Moneytalk Podcast for Memorial Day Weekend Sunday

This Sunday's Memorial Day Weekend show was a live.  I only have links for the first two podcast hours listed below but I will post links to the other podcasts as (if) they become available.

Scroll down for links to listen to the show live. 

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Moneytalk with host Bob Brinker podcasts are now available for free.  Listen now by clicking the links or right click and save the mp3 file to your hard drive and listen later.

1. Money Talk - 5/24/15 - Hr 1 
2. Money Talk - 5/24/15 - Hr 2 

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Next Sunday you can Listen Live  to Moneytalk with Bob Brinker at:

• Phoenix, AZ:  KFNN 1510AM:  All three hours
• Denver, CO:  KNUS 710:   All three hours
• (1PM to 4PM PST, 4PM to 7PM EST)

For more about how I Bond Rates are calculated, see 

• ==> Current Series I Bond Rates
• ==> Composite Rates for Older Series I Bonds
  

Disclaimer: I own Series I Bonds in my personal account (some have base rates of 3.0%!  I also currently have them in my Newsletter Explore Portfolio.

For my advice on what to do with your older I bonds as well as new money, read my newsletter!

• Subscribe to Kirk Lindstrom's Investment Letter NOW and get the May 2015 Issue for Free!

Moneytalk Podcast & Show Summary for Sunday

This Sunday's show was a live.  I only have the link for the first hour podcast listed below but I will post links to the podcasts as (if) they become available.

Next Sunday you can Listen Live  to Moneytalk with Bob Brinker at:

• Phoenix, AZ:  KFNN 1510AM:  All three hours
• Denver, CO:  KNUS 710:   All three hours
• (1PM to 4PM PST, 4PM to 7PM EST)

Moneytalk with host Bob Brinker podcasts are now available for free.  Listen now by clicking the links or right click and save the mp3 file to your hard drive and listen later.

Hour 1: In the monologue, Bob Brinker discusses the Greek bailout.  

• Bob says Greece got $123B 5 yrs ago, another $146B 2 yrs ago for a total of $269B.
• Now Greece needs more money but does not want to cut government payments to Greek Citizens.  
• Bob told callers they should not pay off 3% home loans. (I agree with this and have advised my subscribers that a 3% loan for some of your net worth is a great inflation hedge, especially since the Federal government subsidizes it with tax deduction.)
• 42:40 Dale: Bob would hold on to I-Bonds with 1.4% base rate even though they currently pay zero for the next six months.  I agree, see New Series I Bond Rates 
• 45:20 Deborah: Bob said paying $600 a year to get help for managing a $200,000 portfolio at Vanguard is fine with him.  (The core portfolio funds in my newsletter are similar to what Vanguard will recommend and it only costs $150 a year!)
• Listen at  Money Talk - 5/17/15 Hr 1 

Last week, Sunday May 10, 2015, was a compilation of "The Best of Brinker" with no mention that the calls and advice were from the past.

• Money Talk - 5/10/15 - Hr 1 
• Money Talk - 5/10/15 - Hr 2 
• Money Talk - 5/10/15 - Hr 3

Recommended Articles:

• New Series I Bond Rates 
• Bob Brinker Listen Live & FREE Moneytalk on Demand Podcast Archives 
• Beware of Peer-to-Peer Lenders - 
• Historical 30-Year Mortgage Rates  - Rates near historical lows 
• Warren Buffett say Bonds Overvalued & he would short 20- & 30-year bonds 
• SPY Near Record High While ECRI's WLI Rises To 30-Week High
• U.S. Debt At 104% Of GDP Hits Another Record Stocks, Gold Should Do Well On Slow Rate Hikes

New and Historical Series I Bond Rates

Bob Brinker used to talk about Series I Bonds on the radio but he never added them to his model portfolios or list of recommended individual issues that he used to recommend things such as Gold via GLD before the price of gold collapsed.  It is too bad as I hold some I bonds from 2001 with 3.0% base rates. That means if inflation is 1.5%, those iBonds pay about 4.5%!

The Bureau of the Public Debt on May 1, 2015 announced earnings rates for Series I Savings Bonds and Series EE Savings Bonds, issued from May 1, 2015 through October 31, 2015.

I bond fixed rates are determined each May 1 and November 1. Each fixed rate applies to all I-bonds issued in the six months following the rate determination.

The Current I Bond Composite Earnings Rate is 0.00%. That is ZERO, squat, nada, nothing!   Obviously, these CDs are much better:

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For more about how I Bond Rates are calculated, see 

• ==> Current Series I Bond Rates
• ==> Composite Rates for Older Series I Bonds
  

Disclaimer: I own Series I Bonds in my personal account (some have base rates of 3.0%!  I also currently have them in my Newsletter Explore Portfolio.

For my advice on what to do with your older I bonds as well as new money, read my newsletter!

• Subscribe to Kirk Lindstrom's Investment Letter NOW and get the April 2015 Issue for Free!

SPY Near Record High & U.S. Debt At 104% Of GDP Hits Another Record

New articles:

• Historical 30-Year Mortgage Rates  - Rates near historical lows
  
• Warren Buffett: Bonds Overvalued & he would short 20- & 30-year bonds
  
• SPY Near Record High While ECRI's WLI Rises To 30-Week High
  
• U.S. Debt At 104% Of GDP Hits Another Record. Stocks, Gold Should Do Well On Slow Rate Hikes

Subscribe to Kirk Lindstrom's Investment Letter NOW and get the April 2015 Issue for Free!