10-2-26 Funeral Planning - Make the Decisions Before Your Family Has To
The Real Investment Show Podcast
Release Date: 10/02/2026
10-21-26 Q&A Wednesday: Your Market Questions Answered
The Real Investment Show Podcast
Are stocks headed for a year-end rally, or is the AI investment boom creating new risks for investors? Today, we examine improving stock market breadth, the S&P 500's ongoing consolidation, and the outlook for a potential Santa Claus rally. We discuss whether artificial intelligence stocks are in a bubble, what constitutes an attractive valuation for Nvidia (NVDA), and the risks surrounding CoreWeave, Anthropic's delayed IPO, and growing AI data center infrastructure investments. We also explore the outlook for energy stocks (XLE), rising electricity demand from AI data centers,...
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10-21-26 Markets Brace for a Breakout | Before the Bell
The Real Investment Show Podcast
The S&P 500 remains trapped in a consolidation range as investors await the next decisive market move. Strong trading support and rapid rotation between technology and value stocks are keeping buyers and sellers evenly matched, despite a continuing momentum sell signal. Will corporate earnings trigger the next stock market breakout? With midterm elections approaching and year-end seasonality coming into focus, Lance Roberts examines market technicals, trading volume, and the potential catalysts that could finally break the market's sideways trend. The question isn't whether consolidation...
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10-20-26 Is AI Killing Diversification?
The Real Investment Show Podcast
Is artificial intelligence making portfolio diversification more difficult than investors realize? AI-driven stocks dominate major market indexes, leaving investors potentially overexposed to a handful of technology companies, even when they own diversified index funds. Lance Roberts and Jonathan Penn examine the hidden risks of AI-driven market concentration, the limitations of traditional diversification, and practical strategies for balancing portfolio risk without sacrificing long-term investment objectives. 0:00 - INTRO 1:00 - What Employment Reports & JOLTS Surveys Say 3:23 - Forward...
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10-20-26 Is Energy Due for a Selloff? | Before the Bell
The Real Investment Show Podcast
Oil prices are surging, but could an energy sector reversal be coming? Lance Roberts examines why extremely overbought crude oil prices may be signaling a near-term peak, with implications for inflation, Treasury yields, Federal Reserve policy, and the stock market. The S&P 500 remains in consolidation after testing its 100-day moving average, while sector rotation continues. Technology stocks have weakened as Consumer Staples, Healthcare, Materials, and Financials gain strength. Energy remains unusually extended, raising the possibility of a sharp correction. Should investors take profits...
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10-19-26 Why Bad Inflation May Be Good for Markets
The Real Investment Show Podcast
Is inflation here to stay, or could higher prices eventually correct themselves? Lance Roberts explains why the difference between "good" and "bad" inflation matters for the Federal Reserve, interest rates, Treasury yields, and the stock market. We examine what inflation trends reveal about consumer purchasing power, Federal Reserve policy, bond yields, and the outlook for investors. Could today's inflation pressures eventually become tomorrow's economic weakness? 0:00 - INTRO 0:51 - Heavy Week of Earnings Driving markets 2:05 - Markets Sell off on Friday 3:52 - Markets Still Stuck in Same...
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10-19-26 Tech Stocks Take a Hit | Before the Bell
The Real Investment Show Podcast
Technology stocks are under pressure as investors rotate from growth to value, while the S&P 500 approaches a critical test of its 100-day moving average. Following Friday's selloff, the market remains trapped in a two-month consolidation range, with a short-term momentum sell signal suggesting further downside pressure. AI-related suppliers and neocloud stocks suffered particularly sharp losses, even as broader market breadth improved. Lance Roberts examines how falling 10-year Treasury yields are fueling sector rotation, why equal-weight stocks are outperforming mega-cap technology, and...
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10-16-26 The Hidden Costs of Pet Ownership
The Real Investment Show Podcast
How much does owning a dog or cat really cost over its lifetime? From adoption fees and food to veterinary care, pet insurance, and estate planning, pet ownership comes with financial obligations that can significantly affect your household budget. Richard Rosso & Jonathan McCarty examine the true lifetime costs of pet ownership, including the differences between dogs and cats, unexpected healthcare expenses, dental care, travel arrangements, and ways to manage financial risks. Should pet expenses have their own line item in your financial plan? Is pet insurance worth the premiums? And...
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10-15-26 Inflation Runs Hot: What's Next for the Fed?
The Real Investment Show Podcast
Inflation remains stubbornly elevated, raising fresh questions about the Federal Reserve's next move on interest rates. Will the Fed hold rates higher for longer, or will slowing economic growth force policymakers to reconsider? Lance Roberts and Michael Lebowitz examine the latest inflation trends, the Fed's interest rate outlook, and what persistent price pressures could mean for the stock market, Treasury yields, and investors. Can the Federal Reserve bring inflation under control without undermining economic growth? We discuss the challenges facing monetary policymakers, the risks of...
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10-15-26 Hot Inflation, Stalled Markets | Before the Bell
The Real Investment Show Podcast
Hotter-than-expected CPI inflation data sent stocks lower Wednesday, erasing the S&P 500's recent breakout to all-time highs and pushing markets back into the trading range that has persisted since August. With the index now threatening to test its 100-day moving average, is a larger correction developing, or is this simply normal October market behavior? Lance Roberts examines why improving market breadth and a rotation from growth to value stocks may be helping stabilize markets despite weakness in Technology and semiconductor shares. The equal-weighted S&P 500 (RSP) is showing signs...
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10-14-26 Q&A Wednesday: Real Answers. Real Advisors.
The Real Investment Show Podcast
What do the latest economic developments, stock market trends, Federal Reserve policy, and geopolitical events mean for your investments and retirement plans? Join Lance Roberts and Danny Ratliff for Q&A Wednesday as we examine the past week's financial headlines, market volatility, interest rates, Treasury yields, and investment opportunities. 0:00 - INTRO 0:56 - CPI Day & Financials 3:23 - Rotation from Growth to Value 4:04 - Russell 2000 Breaks 200-DMA 7:07 - Allergies & Interest Rates and Real Estate 12:37 - Investment Capital Movement from Europe to US 13:05 - Bear...
info_outlineFuneral planning may not be anyone’s favorite financial-planning conversation, but making decisions now can save your family money, confusion, and difficult choices later.
Richard Rosso and Jonathan McCarty take a surprisingly entertaining look at the financial side of planning your own funeral, from traditional burial and cremation to cemeteries, niches, pet burials, aquamation, becoming a tree, and even having your cremains launched into space.
We’ll examine funeral and burial costs, prepaid arrangements, inflation, cemetery pricing, add-ons, paperwork, and the importance of communicating your final wishes. Can locking in funeral costs today make financial sense? What decisions should you make in advance? And how can planning ahead become an expression of consideration for the people you leave behind?
Plus, Richard shares some memorable real-life experiences involving cremains, cemetery niches, his mother’s remains, the Grim Reaper, and why apparently even Buc-ee’s can inspire a conversation about where you’d like to spend eternity.
The subject may be death, but the financial-planning lesson is very much about life: make your wishes known, understand the costs, organize the paperwork, and don't leave your family guessing.
0:00 - INTRO
0:20 - Planning a Client's Funeral (DIY version)
2:55 - Advanced Funeral Planning & Cemeteries
5:46 - Niches for Cremains, Richard & the Grim Reaper
7:54 - Getting Richard's Mother Out of the Closet
15:15 - Cremation? Making Decisions Now So Your Relatives Won't Have To
15:43 - Taking the Dogs With You
16:56 - Cost Effective Solutions
18:01 - The Stories in the Niches
20:10 - The Cost of Burial
22:02 - Pre-cutting Burial Sites
23:18 - Adding more People
24:51 - Buc-cee's Burials
26:33 - Pet Cemetary
27:30 - The Business of Burials - Additional costs & add-ons
32:14 - Funeral Inflation & Locking in Costs
34:15 - SCI International
36:04 - Dealing with the Paperwork
38:03 - Communicating Final Wishes
40:31 - How do You Want to Be Buried (Be a Tree, Aquamation, Rocket Launch)
45:45 - Location, Location, Location...
48:00 - The Ultimate Expression of Caring & Respect
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Hosted by RIA Advisors' Director of Financial Planning, Richard Rosso, CFP w Senior Investment Advisor, Jonathan McCarty, CFP
Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer
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