S1 Ep238: Does the Fed NEED to raise rates?
Does the Federal Reserve actually WANT to raise rates regardless of whether they NEED to right now? Is it more than just holding off inflation?  Or do they see some larger crisis looming over the horizon which they feel REQUIRES them to raise rates (regardless of its short term effects on the election or the economy) so they can cut them back again in response to some unforeseen stock market co...
57m May 26, 2016
57m
S1 Ep237: Do Real Men Get Massages?
OK all your real, macho men.  Do any of you ever get massages?  Well being a boy from the Midwest, I thought the answer was "hell no". But you know?  It wasn't bad!  In fact, it was downright great.  Listen along as I get a massage (ON THE AIR) on THE RAAD LIFE today (courtesy of the folks at Spa Gregories).  Only on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.
1hr 33m May 26, 2016
1hr 33m
S1 Ep236: Tactical Investing With Andrew Gogerty of Newfound Research
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright talks with Andrew Gogerty of Boston-based Newfound Research. The firm was founded in 2008 and is known for its tactical investment models and the mutual funds that are based on them. Prior to joining Newfound, Mr. Gogerty spent a decade analyzing alternative investment strategies for Morningstar.What exactly is meant by “tactical”...
28m May 23, 2016
28m
S1 Ep235: The Economic Effects of Our Election
Don't miss this wide ranging discussion about the possible economic impacts of our upcoming national election. How will the stock markets react (or will they?)  What could massive deportation or immigration bans mean for our economy?  And why isn't Wall Street more nervous about the political revolt happening on Main Street America? Our host, Hamid Hamadanchy touches on all those topics, along...
56m May 19, 2016
56m
S1 Ep234: Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-05-11-16
Big shout out to our two contestants on this week's IS IT A LAW SEGMENT of our weekly public policy show THE CITY SQUARE, Michael Lyster (Chief Communications Officer for the City of Anaheim) and Diana Coronado from the ACC-OC (who puts on this show each week) as they both went 4-1 in today's contest, each getting tripped up by only one of our ridiculous laws.  See how you fare with questions l...
8m May 18, 2016
8m
S1 Ep233: Real Estate Investing with James Hanson
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews James Hanson, the president and CEO of Morristown, NJ-based Hampshire Real Estate Company. Mr. Hanson is co-chair of the Rutgers University Center of Real Estate Studies and an advisor to multiple endowment funds and pension plans throughout the company. Hampshire is a third-generation family company, founded by Mr. Han...
26m May 16, 2016
26m
S1 Ep232: Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-05-11-16
Ok, all you smart cookies.  Can u legally tie a giraffe to a telephone poll in Atlanta, Georgia? Or pawn your wooden leg in Delaware?  Don't be stumped.  Get a leg up on all your friends by listening to this week's segment of IS IT A LAW on our weekly public policy show, THE CITY SQUARE, brought to you by the Association of California Cities-OC and their sponsor Rutan and Tucker, Orange County'...
7m May 12, 2016
7m
S1 Ep231: Market Neutral Investing With Gary DiCenzo of Cognios Capital
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Cognios Capital CEO Gary DiCenzo. The two gentlemen discuss Cognios’s “ROTA ROME” investment methodology, which seeks the best companies in terms of Return On Tangible Assets (“ROTA”) and Return on Market-value Equity (“ROME”).Why does Cognios think tangible assets are so important? DiCenzo explains that “good will” acc...
25m May 11, 2016
25m
S1 Ep230: Equity Research With MarketDNA's Matthew Rossi
Matthew Rossi is the founder, managing partner, and chief of research for MarketDNA Investment Research. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, Mr. Rossi explains his firm’s eponymous MarketDNA product, which takes intraday data and runs it through an algorithm to “spit out” equity trades with 80-90% accuracy. Host Charlie Wright calls MarketDNA a “fascinating approach of how to invest.”M...
22m May 03, 2016
22m
S1 Ep229: Long/Short Credit Investing With Guy Benstead
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Guy Benstead of Cedar Ridge Partners, a Registered Investment Advisor (“RIA”) based in Greenwich, Connecticut. “We’re bond guys,” says Mr. Benstead, in reference to his firm.Cedar Ridge specializes in unconstrained credit strategies. It operates private funds, separately managed accounts (“SMAs”), and one alternative mu...
28m Apr 26, 2016
28m
S1 Ep228: Evaluating Managed Futures Managers With Mark Melin
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Mark Melin, managed futures consultant, columnist and staff writer for ValueWalk.com, and author of three books on managed futures.Growing up in Chicago, Mr. Melin says that most of his friends’ fathers were derivatives traders. Derivatives were the center of the financial universe from his perspective, and this backgro...
30m Apr 21, 2016
30m
S1 Ep227: OC Hosts Giant PET EXPO
Don't miss the world's largest PET EXPO at the OC FAIRGROUNDS this weekend (April 22-24).  Last year, over 45,000 people attended this pet extravaganza and this year promises to be even bigger with a Reptile show and sale, dozens of dog and cat breeds and all day entertainment including Splash Dogs (the dog diving demo you've seen on TV), a K-9 dog demonstration, the Weiner dog races, a big bir...
23m Apr 21, 2016
23m
S1 Ep226: Disney on Ice Skates into Long Beach
Don't miss the DISNEY ON ICE show that skates into Long Beach Arena this weekend starting Friday, April, 22 thru Sunday, April 24.  Hear all about it here, on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.
18m Apr 19, 2016
18m
S1 Ep225: Isolating and Capturing Dividend Growth With Ryan Ballantyne
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Ryan Ballantyne of Reality Shares, a San Diego-based asset management firm focused on dividends. Reality Shares issued its first ETF in December 2014 and won ETF.com’s Best New ETF Issuer award the following year. The firm also provides free ratings for 1,200 dividend-paying stocks at its website.Mr. Ballantyne says he ...
27m Apr 19, 2016
27m
S1 Ep224: Mindy Rickles TALKS TO CATHY
What's it like when you're father's a comedy icon, like Don Rickles? Or you fondest memories from youth are playing in front of the Sahara hotel in Vegas?  Welcome to the world of Mindy Rickles, who talks to our host Cathy Katz about all that and more on this week's edition of our relationship show TALK TO CATHY.  Hear what it was like going to school with the kids of other famous stars, like C...
59m Apr 12, 2016
59m
S1 Ep223: Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-04-06-16
Can you pop another person's bubble gum bubble in Conway, AR?  And can you walk your bear on the city street without a leash in Woodstock, NY. (Yes...THAT Woodstock).  Sound silly?  Wait until you hear the answers from our guests Chip Monaco and Tom Koutroulis from WASTE MANAGEMENT and Andy Trotter from WEST COAST ARBORISTS on the latest IS IT A LAW segment of our weekly public policy program, ...
9m Apr 07, 2016
9m
S1 Ep222: Inside Managed Futures With Roland Austrup
Roland Austrup is CEO and CIO of Integrated Managed Futures (“IMFC”) and the longest-standing CTA in the Canadian marketplace. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Mr. Austrup, who explains the advantages of adding managed futures to an investment portfolio.Mr. Austrup explains that the strategy involves investing across multiple asset classes – commoditie...
29m Apr 06, 2016
29m
S1 Ep221: The Mummies are here at Bowers Museum
If you think you've heard strange noises in your neighborhood, know that the Mummies are here at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana.  With over 1.4 million visitors experiencing Mummies of the World to date, the display at Bowers Museum will be the first time the exhibit has been to Orange County. As the largest exhibition of real mummies and related artifacts ever assembled, the exhibit provides a win...
21m Apr 06, 2016
21m
S1 Ep220: Seizing Tectonic Shifts in Real Estate With Gary Carmell
Gary Carmell is the President of CWS Capital Partners, a real estate investment and management company with more than $3 billion under management. He’s also the author of The Philosophical Investor: Transforming Wisdom into Wealth. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Mr. Carmell about his business, his book, and his admiration for a pair of seemingly disp...
24m Apr 05, 2016
24m
S1 Ep219: Understanding VA Loans for Military Veterans
Even those who've served in the military don't always understand the great loans available to buy their home thru the Veteran's Administration.  Who qualifies?  What are the advantages and benefits?  And does it take any extra time to process? All these questions and more are answered this week by our hosts, Hamid and Fay Hamadanchy as they look at one of the least understood Federally guarante...
53m Apr 05, 2016
53m
S1 Ep218: Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-03-30-16
Is it against the law to fish with your hands in Kansas?  Or walk barefoot in Texas without a $5 permit?  Take the IS IT A LAW challenge in our weekly public policy show THE CITY SQUARE along with our guest this week, Orange County's elected Auditor-Controller Eric Woolery as he sharpens his pencil and breezes thru this test, getting 4 out of 5 right.  How about you?  Only on Orange County's on...
5m Mar 31, 2016
5m
S1 Ep217: New Book - "Regulation A+, How the Jobs Act Creates Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Investors"
Rob Kaplan, an attorney in Richmond, VA, is co-author of this book, focusing on the new opportunities created by the Jobs Act of 2012. While the most high profile aspect of this law is "Crowd Funding" there are aspects of this law that opened channels of opportunity for entrepreners, investors and investment companies in ways impossible under previous law and regulations.  Rob was instrumental ...
31m Mar 30, 2016
31m
S1 Ep216: Closed End Funds and Business Development Companies
John Cole Scott, a previous guest about a year ago, provides an update on Closed End Funds and discusses Business Development Companies (BDC's).  He discusses the CEF world, about 600 funds managing about $300 Billion in total assets, and sell at a discount or premium to NAV.  BDC's focus on venture loans to private companies for growth capital.  There are about 50 BDC's, many of which also hav...
27m Mar 29, 2016
27m
S1 Ep215: Let's look deeper at The Fed
This week, we take a deep look at The Fed including it's history, structure and purpose. Who owns the Fed?  What's is it's relationship to the 12 Federal Reserve Banks and what do they do?  And (most importantly) what powers does the Fed have to increase or decrease money supply and affect the overall Monetary Policy of the United States.  Join our hosts Hamid and Fay Hamadanchy as they pick up...
59m Mar 29, 2016
59m
S1 Ep214: Anfield Capital
Listen to David Young, founder and CEO. Following years ofexperience  at PIMCO, they focus on allocation by RISK, as opposed toallocation by ASSET CLASS.  This approach of "...starting at thefinish line," is not traditional in the industry and requires somereverse engineering when compared to the more traditional allocation byasset class. He explains their unique methodology of managing both eq...
37m Mar 28, 2016
37m
S1 Ep213: Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-03-23-16
OK boys and girls.  IS IT A LAW that you can't curse in front of a corpse in Texas? Or engage in turtle racing in Key West, Florida?  Find out from our full house of experts including Mission Viejo Mayor Frank Ury and Paul Simonds, chair of the South Orange County Economic Coalition as they play IS IT A LAW on this week's installment of THE CITY SQUARE, hosted by the Association of California C...
7m Mar 23, 2016
7m
S1 Ep212: Power of Hosting Your Own Show
Here is a powerful testimonial on the power of hosting your own radio show, particularly as it helps you open doors you otherwise couldn't open and meet anyone you want to meet.  As described by Stu Heinecke, author of the new best seller "How to Get a Meeting With Anyone"  and a host himself of CONTACT MARKETING RADIO here on www.OCTalkRadio.net.  As heard on one of our other syndicated shows,...
3m Mar 20, 2016
3m
S1 Ep211: Shopoff Realty Investments
Bill Shopoff, founder of Shopoff Realty Investments over 25 years ago, tells about the world of real estate investing for investors.  Shopoff currently focuses on office buildings, industrial, retail and residential land entitlement.  He discusses the Uptown Newport Project (residential and support retail) and how it is developing.  A fan of the famed investor Warren Buffet, Bill discusses valu...
30m Mar 16, 2016
30m
S1 Ep210: Tax Tips for Home Owners
It's tax season, which means figuring out how to use your home to its maximum tax advantage.  So our experts, Hamid and Fay Hamadanchy, spend this episode of the OC HOUSING CONNECTION discussing tax considerations to home ownership with some tangible tips on how to maximize your home deductions (or at least not overlook the obvious!) What are the different rules for deducting closing costs or ...
59m Mar 15, 2016
59m
S1 Ep209: "Hedge Fund Investing" by Kevin Mirabile
Listen to Kevin, author of the book “Hedge Fund Investing,” as he discusses the Hedge Fund industry, its 10,000 funds, history and where it is today.  Kevin discusses the types of strategies and funds and how to evaluate Hedge Funds.  He discusses some of the mutual funds (called liquid alternative investments) that come from Hedge Fund firms, a relatively new phenomenon.  He covers the various...
33m Mar 09, 2016
33m
S1 Ep208: Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-03-09-16
Is it illegal to get a fish drunk in Oklahoma?  And are there "John Schools" in LA (sort of like "Traffic Schools") that allow you to wipe out your conviction for soliciting a prostitute?  Find out on this week's episode of THE CITY SQUARE as they put Donna Boston, Director of the OC Sheriff's Emergency Management Division, to the test during this popular segment of our weekly public policy sho...
5m Mar 09, 2016
5m
S1 Ep207: TheWizard.com
Gene Stunkel, creator and founder of The Wizard, discusses this robust marketand stock analysis system.  The Wizard isan algorithmic based trend following system that provides signals and tradetargets for markets, stocks, ETF’s, Futures Market commodities, and forex.  It scans for stocks, etc. and shows what istrending up, down, or in a consolidating mode. Analysis includes the Sector and Indus...
27m Mar 09, 2016
27m
S1 Ep206: Marketing Software Used by MongoDB
Hear the "Silver Surfer of Sales", Matt Heinz from Heinz Marketing as he talks with Meagen Eisenberg from MongoDB (one of the hot new databases emerging in the so-called "NoSQL" movement) as she quickly lists all the marketing software she uses to analyze her team's performance, track social engagement and improve her website and overall marketing performance. Only on Orange County's only commu...
2m Mar 03, 2016
2m
S1 Ep205: Discover what sofware MongoDB uses to measure marketing success
Hear the "Silver Surfer of Sales", Matt Heinz from Heinz Marketing as he talks with Meagen Eisenberg from MongoDB (one of the hot new databases emerging in the so-called "NoSQL" movement) as she quickly lists all the marketing software she uses to analyze her team's performance, track social engagement and improve her website and overall marketing performance. Only on Orange County's only commu...
2m Mar 03, 2016
2m
S1 Ep204: Faircap Partners
Listen to James Song discuss his passion and purpose in investing in Myanmar (formerly the country of Burma).  James is a former Harvard trained scientist/researcher, Fullbright Scholar studying and working in London and Uganda who became a successful Hedge Fund Manager for Biotechnology Funds and who has transitioned to investment opportunities in Myanmar - A place that he calls the world's mo...
27m Mar 03, 2016
27m
S1 Ep203: OptionSellers.com
Listen to James Cordier, founder and CEO,discuss their strategies for selling options on the Futures Market.  Author of “The Complete Guide to OptionsSelling” and “Option Selling on Steroids” James offers a unique way to investthru selling deep out of the money puts and calls on commodities, metals,etc.  This is indeed fascinating andanyone interested in options investing conservatively will en...
31m Mar 03, 2016
31m
S1 Ep202: Welcome to THE GRIEF GIRL
Check out our newest show, THE GRIEF GIRL, hosted by Kristi Hugsted which tries to pull back the curtain and remove the stigma attached to one of our final taboo topics, grief and the grieving process.  Having been there herself after her husband's dramatic suicide, Kristi transformed herself into a survivor and grief counselor to help others understand and learn how to deal with grief and keep...
57m Feb 27, 2016
57m
S1 Ep201: University of Michigan a leader in Cyber Crime Training
Morgan Wright, a leading expert on cybercrime  and cybersecurity whose executive leadership for CISCO and Alcatel-Lucent and work for the Departments of Justice, Defense and Homeland Security have made him a featured guest on national media outlets like Fox News (where, in fact, he was appearing on Greta Van Susteren's show right after his turn today on OC Talk Radio) was a guest on this week's...
26s Feb 27, 2016
26s
S1 Ep200: Charles Nenner Research
David Gurwitz, Managing Director of Charles Nenner Research, discusses their system for prognosticating markets and price targets thru cycles.  They analyze various markets and estimate where they are going in the near and further future.  They base their research and recommendations  thru cycles in various markets.  Ever interesting, David discusses the various elements that go into their dete...
32m Feb 25, 2016
32m
S1 Ep199: HedgeCoVest
Listen to Evan Rapoport discuss this unique way to invest in Hedge Funds. There are thousands of Hedge Funds intended to offer investment strategies to mitigate risk thru a variety of sophisticated methodologies. Yet, their high minimums, lack of liquidity, lack of transparency and other barriers have made Hedge Funds unavailable to the individual investor with less than millions to invest. Hed...
26m Feb 25, 2016
26m
S1 Ep198: KraneShares
Brendan Ahern of KraneShares discusses the often under reported aspects of China's economy, urbanization of China, currency issues, the re-composition of the MSCI Index and other aspects of investing in China. He discusses the coming MSCI Index re-composition which will include dozens of additional Chinese companies being added to the Index, and he believes will result in the purchase of shares...
27m Feb 24, 2016
27m
S1 Ep197: Is It A Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE 02-24-16
OK all you public policy wonks.  See if you can match our resident "boy genius" who got all five questions right today in our regular IS IT A LAW segment on our weekly public policy show (THE CITY SQUARE, Wednesdays at 9am) including such queries as "Is it against the law in Hawaii to insert pennies in your ears" and "in Conyers, Georgia, is is against the law to shout 'two fried eggs and a fri...
7m Feb 24, 2016
7m
S1 Ep196: Freedom Capital Investment Management
Mindy McClure, the Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Freedom Capital Investment Management, explains that the goal and purpose of Freedom Capital’s fund, which is a Business Development Company (BDC), is to invest in companies that promote prosperity, security and freedom in the U.S. Some of the industries that they focus on are those that promote agricultural independence, energy independen...
5m Feb 22, 2016
5m
S1 Ep195: President of ADISA
Thomas Voekler, Managing Partner of KVCF law firm in Richmond, Virginia, and current President of ADISA, discusses ADISA and the opportunities for the small investor in the direct investment marketplace. He also discusses Regulation "A" of the Jobs Act of 2012, and the opportunities it will offer to investors.
8m Feb 22, 2016
8m
S1 Ep194: Arent Fox
Listen to Deborah Froling, attorney with Arent Fox in Washington D.C., discuss the legal environment of the Direct Investment industry. Deborah is a former SEC attorney and discusses the changing world of regulation in the direct investment industry. This interview was taken at the annual ADISA conference.
6m Feb 22, 2016
6m
S1 Ep193: Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-02-16-16
Hear our two city managers from Buena Park and Stanton, Jim Vanderpool and Jim Box try their luck at our favorite public policy guessing game IS IT A LAW on our weekly public policy show THE CITY SQUARE, Wednesdays at 9am PST on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net., hosted by The Association of California Cities-OC and sponsored by Rutan and Tucker Law Firm.s  Hint...
7m Feb 17, 2016
7m
S1 Ep192: Understanding Turkey's Role in the Middle East
Listen as Kerim Balci, Editor of the Turkish Review, and a leading dissident in that country discusses Turkey's important role in the Middle East and the various historical, ethnic and religious forces that often pull them in conflicting directions. Take for example, President Erdogan's sudden turn towards becoming a "demo-crator" (or democratically elected dictator) like his former friend and ...
1hr 6m Feb 10, 2016
1hr 6m
S1 Ep191: Stu Heinecke, author of HOW TO GET A MEETING WITH ANYONE
Listen as we talk with Wall Street Journal cartoonist Stu Heinecke about his new book HOW TO GET A MEETING WITH ANYONE and how he uses his cartoons to break thru to people of great importance.  He also talks about this whole new world of "contact marketing" (a term he created and popularized) as a way of meeting anyone you want to meet with creative marketing tools, tips, tricks and techniques ...
31m Feb 10, 2016
31m
S1 Ep190: The Horror Fund featured on Cal Cap's Private Investing and Business Finance Hour 01-13-16
Cal Cap Partners have covered a wide variety of investment topics in their weekly show here on our station (The Private Investing and Business Finance Hour, Wednesdays at 2pm PST) from investments in the emerging "vape space" and suddenly legal medical marijuana industries to more technical discussions of the government's EB-5 "millionaire visa program" and new equity crowdfunding regulations. ...
26m Feb 04, 2016
26m
S1 Ep189: Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-020316
This week it's the Vice Chairman of the State Judiciary Committee, local Assemblyman Don Wagner, who puts himself in the hot seat as we play another round of "Is It a Law", where we present our guests with the most bizarre and unbelievable ordinances and ask them to decide whether it really is a law.  It's the silly part of our otherwise serious look at local and state government on our weekly ...
9m Feb 04, 2016
9m