Personal Finance on the radio
Thought I’d post about some general personal finance topics here in addition to news and updates on NetworthIQ.
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned too much in the pf blogs are the various financial shows on the radio. I figure if people are reading blogs about finance, then they’re probably also listening to radio shows. Plus, with the gaining popularity of podcasting, it will become much easier to listen to the best ones, as it can be difficult to listen for an entire show on the radio. Here’s a few that I know of:
- Ray Lucia - Ray’s on the business talk radio network and I listen to him on my way to work most mornings. Ray’s show covers “Your Money, Your Business, Your Life,” which can result in a wide range of discussions from retirement to real estate to taxes, you name it. His specialty is “Bucketizing” people for retirement, using the principles covered in his book, Buckets of Money. Though the commercial breaks can be frequent and long, I’d highly recommend his show.
- Rob Black - Rob is also on my local business talk radio station (1410 AM in Portland). I’ve listened to him on and off for a few years, and he knows his stuff. Though he usually sounds irritated, his advice is very sound, more so when he gets into “Finance 101″ type discussions. Rob’s show is quite a bit different from Ray’s in that he’ll spend a lot of time discussing individual stocks, but he tempers that with good advice about maxing out retirement and developing good spending habits.
- Dave Ramsey - I haven’t personally listened to him, but I know he is well regarded as an author and radio host. Anyone that preaches staying out of debt is a smart guy in my book. I’ll be breaking out my Shuffle to check out the podcast one of these days.
Any other favorites that would be good to listen to?
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July 29th, 2005 at 7:04 pm
I’m enjoying Steve Pomeranz’ On the Money, which can be found at http://www.onthemoneyradio.com/
Somewhat less polished, but still packed with good insights, is Pro Money Talk at http://www.promoneytalk.com
They are both available as podcasts. Is Rob Black’s show available online? I couldn’t find it.
July 30th, 2005 at 8:12 am
Thanks Greg, I’ll check those out.
I couldn’t find any online version for Rob either. The station I listen to streams live (http://www.kbnp.com/, 5pm Pacific time M-F). Since he’s in the bay area, a station down there may carry it online. I thought Rob had mentioned on his show that he would be doing a podcast soon.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
I listen to a show in Detroit called the Real Estate Insiders (http://www.realestateinsiders.com/) which has great information on it about real estate financing. It runs nation wide but I’m not sure of the stations but there is a station finder on the site http://www.realestateinsiders.com/about/stations/index.html or you can listen to it via live streaming from WJR