Chuck 'N Ann on Finance

-Our weekend at the GK Chesterton Conference in Ponchatoula, Lousiana (boasts the only life-size statue of the great Chesterton and the Strawberry Capital of the World), -President Trump, the market and economy, and the analogy of party balloons, -Creepy laughing Alexa (by Amazon), -Facebook stock plummets- social media privacy and social media's number one enemy, -Dow Theory and how to protect yourself and your investments by staying ahead of the curve, -How choosing your retirement age can affect your life expectancy. Visit us online www.iiefinancial.com to find out what makes us a uniquely Catholic Christian financial advisor, 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! Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today! https://www.breadboxmedia.com/chu...

Political changes in the Trump administration, market bases sideways in a textbook triangular basing pattern building potential energy-> get ready for a violent move in the market, spring break and St. Patrick's Day, man dressed as Frozen's Elsa character pushes Boston Police Department vehicle out of snow, Fed rate hikes and a market that's addicted to free money, Chuck's latest article on using the Diffusion of Innovation to maximize your investments became a trending article published on equities.com this week and we discuss it, tax brackets and when to open and close positions and choosing investment vehicles to limit your tax burden and be a good steward of the money in your account, and finally, Marvel's Infinity Wars new movie trailer just released, Disney, Nvidia, and Netflix are all scrambling to compile digital content and what it all means for those stocks. Read Chuck's latest article published on equities.com and discussed in this episode on our...

Jam Packed Show this week! Spring Break week in Houston- camping versus glamping; market recap, what the young-ins are saying about Nvidia, oldest message in a bottle (1886) discovered off the coast of Australia, SpaceX projected to launch mission to Mars sooner than expected, Tesla stock price versus earnings, value investing, fundamentals- comparing earnings/ value of a company to determine investment potential, perhaps the best fundamental company value to use, new Trump tax plan tips for 2018, Poland bans business on Sunday, capitalism versus unbridled capitalism, St John Paul the Great and dignity in work, and finally OPEC, CERAWeek, and oil and nat gas updates. Visit us online www.iiefinancial.com to find out what makes us a uniquely Catholic Christian financial advisor, 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! Sup...

After a wild week of swings, the market moves only about 1%. President Trump makes big announcement about steel and aluminum import tarriffs leaving investors and large caps mixed. What do Powell's hawkish testimony before Congress last week, low unemployment, rising wages, and rising inflation say for the market and you? We explain fiscal, monetary policy, inflation, imports, exports, and more this week. Cat is rescued from garbage disposal by police. Shanghai woman rides through x-ray machine with purse. What does retirement look like for you? Is it all about doing stuff to make you happy and/ or does it involve service to others? How will you be a good steward of the money in your account? Finally, CERAWeek hits Houston TX. All the big players in oil will be here assessing the metamorphic landscape of the oil, shale, and nat gas industries. Oh! We can't forget about the Oscars. We dish on some of the movies nominated this year. Visit us online www.iiefinancial.com, and cal...

Market rallies. Who’s paying attention? We look under hood at the three-day rally this week, including what volume told us about who was trading and what it could mean for future moves. Upcoming week has Fed chairman testifying before Congress, and we unpack the Fed’s fiscal and monetary policy, inflation, interest rates, and bonds and what it means for retail investors in 2018. Looking beyond 2018, we discuss why your primary residence should never be part of your investment plan, and then, finally, we take a look at oil and nat gas moves this week and what’s going on in the industry. Hint: rigs are going digital. Visit us online www.iiefinancial.com to learn more about what makes us uniquely Catholic Christian financial advisors, and call us to discuss your investment plan at 832-953-4998. Don't forget to check out our other show on Breadbox Media- Salt and Light! Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today! htt...

US Dollar drops, market rallies, and investors snooze. In this episode, we break down the events of the week and the lull in breaking news in anticipation of market close on 2/19 in honor of Presidents' Day. We talk Olympics, the Kim Jong Un and President Trump impersonators, the "curling trance", exciting and unusual events, US dollar influence and effect on world economy and how individual investors can use this information in their own portfolios, new changes to Social Security you won't want to miss, and finally Saudi Arabia's plan to go nuclear. Visit us online www.iiefinancial.com to learn more about what makes us uniquely Catholic Christian financial advisors, and call us to discuss your investment plan at 832-953-4998. Don't forget to check out our other show on Breadbox Media- Salt and Light! Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today! https://www.breadboxmedia.com/chucknannsupp...

DOW drops 10%. In a struggle between bulls and bears, will fear or fundamentals and technicals prevail? What caused this week's market correction? In this week's episode Chuck and Ann discuss the elements that contributed to the correction, technical levels of where the market has been and where the other fair-price-areas appear, fundamentals of the economy, moves of the Fed, bond market action and reaction, how volatility is involved, how oil and natural gas affect market moves, and finally what caused the market correction and the importance of having a true educated investment plan so you can be a good steward of the money in your account. In this episode, we talk about the article that Chuck wrote and equities.com published about Market bubbles and the pending "melt-up" on January 8, 2018. You can read that article on our website http://bit.ly/2nT8lYZ or on equities.com here: https://www.equities.com/news/melting-up-melting-down-and-everything-in-between. Th...