Standard Deviations Podcast | Living Confidently

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Breaking the Chains of Debt with Nichole Mayer

Nichole is a wealth management advisor with Westpac Wealth Partners who has 13 years of industry experience. She joins Dr. Crosby this week to discuss the good, bad and ugly of taking on personal debt. Listen in to learn: How certain types of debt can actually be good What she thinks can be done about the student debt crisis Why you might not be able to afford as much home as that mortgage calculator suggests What to consider when taking on credit card debt Many personal finance professionals consider “debt” another four letter word but Nichole’s nuanced take will give you much to consider. Follow up with Nicole: https://www.westpacwealth.com/team/nichole-mayer

#48 / August 22, 2019

Adapting to a Changing World with Marty Nachemson

Marty Nachemson is a partner at Prosperian Wealth Management where he specializes in holistic financial planning. Today, he joins us to discuss how he stays adaptable in a business world that’s always changing. We touch on: How “adaptability quotient” or AQ, differs from IQ and EQ Is the world really changing faster than ever? Harvard’s take on the three keys to having high AQ How to create a culture that is comfortable with change Follow up with Marty: http://prosperianwealth.com/martin-nachemson/

#43 / July 18, 2019

Special Planning for Special Needs with Annette Hammortree

Are you the parents of a child with special needs? On this week’s show, learn three steps necessary to help prepare today for an uncertain tomorrow. Annette Hammortree, financial specialist, owner of Hammortree Financial Services and parent of a child with special needs, provides us with a detailed look at the unique financial considerations of those who love someone with special needs. Annette explains the biggest misconceptions and misunderstanding around money and children with special needs, how living with a special child impacts daily living, and the financial considerations that are unique to families of children with special needs. Follow up with Annette: http://www.hammortreefinancial.com/

#9 / November 15, 2018

Life on Your Terms with Eric McDermott

Are you prepared as life keeps happening? This week, Eric McDermott, Managing Partner at Pacific Advisors, breaks down the steps investors can take to operate from a “risk first” mentality. Learn fascinating facts from a Financial Specialist and marketing guru about the origins of insurance as an industry and how to overcome overconfidence en route to having candid conversations about risk. Follow up with Eric: http://www.pacificadvisors.com/team/eric-mcdermott

#2 / September 27, 2018

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Becoming a Public Speaker with Jennifer McClure

What’s the recipe for a great presentation? This week Jennifer McClure, an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, leadership success coach, and former HR executive who works with business leaders to build their influence, think strategically, and create maximum positive impact at work and in life, provides a masterclass on sharing ideas with the world generally as well as specific advice around common clichés to avoid and for how to create a business around public speaking.

#16 / January 10, 2019

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#16 / January 10, 2019

Feeding Your Unicorn with Tra Williams

Do you let others define your success? This week, entrepreneurship consultant Tra Williams offers us a personal life lesson on why you need to stop, on why work and life are equal goods that feed one another, not separate entities to be “balanced,” and how to maintain childhood and creativity, all while earning a living. Listeners will leave energized and more encouraged than ever to chase that long-ignored dream!

#15 / January 3, 2019

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#15 / January 3, 2019

Applying Value Investing to Real Estate with Randy Norton

This week the Standard Deviations is pleased to welcome Randy Norton, who shares how the wisdom of value investing can be applied to real estate. As Managing Partner and Global Head of Real Estate and Alternative Investments at Green Mesa Capital. Randy provides excellent guidance on how to think about seldom-considered asset classes, the most common behavioral traps among real estate investors, and considerations for buying a REIT vs. real property.

#14 / December 27, 2018

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#14 / December 27, 2018

A Practical Conversation About ESG Investing with Joey Fishman

Change your investment approach, change the world? This week Joey Fishman, who heads up the socially responsible investing arm of Ritholtz Wealth Management and oversees their “Portland Portfolio,” joins us for a discussion of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). Learn about the differences between SRI, ESG and impact investing, how to think about risk and return tradeoffs in values-based portfolios, and whether or not SRI brings about the desired changes.

#13 / December 20, 2018

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#13 / December 20, 2018

Good Design, Good Behavior with Dan Egan

Are “centaur” approaches (combining human advisors with tech) the future of finance? Our guest this week, Dan Egan, is Director of Investing and Personal Finance at Betterment. Dan is an expert at improving decisions through smart technological design and he brings that wisdom in a conversation on why investors need to have faith in their own approach, the future of behavioral finance, and whether it is most effective to change the person or the product.

#12 / December 6, 2018

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#12 / December 6, 2018

The Next Millionaire Next Door with Dr. Sarah Stanley Fallaw

What steps can you take now to become the next millionaire on the block? Learn about the characteristics shown by young people who are likely to become millionaires and what to look for in an appropriate measure of risk tolerance from this week’s guest, financial behaviors expert, Sarah Stanley Fallaw, Ph.D., founder and President of DataPoints, LLC, a research-based tech company.

#11 / November 30, 2018

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#11 / November 30, 2018

Financial Advisors of the Future with Chris Turchansky

Is investing about more than money to you? It is for our guest, Chris Turchansky, President of ATB Investor Services, who breaks down how the future of advice will look different than it is today. Listeners to this week’s episode will learn what the financial services industry can change to better serve clients’ interests, why Chris is optimistic about the future of advice in the face of a great deal of naysaying, and how clients can discern between good and bad financial advisors.

#10 / November 26, 2018

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#10 / November 26, 2018

Special Planning for Special Needs with Annette Hammortree

#9 / November 15, 2018

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#9 / November 15, 2018

Behavioral Finance and FinTech with Neil Bage

Is education enough to change bad behaviors? This week, behavioral finance guru Neil Bage, co-founder of the award winning fintech Be-IQ., answers this question as he explores the intersection of technology and psychology and discusses how behavioral finance can move from diagnosing bias toward more practical solutions and the recent critique of loss aversion in the Journal of Consumer Psychology.

#8 / November 8, 2018

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#8 / November 8, 2018

Millennials and Money with Kristin Scroggin

Are millennials really as entitled as the media would have us believe? This week, generational expert Kristin Scroggin joins us to cut through the noise and provide facts and figures around millennials and money. In this stereotype-destroying hour you will learn how early bad experiences with investing have sensitized young people to volatility, the source of Millennials skepticism toward financial experts, truths vs. stereotypes about Millennials and money, how best to provide advice to young investors, and why socially responsible investing might succeed with this generation.

#7 / November 1, 2018

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#7 / November 1, 2018

About Dr. Daniel Crosby

Dr. Daniel Crosby is a psychologist and behavioral finance expert. His first book, Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management, was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, The Laws of Wealth, was named the best investment book of 2017 by the Axiom Business Book Awards, and his latest work, The Behavioral Investor, is an in-depth look at how sociology, psychology and neurology all impact investment decision-making. Dr. Crosby has also contributed to Living Confidently previously to create our Vision Test and Personality Quiz.

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