itself and what it has to do with society and the economy. A native of England, Joseph Pearce is Senior Editor at the Augustine Institute, Senior Fellow and Journal Editor at the Cardinal Newman Society, and Tolkien & Lewis Chair in Literary Studies at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. He is editor of the St. Austin Review(www.staustinreview.org), an international review of Catholic culture, series editor of the Ignatius Critical