2019-06-16 EXPERT INTERVIEW – Professor Laurence Kotlikoff

The Social Security Trust Fund is broke!  It’s probably not the first time you’ve heard this, and this week we talk with the foremost expert on Social Security, Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff.  We’ll get his take on the current status of the Social Security system and his proposed solution.  The bigger question is, are any politicians willing to speak truth to the U.S. citizenry and address the reckless fiscal management of the of the past and present.  Get Dr. Kotlikoff’s #1 Best-selling book “Get What’s Yours” by clicking here now https://amzn.to/2KmfsWK  

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  To learn more about our guest, Laurence Kotlikoff, please visit https://kotlikoff.net.

2019-06-09 EXPERT INTERVIEW – Karl Denninger

If governments do not stop the deficit spending, we could see a downturn in the economy that impoverishes 90% of the country in the next 5 years.  This week, our guest expert, Karl Denninger explains where he sees the greatest problem for our country and the solution he believes is better than owning gold.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  To learn more about our guest, Karl Denninger, please visit http://market-ticker.org/

2019-06-02 EXPERT INTERVIEW – Ian Gordon

Can Central Banks intervene in the markets to effectively prop up our economy one more time?  This week’s expert guest, Ian Gordon, discusses why he believes that it’s just not possible.  Join your host Dennis Tubbergen as he and Ian Gordon talk about the financial risks that threaten our future economy and how you can protect your wealth.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  To learn more about our guest, Ian Gordon, visit http://www.longwavegroup.com.

2019-05-26 EXPERT INTERVIEW – John Rubino

Imagine a world where you pay the bank for holding your money.  According to this week’s guest expert, John Rubino, we indeed could be headed for a worldwide scenario of negative interest rates.  This week on RLA Radio your host Dennis Tubbergen talks with author, speaker, and publisher of the blog site DollarCollapse.com about negative interest rates and something called a crack-up boom.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  To learn more about our guest, John Rubino, visit his blog site www.DollarCollapse.com or check out his book “The Money Bubble” at https://amzn.to/2YOIe5z.

2019-05-19 EXPERT INTERVIEW – Dr. Chris Martenson

The next twenty years will be completely unlike the last twenty years.

The world is in economic crisis, and there are no easy fixes to our predicament. Unsustainable trends in the economy, energy, and the environment have finally caught up with us… This week on RLA Radio, your host Dennis Tubbergen talks with Dr. Chris Martenson, author of the books “Crash Course” and “Prosper”, about what we might expect and how to prepare.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com

To learn more about our guest, Dr. Chris Martenson, please visit www.peakprosperity.com and to get his books: “Crash Course” visit https://amzn.to/2HsVneZ  “Prosper” visit https://amzn.to/2YCFs3b

2019-05-12 EXPERT INTERVIEW – BRIEN LUNDIN

Do you invest in gold? Or, have you thought about holding gold in your investment portfolio?  Then you’re not going to want to miss this week’s show where your host Dennis Tubbergen talks with Mr. Brien Lundin.  Brien Lundin is the editor and publisher of Gold Newsletter, a publication that has ranked among the world’s leading precious metals and resource stock advisories since 1971, and is also the host of the famed New Orleans Investment Conference, the world’s oldest and most respected gold investment event.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com

To learn more about the Gold Newsletter, visit www.goldnewsletter.com, and to learn more about the New Orleans Investment Conference, visit www.neworleansconference.com.

2019-05-05 RLA EXPERT INTERVIEW – Dr. Joel Naroff

Join us this week on RLA Radio when your host Dennis Tubbergen discusses the current state of the US Economy with guest expert Dr. Joel Naroff.  Dr. Naroff is the author of Big Picture Economics: How to Navigate the New Global Economy and president of Naroff Economic Advisors. He’s an economic and financial consultant to banks, to state and local governments, he has testified before Congress.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  To learn more about Dr. Joel Naroff’s work, please visit https://naroffeconomics.com, and to learn about his book go to https://amzn.to/2Y6XQRv.

2019-04-28 RLA EXPERT INTERVIEW – Harry Dent

On RLA radio this week, your host Dennis Tubbergen talks with returning guest Mr. Harry Dent.   Harry is the bestselling author of the new book Zero Hour.  Dennis and Harry discuss the potential coming boom in the stock market, the economic bubbles that will eventually burst, and the effects of the trade agreement with China.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com

To learn more about this Harry Dent’s new book Zero Hour, please visit https://amzn.to/2UMR29X.

2019-04-21 RLA EXPERT INTERVIEW – Jeff Deist

This week on RLA radio your host Dennis Tubbergen talks with guest Mr. Jeff Deist.   Jeff is the president of the Mises Institute, he serves as a writer, public speaker, and advocate for property markets and civil society, he previously worked as a longtime advisor and chief of staff to Congressman Ron Paul. Together they discuss what actually makes for a productive economy, what makes people more productive, able to produce goods and services at lower cost over time more efficiently.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  To learn more about this week’s guest, Jeff Deist at https://mises.org/

2019-04-14 RLA EXPERT INTERVIEW – Karl Denninger

On your RLA radio show this week, host Dennis Tubbergen talks with guest expert Karl Denninger.  Karl is an American technology businessman, finance blogger, and political activist, sometimes referred to as a founding member of the Tea Party movement.  Karl offers his thoughts on the economy and his predictions for healthcare in America as medical inflation continues to consume an ever-greater portion of our GDP.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  To learn more about this week’s guest, Karl Denninger, please visit MarketTicker.org.

2019-03-31 RLA EXPERT INTERVIEW – JAY TAYLOR

This week on RLA radio your host Dennis Tubbergen talks with guest Jay Taylor.  Mr. Taylor is editor of J Taylor’s Gold & Technology Stocks newsletter and host for the popular radio show, Turning Hard Times into Good Times.  Listen in to a great discussion about the unsustainable levels of worldwide debt and implications for the US Dollar and the future of our economy.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  To learn more about this week’s guest Mr. Jay Taylor, please visit https://jaytaylormedia.com.

2019-03-24 RLA EXPERT INTERVIEW – ALASDAIR MACLEOD

This week your RLA radio show host Dennis Tubbergen interviews Alasdair Macleod. Mr. Macleod is the head of research at GoldMoney Holding, a well-respected author and noted expert in world economics. If you are looking forward to a stress-free and financially secure retirement, then you won’t want to miss this week’s show.

To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com. To learn more about this week’s guest Mr. Alasdair Macleod, please visit www.goldmoney.com.

2019-03-17 RLA EXPERT INTERVIEW – MICHAEL PENTO

On this week’s program, host Dennis Tubbergen interviews Mr. Michael Pento. Michael is the president and founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies and author of the new book The Coming Bond Market Collapse. Today’s discussion centers on the central banks around the world, the low-interest rate corner they backed themselves in to, and what that might mean to our future financial stability.

For more information about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com. For more information about our guest Mr. Michael Pento, please visit pentoport.com/

2019-03-10 – RLA EXPERT INTERVIEW – LAWRENCE REED

This week your RLA radio show host Dennis Tubbergen interviews Lawrence Reed, founder of the Foundation for Economic Education and the “Open the Books” initiative, which encourages the reduction of waste and more responsible government spending through transparency.

The two also discuss the fall of Venezuela through Socialist politics and the antidote to bringing the country back to its former economic prominence.

For more information about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com. For more information about our guest Lawrence Reed, please visit www.fee.org or www.OpenTheBooks.com

2019-03-03 RLA Expert Interview Series – John Tamny

On this week’s program, host Dennis Tubbergen interviews Forbes contributor, and prolific author John Tamny.  His most recent book is titled The End of Work.  John is also a senior economic advisor to Toreador Research and Trading, and editor of Real Clear Markets.  In this week’s interview, John offers his perspective on the Federal Reserve’s ability to influence the markets, and the future of the American workplace. 

For more information about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  For more information about our guest John Tamny, please visit https://www.realclearmarkets.com 

2019-02-17 RLA Expert Interview Series – Harry S. Dent, Jr.

On this week’s program, host Dennis Tubbergen interviews Harry S. Dent, Jr.  Harry is the bestselling author of the books The Demographic Cliff, The Sale of a Lifetime, The Great Depression Ahead and his most recent book, Zero Hour.  He is also the founder of Dent Research, which publishes the newsletters, Economy & Markets, Boom & Bust, and Leading Edge.

Could the Dow reach 33,000, the NASDAQ 10,000 this year?  Listen in and discover why our guest believes these targets are likely and what comes next.

For more information about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.  For more information about our guest Harry S. Dent Jr., please visit https://harrydent.com.

2019-02-17 RLA Expert Interview Series – Dr. A. Gary Schilling

On this week’s expert interview, Dennis Tubbergen talks with “Forbes” columnist and author Dr. A. Gary Shilling about the chances of recession moving ahead and his predictions for the stock market in 2019.

For more information about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates please visit www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com. For more information about our guest expert, Dr. A. Gary Shilling, please visit http://www.agaryshilling.com or call (888) 346-7444.

Economic Update 6-7-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals…

  • what the retail apocalypse is and why you should pay attention
  • some surprising, even shocking store closings
  • why the internet is not completely to blame and what is
  • what will happen to stocks and real estate as a result

Economic Update 6-5-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • what we can learn about money from what is happening on the streets of Iran
  • what Iran and the United States have in common
  • actions you need to consider now while you still have time

Economic Update 5-30-18

In today’s economic update blog, Dennis Tubbergen asks

  • is the international monetary fund predicting a market crash?
  • should you be worried about this latest report from the IMF?
  • weren’t we warned about this?

Economic Update 5-22-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • what the automobile market is telling us about the state of the economy
  • the changing behavior of subprime auto borrowers
  • what you should be doing as this consumer behavior evolves

Economic Update 5-17-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • the growing movement of gold repatriation
  • why countries are moving gold out of the US
  • what you should be doing now

Economic Update 5-14-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • why bankers will cause the next financial crisis
  • how history is repeating itself
  • the shocking truth of how each member of congress got an average of $3.7 million for their re-election bid

Economic Update 5-10-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen talks about:

  • the coming demise of public employee labor unions
  • what the Supreme Court may be poised to do
  • the bloated government employee payroll

Economic Update 5-9-18

In today’s economic commentary, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • what Argentina’s economy and the US economy have in common
  • why Argentina just increased interest rates to 40%
  • why Argentina’s economy is dead on arrival

Economic Update 5-8-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • surprising work force trends that will affect the economy
  • why the official unemployment rate is a political metric rather than an economic measure
  • the correlation between student loan debt and the labor force participation rate

Economic Update 5-7-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen provides a forecast for:

  • personal bankruptcies
  • corporate bankruptcies
  • financial markets

Economic Update 5-3-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen asks:

  • is this development the beginning of the end for the US Dollar?
  • is the US turning into Weimar Germany?
  • what should you be doing as a result of this development?

Economic Update 5-2-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • China’s plan to dethrone the US Dollar
  • China’s new Yuan based oil futures contract
  • China’s one big problem to overcome

Economic Update 5-1-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • why the trade war with China has already been lost
  • who is to blame and why (you will never guess this)
  • why yesterday’s heroes will be tomorrow’s villains

Economic Update 4-30-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • reliable recession predictors and what they say now
  • how interest rates can be an economic crystal ball
  • what one leading, highly respected economist is saying about the economy

Economic Update 4-27-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • why Bernie Sanders can’t do math
  • why the idea of a guaranteed jobs program will be a bust if tried
  • why programs that provided employment during the Great Depression will never work in the US again

Economic Update 4-26-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • a shocking development in private sector jobs
  • an event that hasn’t occurred in 8 years
  • what this development means for the economy

Economic Update 4-25-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • a shocking fact about the US tax system few know
  • what percentage of the US population are payers versus receivers when government benefits are factored in
  • what the next move will likely be to make up budget shortfalls and what you should do now

Economic Update 4-24-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen shows you:

  • why some US states are abandoning the US Dollar
  • what they are turning to instead
  • what you should do now as a result

Economic Update 4-23-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • a reliable recession indicator
  • what this indicator is telling us now about the US economy
  • what a confirming economic indicator is telling us; is a recession imminent?

Economic Update 4-19-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen comments on a recent article written by Dr. Ron Paul:

  • why current economic numbers are wrong and why the Fed probably can’t keep raising interest rates
  • what two US states have recently done to ‘opt out’ of the fiat money system (more to follow?)
  • where the ‘audit the Fed” move stands today

Economic Update 4-18-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • the increase in housing starts
  • how to put this economic good news in perspective
  • long term real estate price trends

Economic Update 4-17-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses

  • the recent CBO (Congressional Budget Office) report and its forecast of trillion dollar deficits
  • why Larry Kudlow, White House economic advisor says you should never believe the CBO
  • Mr. Kudlow’s own track record of making predictions

 

Economic Update 4-16-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • the recent CBO report – $2 trillion deficits are on the way
  • what huge deficits and debt levels mean for the economy and your investments
  • what you might consider ding to protect yourself

 

Economic Update 4-13-18

Today, on the 275th birthday of Thomas Jefferson, Dennis Tubbergen shares:

An article published on FEE.org that offers:

  • Jefferson’s views on government’s role
  • Jefferson’s view of welfare
  • Jefferson’s view of free enterprise

Maybe we should go back to basics as defined by Jefferson?

 

Economic Update 4-11-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • the real unemployment rate; what he reveals may shock you
  • the real rate of economic growth
  • the current level of loan delinquencies and whether a recession is imminent

 

Economic Update 4-10-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • a leading market commentator is predicting a current economic outcome that will be worse than The Great Depression, is he right?
  • similarities between the depression and today
  • to role debt levels play in an economic downturn (no one is talking about this)

 

Economic Update 4-9-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • why the millennial’s debt levels should make you very, very worried
  • what debt levels and your investments have in common
  • what 76% of millennial’s have in common

 

Economic Update 4-6-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • which states to move to if you’re thinking about moving
  • which states are the most fiscally healthy
  • how tax policy influences where people move to

 

Economic Update 4-5-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • what the ‘crystal ball’ is that predicted the last financial crisis
  • what that ‘crystal ball’ is telling us today
  • what to do about it before it’s too late

 

Economic Update 4-4-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • China’s strategy to take down the US Dollar
  • An emerging gold for oil structure worldwide
  • Strategies you should consider right away

 

Economic Update 4-3-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen shows you:

  • why one market analyst’s estimate of a 25% correction for stocks may be wrong
  • 4 stock market red flags
  • what the “Buffet Indicator” is telling us about stocks

 

Economic Update 4-2-18

On today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen asks:

  • Is the Fed lying?
  • Will future interest rates really be higher than they are today?
  • Is one of the world’s smartest bind guys right about the future of US Government Bonds?

 

Economic Update 3-22-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • current obstacles to a comfortable retirement
  • why the Wall Street “one bucket” approach may be about to fail retirees
  • the biggest mistakes soon to be retirees make

 

Economic Update 3-21-18

In today’s economic update Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • is there really a housing shortage as claimed recently by a national publication?
  • is the problem the number of houses or real, earned income by employees?
  • does this mean higher real estate prices ahead?

 

Economic Update 3-20-18

In today’s video economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • what one hedge fund manager thinks may trigger the next financial crisis
  • why many pension recipients may not get their promised benefits
  • which states’ pensions are on life support, is yours one of them?

 

Economic Update 3-19-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • The primary reason the economy has improved since the financial crisis
  • Where debt levels are now compared to the financial crisis
  • What these debt levels will likely do to your investments in the near future

 

Economic Update 3-16-18

On today’s economic video update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • the recent crypto-currency crashes (I told you so!)
  • should you be a Bitcoin buyer here?
  • where crypto-currencies go from here

 

Economic Update 3-15-18

On today’s economic update video, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • how aging boomers are affecting the US economy
  • how the US population is beginning to look like Japan’s
  • How demographic shifts may affect your investments moving ahead

 

Economic Update 3-14-18

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen tells you;

  • why one of the world’s leading economists is predicting a period of political and social instability
  • why a respected world economist says that a debt jubilee is inevitable
  • how your investments and nest egg may be affected

 

Economic Update 3-13-18

In today’s economic update video, Dennis Tubbergen shares a video by Milton Freidman, Nobel Prize winning economist on which Mr. Freidman reveals:

  • The folly of tariffs and their economic outcome
  • The difference between visible and invisible workers
  • What happens to the currency that is used to purchase imports

 

Economic Update 3-12-18

In today’s video economic update, Dennis Tubbergen shows you:

  • why history may be repeating itself with all this tariff talk
  • how tariffs affect the economy and markets
  • the reality when it comes to tariffs

 

Economic Update 3-8-18

In today’s video economic update, Dennis Tubbergen  shares :

  • A seldom-discussed law, recently passed that allows pensions to be cut
  • How many states have pensions that are desperately underfunded and what that means for recipients
  • Stories of pension recipients who have had huge pension cuts even though they were already retired

 

Economic Update 3-7-18

Today, on the video economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • Which state pension plans are severely underfunded
  • Why pension plan cuts will become normal in the future
  • A little known law, passed in 2014, that allows pension plans to cut benefits to existing pension recipients

 

Economic Update 3-6-18

In today’s video economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • why Manhattan realtors are singing the blues instead of “New York, New York”
  • should you be a real estate buyer or seller?
  • eye-popping real estate data that may signal a significant move in real estate prices

 

Economic Update 3-5-18

In today’s economic update Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • an inevitable housing market collapse
  • shocking new housing data
  • refi’s are history

 

Economic Update 3-2-18

 

On the video economic update today, Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • the leading indicator that predicts future real estate prices
  • what you should do if you’re thinking about buying real estate now
  • where mortgage rates are heading

Economic Update 3-1-18

 

In today’s economic update, Dennis Tubbergen discusses

  • a market condition that has preceded every recession
  • if that market condition exists presently
  • if we are doomed for a recession despite the current economic news

Economic Update 2-28-18

IN today’s economic video update, Dennis Tubbergen reveals:

  • why most crypto-currencies have zero chance of becoming mainstream currencies
  • 3 reasons to be cautious when investing in cryptocurrencies
  • what one cryptocurrency inventor recently tweeted… it will shock you

Economic Update 2-23-18

 

Dennis Tubbergen observes:

  • the crash may be coming and here’s why
  • central banks have already shot all their economic bullets and may now be at the mercy of the market
  • there are only two possible economic outcomes from this point

Economic Update 2-22-18

 

In today’s market analysis update, author and financial expert Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • the latest, not-so-great home sales report
  • why the housing market has more downside from here
  • the little-discussed relationship between current debt levels and household income levels

Economic Update 2-21-18

 

Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • why more banking failures may be imminent
  • what you probably don’t know about private sector debt
  • can debt levels worldwide presently possibly dwarf debt levels prior to the financial crisis and what might than mean to you

Economic Update 2-20-18

 

Dennis Tubbergen discusses:

  • the US Dollar’s rapidly fading prospects
  • why foreign governments and central banks have begun to dump US Dollars in earnest
  • why the US Dollar is losing out to the Euro worldwide despite European money printing
  • unpayable debt and liability levels and how you may be affected

Economic Update 2-19-18

 

Dennis Tubbergen comments on Pakistan getting ready to dump the US Dollar. On this video, you will discover:

  • what currency is replacing the US Dollar
  • how the transition may affect you

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