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Roaming Returns

Tim & Carmela

132 episodes

6 days ago

Ready to build a portfolio that actually works in today’s market — not 1985’s? In this episode, we break down a complete modern starter portfolio for new investors AND experienced investors who want a reset for 2026. We take the outdated 60/40 model, call it the trash panda it is, and replace it with a diversified, income-strong, resilience-focused allocation built for real market conditions — inflation, rate cuts, volatility, and all. We cover: 🔥 The 7-Category Modern Portfolio Blueprint 15...

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Ready to build a portfolio that actually works in today’s market — not 1985’s? In this episode, we break down a complete modern starter portfolio for new investors AND experienced investors who want a reset for 2026. We take the outdated 60/40 model, call it the trash panda it is, and replace it with a diversified, income-strong, resilience-focused allocation built for real market conditions — inflation, rate cuts, volatility, and all. We cover: 🔥 The 7-Category Modern Portfolio Blueprint 15...

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131 - If We Started Investing Over… This Is EXACTLY The Portfolio We’d Build

Ready to build a portfolio that actually works in today’s market — not 1985’s? In this episode, we break down a complete modern starter portfolio for new investors AND experienced investors who want a reset for 2026. We take the outdated 60/40 model, call it the trash panda it is, and replace it with a diversified, income-strong, resilience-focused allocation built for real market conditions — inflation, rate cuts, volatility, and all. We cover: 🔥 The 7-Category Modern Portfolio Blueprint 15...

6 days ago

1 hour 6 minutes

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130 - The Truth About Gold: Overrated, Overhyped, or Essential?

🔥 Is Gold Actually a Smart Investment — or Just an Overhyped Security Blanket? This episode breaks down one of the most controversial topics in investing: whether gold really deserves a place in your portfolio. Despite decades of advice telling investors to hold 3–10% in precious metals, the data tells a VERY different story. We dig deep into: ✨ The biggest myths about gold 📉 Why gold underperforms stocks again and again 💰 The hidden costs investors never account for 📊 100-...

1 week ago

32 minutes

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129 - Our Twist on Dollar-Cost Averaging to Buy More, Risk Less, and Earn Faster

Most investors treat Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) like gospel — same amount, same time, no questions asked. We don’t. This week, we dive into our “Dynamic DCA” strategy — a smarter, more flexible way to lower your cost basis and grow income faster. By knowing our dividend stocks so well, we can turn off DRIP when they’re overvalued and pile in when they dip into buy zones. It’s still incremental, still disciplined — but driven by valuation and timing, not automation. 💡 In this episode we cove...

3 weeks ago

36 minutes

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128 - Why We Happily Overspend on Halloween 🎃 (The Psychology + Money Stats)

Why do we spend billions on one spooky night? This episode traces Halloween’s evolution—from Samhain and Roman festivals to All Hallows’ Eve—then flips the mask to reveal the behavioral psychology behind today’s $13B spend. We unpack: 🎃 Origins to Modern Mashup: Samhain → Roman Feralia & Pomona → All Saints/All Souls → American trick-or-treat💵 Follow the Money: Costumes, décor, candy, parties; average spend per celebrant; why the total keeps hitting records🧠 Psych Drivers: Nostalgi...

3 weeks ago

45 minutes

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127 - What $10K In These YieldMax and Roundhill Weekly ETFs Yielded Over 7 Months

💸 High-Yield Weekly Dividend ETFs: 10 ETFs Enter, But Only a Few Crush It What happens if you invested $10,000 in 10 high-yield, weekly-paying ETFs 7 months ago? In this episode, we analyze the returns—from Roundhill’s tech-heavy monsters like PLTW and COIW to YieldMax’s income-driven options like CHPY and GPTY, we’re ranking each ETF by: 📈 Price appreciation💰 Dividend income🔁 DRIP vs. cash collection strategy outcomesYou’ll see why PLTW and COIW are dominating the leaderboard, how some Yield...

1 month ago

39 minutes

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126 - What If You Invested $10K in These 5 Dividend Aristocrats 30 Years Ago?

What if you’d invested $10,000 in five dividend aristocrats 30 years ago — and never sold? In this episode, we break down the true compounding power of dividend reinvestment (DRIP) versus taking the cash every quarter. From stock splits to spin-offs, we traced the dividends, the share prices, and every wild twist in the story — including a jaw-dropping $2 million+ result for two of these “boring” blue chips. We cover: 📈 KO, PEP, WMT, ADP, and MO — 30 years of dividends and DRIP 💰 ...

1 month ago

53 minutes

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125 - Profit From the Fed Pivot: Real Stocks, Real Strategy, Real Results

The Fed’s rate cut is shaking up markets — but not every sector reacts the same. In this episode, we take the 6 biggest macrotrends from the current rate environment and dig into real stock and ETF ideas that could benefit most. We cover: 🏗️ Manufacturing & Construction plays with upside potential 🏢 REITs & commercial real estate names that could pop 💻 Tech & growth stocks primed for a comeback 🛍️ Retail, hospitality, and dividend sleepers 🏦 BDC...

1 month ago

53 minutes

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124 - The Ugly Truth About Rate Cuts Nobody Tells You

The Fed just cut interest rates by 0.25% — but what does that actually mean for you, your portfolio, and the broader economy? In this episode, we dig into the ripple effects of rate cuts across consumers, businesses, and markets. ✔️ Will your mortgage or credit card get cheaper? ✔️ How will BDCs, REITs, and growth stocks react? ✔️ Why a weaker dollar could make your life more expensive, not less. ✔️ The hidden inflation risk no one’s talking about. We’ll also break down how small, “modest” cu...

1 month ago

49 minutes

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123 - From Debt Trap to Profit Tool: Credit Cards Rewired

Credit cards get a bad rap, but they can be one of the most powerful tools in your financial toolkit—if you use them like an investor. In this episode, we break down: How 0% APR balance transfers can be used as short-term liquidity for higher-yield investments.Using credit card cash back and perks as bonus money saving to give you and edge.The difference between credit stacking vs. laddering—and which one fits your situation.The real impact of your credit score on freedom, access, and opportu...

2 months ago

44 minutes

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122 - How Financial Trauma Shapes Your Money Habits (And How to Heal Them)

Money problems aren’t just about math—they’re about mindset. In this episode, we explore the hidden side of personal finance: financial trauma, money scripts, and the emotional patterns that quietly sabotage your wealth. We cover: How financial trauma shows up in your body and relationships.Why scarcity budgeting creates “whiplash” overspending.The cultural money myths keeping Americans broke.Practical rewiring tools: automation, emotional triggers, spending rituals, and account structures.Th...

2 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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121 - Would YOU Trust Our High Yield Portfolio to Pay Your Bills?

The Van Life Portfolio is where things get wild. Unlike our conservative retirement account, this high-yield setup is built for cash flow, not capital preservation. In this episode, we break down Q3 2025 dividend results, compare them to last quarter, and show how we’re managing volatility while keeping the income steady. 📊 Key Highlights Dividend haul: $5,562 this quarter (~18–19% yield)Monthly payouts: $1,575 (June), $1,777 (July), $2,210 (August—one of our best yet)Biggest movers: USLY, AI...

2 months ago

33 minutes

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120 - Conservative, Not Complacent: Quarterly Dividends & Smart Pivots

We’re reporting what our conservative, retirement-style portfolio actually paid in dividends this quarter, how it compares to last quarter, and the pivots we made to keep income on track—without sacrificing principal. What’s inside: Quarter vs. Quarter: Q2 dividends vs Q3 dividends (with timing fixes).Headline: Q2 $4,346 → Q3 $3,952, but adjusted for timing/cuts Q3 would’ve been $4,414.Discrepancies explained: Suspensions (QVCGP), cuts (OGN), and weekly/monthly timing shifts that made the raw...

2 months ago

27 minutes

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119 - Portfolio Reveal: Dividend Machines, Yield… and Growth?!

It’s time for a ticker parade. In this episode, we reveal what’s really in the bag—our current retirement and van-life portfolio holdings. This is your backstage pass to everything we’re holding right now, from classic dividend machines to the growth stocks we rarely talk about. Here’s what you’ll hear: 📊 Dividend growers like OZK, PEP, and UPS quietly compounding💸 High-yield income plays like HTGC, TRIN, and ARLP🏠 REITs like LTC and STWD positioned for long-term demographic trends⚡ Weekly pa...

3 months ago

47 minutes

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118 - The FAANG Illusion: What Earnings Season Really Shows

Q2 2025 earnings season looks like a win on paper—81% of S&P 500 companies beat expectations—but don’t be fooled. The market’s strength is overly reliant on FAANG stocks (GOOG, META, AMZN, AAPL, MSFT) pulling the averages higher, while tariffs and lowered guidance have made “surprises” look better than they really are. In this episode, we cut through the noise: 📊 Why Tech & Communications are carrying the market🩺 Healthcare & Financials show quiet resilience🛢️ Energy & Materia...

3 months ago

49 minutes

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117 - Earnings Season Shake-Up: Dividend Cuts And Hikes

Some stocks in our portfolio just made major moves after earnings—dividend cuts, dividend hikes, and some eyebrow-raising guidance changes. In this episode, we break down which positions we’re holding, which we’re buying on dips, and where we’re turning off DRIP to lock in cash. We cover high-yield BDCs, dividend growth machines, and deep-value plays—all through the lens of this quarter’s earnings results. Plus, we talk about the macro forces shaping these moves—energy prices, tariffs, market...

3 months ago

57 minutes

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116 - Climb Maslow’s Pyramid With Dividends: Financial Self-Actualization

Most people stop climbing the ladder of personal growth once they feel “safe and stable.” But what if you could use money—not just to survive—but to ascend? In this episode, we dive into financial self-actualization—where your income fuels freedom, purpose, and personal evolution. You’ll learn how to reframe Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs through the lens of financial independence and how income investing can accelerate your journey from surviving to self-actualized. We explore Maslow’s 16 trait...

3 months ago

48 minutes

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115 - Massive Yields, Weekly Paychecks—We Analyze the 19 Newest ETFs

🚨 The weekly dividend revolution just leveled up—again. In this episode, we break down 19 brand-new weekly dividend ETFs that just hit the market. These aren’t your grandma’s income plays. Some use swaps, others use synthetic positions, leverage, and trade options for massive yields. We walk through the performance so far, explain the structure behind each fund, and share how to strategically use them to generate cash, fund your high-quality dividend positions, and retire early without frugal...

3 months ago

50 minutes

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114 - We're Not Waiting on the Fed—Here's Where We’re Investing Instead

The macroeconomic landscape just changed—again—and most investors are still trading like it’s 2024. In this episode, we break down the real trends driving markets for the rest of 2025, from inflation pressure to slowing job growth, tariff-driven stagflation risks, and why the Fed’s rate cut dreams may be dead. But we’re not just here to rant about bad policy—we’re here to capitalize. We’ll walk through undervalued sectors, contrarian dividend plays, and overlooked global trends (hello, India ...

4 months ago

53 minutes

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113 - Why You Still Feel Broke Even If You're Making More Money

Why do so many people make more money… and still feel broke? This episode breaks down lifestyle creep—the silent killer of financial independence. We explore how your spending habits inflate with your income, why it’s so hard to notice until it’s too late, and what you can do to stop it before it wrecks your ability to save, invest, or retire. 📈 From goldfish metaphors to paycheck-to-paycheck stats, we unpack: What lifestyle creep looks like in real lifeWhy raises don’t always make you richer...

4 months ago

59 minutes

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112 - Why People Overpay for Stocks But Not a House (And What That Says)

Most people say they'd never overpay for a house—but then turn around and invest in overvalued stocks like it's no big deal. Why? In this episode, we unpack the psychology behind financial inconsistency—and what it says about your ability to build wealth. We cover emotional triggers, risk perception, identity signaling, and why people make strategic decisions in one area of life… but default to compulsion in another. You’ll learn: Why people treat overpaying in stocks as “risk-taking” and in ...

4 months ago

46 minutes