Dynamic Growth
An interactive journey in pursuit of your own potential. Nate, Derek and Macy share tips for personal growth and investing to help you live a fulfilled life.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Super Bowl Ads: Waste of Money or Marketing Magic? w/ Carly Snyder
Carly Snyder joins Derek to discuss the effectiveness of Super Bowl Ads. This year it costs 7 MILLION dollars for a 30-second ad. Why do brands spend so much? Is there a profitable return on that inv…
How Does Secure ACT 2.0 Affect Your Retirement?
We discuss the recent objectives and goals of the world economic forum and what their prediction for the world looks like. We end the pod discussing the new Secure Act 2.0 and how it affects retirees…
Can you use Chat GPT to Invest?
We talk about the positive start to the year and about ways people have been using the machine learning algorithm Chat GPT to automate tasks with high accuracy. What does this mean for the future of …
Are We Currently In A Recession?
Jobs data shows the unemployment rate is falling and non-farm payroll came in above expectations. While this is good news for the economy, it also means there will be no mercy for the stock market. T…
Should You Buy Bonds in 2023?
In this episode we discuss how to put good news and bad news into perspective, we also talk about how events in the crypto ecosystem have set the industry back years. Lastly, we discuss if it is fina…
Buying Stocks Based On Political Beliefs
Should politics affect your investment decisions? We think investing should not involve emotions, removing your personal biases from investing decisions will lead to better outcomes in the long term.…
World Cup Conspiracy & Personal Finance Hacks
In this episode, Nate discusses the world cup and the potential shady business going on with FIFA and Qatar. We also discuss a different way to think about monthly payments and how that can impact fi…
Was FTX Hacked? FTX Bankruptcy Explained
FTX was reportedly hacked for 477M hours after they declared bankruptcy, Derek goes into new details surrounding the FTX collapse. Nate discusses a Bank of America study that shows investing trends o…
FTX Meltdown Explained
What the heck is going on in crypto? Derek gives some background and details about what is causing the entire crypto market to panic. FTX was the 2nd largest crypto exchange, they were worth 32B and …
Does Regulation Hurt Investors?
Nate discusses possible ways that well-meaning financial regulation can hurt the everyday investor. Does receiving quarterly statements hurt your long-term performance? Derek gives some broader conte…
2022 Pension Strategy & Twitter Free Speech
If you currently have a pension, Nate gives insight into a unique opportunity for pensions in 2022. With Elon Musk finalizing the deal to acquire Twitter we discuss the implications for free speech a…
Active v.s. Passive Investing & Turmoil In Japan
In this episode, Nate discusses common misconceptions about passive investing and why active management has some distinct advantages during bear markets. Derek talks about recent events in Japan's bo…
Q4 Strategy Updates
The calendar marks the next quarter. As we go into Q4 Derek and Nate discuss what is on their radar and changes to the portfolio. We discuss Fixed Income, Stocks, Money Markets, the US Dollar, Commod…
Dollar Milkshake Theory & Specialization
We didnt come up with the dollar milkshake theory but it has played out surprisingly well. Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital came up with the theory before the pandemic. It predicts a massive run-up …
FED Raises Rates & Diversification in Bear Markets
Want a chance to win $10,000 from a field goal kick? On October 7th Hillsdale high school is doing a raffle for one person to attempt a 40yd field goal kick. If successful the kicker will win $10,000…
Fertilizer Shortage & Dutch Farmers' Protest
In a global effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, many countries have adopted energy policies against domestic self-interest. In Europe, the price of natural gas has gotten so expensive that ferti…
Structured Notes, Strength in the U.S. Dollar
Nate discusses structured notes and how they can fit into a diversified portfolio and provide some downside protection for conservative and aggressive investors. He also discusses two notes that are …
Nate's Adventure & Student Loan Forgiveness
Nate is back from his multi-day trip to the Colorado mountains with nothing but a backpack and a fishing rod. He speaks on some of the revelations he had while hiking and what he brought back from th…
Marketing In A Recession
At first glance, I am willing to bet a lot of companies will cut their marketing budgets. Marketing is often viewed as an expense but let’s be real, marketing is an investment.
Another way to think …
Patience in Bear Markets & Coinbase Meets Blackrock
Nate discusses a study in patience with children and its results later in life. This applies to investors in bear markets, patience is a difficult thing to master but important for long-term success.…