Smart Investing with Brent & Chase Wilsey
Brent and Chase bring their financial experience live to the listeners and answer questions about individual companies, the economy, and other financial matters. The investing team brings an “Unbiased, No Strings Attached, Fundamental Opinion” to all their listeners. They demonstrate long-term investment strategies to help you find good value investments and to show you exactly how they invest their money.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 310
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
September 5th, 2025 | You Don’t Need Hot Tech Stocks To Get Great Returns, Weak Job Report Points To Fed Rate Cut, US Luxury Brands Are Destroying Europe’s Luxury Brands, Mortgage Rates Reach ...
You don’t always need to pick the hot technology stocks to get great returns
Investing is very emotional and it’s always nice to be part of the crowd and buy the hot stocks like Apple, Alphabet and A…
August 29th, 2025 | Another warning on private investments, Will tariffs hurt this holiday season? Should you work in retirement? The challenge of creating retirement income, (CBRL),...
Yet another warning on private investments!
I remember hearing about a company by the name of Yieldstreet a few years ago and how it was a new way for smaller investors to get access to private inves…
August 22nd, 2025 | EV car makers lose in credits?, Stay away from interval funds!, ESPN new streaming product, Form SSA-44 to Reduce Medicare Premiums, (VTR), (KLC), (AI) & (EAT)
How much will EV car makers lose in credits?
The nations Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards are still in place; however, penalties for violating those standards have been removed. So …
August 15th, 2025 | 401(k) Withdrawals, Mixed Inflation News, $37 T Debt, Charitable Giving Changes, Intel Corp (INTC), UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH), Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) & (BLMN)
Unfortunately, more Americans are using their 401(k)’s for financial emergencies
I’m sure some will disagree with me based on the headlines arguing they were so happy that they had their 401(k) to ta…
August 8th, 2025 | Stock Market, Consumer Credit Card Debt, Real Estate, Refinancing, Carrier Global Corporation (CARR), Polaris Inc. (PII) & Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN)
Will the stock market crash?
With the market continuing to march higher and setting record high after record high, I do worry more and more that a crash could be coming. It doesn’t mean it will happe…
August 1st, 2025 | Worrisome Jobs Report, June Job Decline, Strong GDP Growth, Bank Scam Liability, Roth Account Perks, Hasbro, Inc. (HAS), Chipotle Mexican Gill, Inc. (GMG) & Baker Hughes (BKR)
Should you be concerned by the jobs report?
The July jobs report showed nonfarm payrolls grew by 73k, which missed the estimate of 100k. Unfortunately, the news got even worse as you dug into the rep…
July 25th, 2025 | Cautious Bank Outlook, Crypto Law Update, Dividends or Buybacks, New Tax Rules, Union Pacific Corporation (UNP), Toast, Inc. (TOST), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO) & (ABT)
Big bank earnings give a cautious green light on the economy
Every quarter we get excited about listening to and reading about how things went for the big banks in the most recent quarter as they rel…
July 18th, 2025 | Tariff Impact, Market Bubble, Retail Boom, Trump Kid Accounts, Circle Internet group (CRCL), Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM), Kenvue Inc. (KVUE) & Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK)
Are tariffs impacting inflation yet?
The Consumer Price Index, also known as the CPI, in the month of June showed an annual increase of 2.7%, which was in line with expectations. Core CPI, which excl…
July 11th, 2025 | Crypto Crash, ETF Complexity, Dark Pools, Tax-Free Social Security?, Tripadvisor, Inc. (TRIP), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC) & KeyCorp (KEY)
Crypto losses increase 66% in 2024
At first you may be saying I thought Bitcoin has been increasing in value? While that is true, you have to remember that is only one of the many thousands of crypto…
July 3rd, 2025| Jobs Report Illusion, Job Openings, Apple Goes F1, ETF Income Trap, Pension Payout Choice, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS), Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD), (CNC) & (COLM)
The June jobs number looks stronger than it really is
I want to be clear; I wouldn’t say this was a bad report, but the headline number that showed an addition of 147,000 jobs in the month of June do…
June 27th, 2025 | Chinese Stock Scam, Outdated 401(k)s, S&P 500 Risk, Investment Income Tax, Fiserv, Inc. (FI), Pinterest, Inc. (PINS), Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) & General Mills, Inc. (GIS)
Watch Out For This Chinese Stock Scam!
Yes, there’s another scam out there trying to part you from your hard-earned money. This has happened many times in recent years and it’s occurred in very small…
June 20th, 2025 | Retail Resilience, Retailer Stable Coins, AI’s Web Impact, Widow’s Penalty, Adobe Inc. (ADBE), T-Mobile US, Inc (TMUS), Jack in the Box Inc. (JACK) & Celsius Holdings, Inc. (CELH)
May retail sales look stronger than headlines show
After seeing headlines from several media outlets, I was worried May retail sales were slowing to a problem point, but I would say they actually loo…
June 13th, 2025 | Alternative Assets Crumbling, Tariffs & Inflation, HHS Overhaul, Richer Rich, Retirement Recession, Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU), (WOOF), (BF.B) & (DOCU)
Alternative Assets Appear to Be a House of Cards
I remember using that same terminology back before the tech bust about 25 years ago. I was maybe a little bit early back then, but the house of cards …
June 6th, 2025 | Job Market, Office Space, Facebook Scams, Retirement Savings, Salesforce, Inc. (CRM), The Gap, Inc. (GAP), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) & Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD)
Jobs market remains in a good spot
Headline nonfarm payrolls increased 139k in the month of May, which was above the estimate of 125k, but below April’s reading of 147k. A big negative in the report…
May 30th, 2025 | Homebuyers at Record Low, Bitcoin in 401k, Inflation Eases, Accredited Investor Explained, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Intuit (INTU), Target Corp (TGT) & Toll Brothers,(TOL)
First Time Homebuyers Hit a Record Low
With the high cost of housing and higher interest rates, people trying to get their first home dropped to a record low around 23% in 2024. The average age of th…
May 23rd, 2025 | U.S. Credit Downgrade, EV Declines, 401(k) Private Investments, New SALT Proposal, CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA), First Solar, Inc. (FSLR), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), & (UNH)
The U.S. just received a downgrade to its credit rating, should you worry?
Last week, Moody’s announced it downgraded the United States sovereign credit rating from AAA to Aa1. While a downgrade is i…
May 16th, 2025 | U.S. Tariffs and China, Inflation, AI and Jobs, Oil Prices, Trusts and Retirement Accounts, Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), Charter Communications (CHTR), Krispy Kreme (DNUT) & (LYFT)
U.S. Tariffs are hurting China
Exports from China have dropped dramatically which has weighed on China’s economy. This has caused protests due to lost jobs and wages in their economy. Exports from Ch…
May 9th, 2025 | Palantir Technologies, Big Money Managers, Apple’s Stock, Retirement Income Taxation, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG), Block, Inc. (XYZ), Amazon, Inc. (AMZN) & McDonald's (MCD)
Why I won’t be buying Palantir technologies anytime soon
When I’m out in public many times people ask me what my opinions are when it comes to investing, the markets or individual stocks. I have to s…
May 2nd, 2025 | Chinese Stocks, Jobs Report, Job Openings, Recession, Home Title Theft, Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (ZBH), Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO), Northrop Grumman (NOC) & (GOOG)
Should the United States delist Chinese stocks?
At first thought with all the craziness of the trade war it sounds like delisting all the Chinese companies from the American stock markets may be a go…
April 25th, 2025 | Gold Investment, University Endowments, Trade Wars & Home Prices, Converting Pretax, Netflix (NFLX), The Walt Disney Company (DIS), Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI) & (UNH)
Should you invest in gold for the long term?
Gold has been a great asset to hold over the last year, but I remain a skeptic of investing in gold long term. I personally don’t own any gold nor would I…