The Anderson Files

The Anderson Files

As a nationally known investment advisor and licensed fiduciary, Mike Anderson has a passion to share his expertise to help people navigate the ever-changing financial path to and through retirement.

Episodes

Raising Giants

June 8, 2025 • 25 mins
Mike chats with Lee Schwartz, a retired Los Angeles finance professional who recently published Raising Giants. This is Lee’s account of his incredible, extraordinary journey with his two outstanding sons, who blended exceptional athletic ability, mutant size, and top-drawer intelligence to succeed on the gridiron as well as on this earth as remarkable human beings. Lee shares the highs, lows, thrills, and gotchas of college footb...
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Tim Gaspar – Candidate for Los Angeles City Council District 3

May 20, 2025 • 27 mins
As the Los Angeles City Council race ramps up, Mike chats with Tim Gaspar, a candidate for the District 3 seat that encompasses Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Reseda, Winnetka, and Canoga Park. Listen in and learn about Tim’s positions on the critical issues facing the Western San Fernando Valley and how he looks to solve them.
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Liquid Leaders Equity Strategy – Exploring a Quant-Based Investment Strategy

May 9, 2025 • 25 mins
Guest Derek Elphick, CFA, sits down with Mike to discuss the Liquid Leaders Equity Strategy. Developed over several years and launched as a fund in January 2024, this is a quant-based, machine learning investment strategy focused on 25 selected stocks. Listen and learn about this compelling strategy.
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Company Retirement Plans: Rules, Risks and How Plans are Protected

July 22, 2024 • 26 mins
Mike chats with colleagues Meredith Sesser and Bill Holden on the rules, risks and protections in offering a company retirement plan to employees. Run a company retirement plan well and it becomes a highly effective way for employees to save for retirement. If you don’t run it well, you can violate retirement plan rules and regulations that can become a real problem for the company, trustees, fiduciaries and employees. Listen i...
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Crossing the Chasm

June 22, 2024 • 28 mins
In this episode of The Anderson Files, Mike sits down with business strategist and technology advisor Peter Moore. Peter shares his expertise with his 9-step ‘Crossing the Chasm’ game plan for working with early-stage leadership teams to create focused and disciplined go-to-market playbooks. His strategies lead to success from a new company’s beginnings to its ascent into the mainstream market.
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What is a Probate Proceeding, Why it is Bad, and How to Avoid it

September 28, 2023 • 24 mins
Mike chats with estate planning and trust attorney David Schneider on the downside of a probate proceeding and how to successfully avoid a probate proceeding altogether. Glean the awareness you need to manage an estate and trust to be of the greatest security and benefit for you and your family.
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Real Estate Today: The Southern California Market

September 28, 2023 • 29 mins
Your host, Mike Anderson, chats with Chloe de Verrier, a leading Los Angeles realtor, on the dynamics and state of the Southern California real estate market. Working with seasoned clients and first-time home buyers, Chloe successfully navigates real estate deals enhanced by her social media acumen. Listen in and discover the keys to this vibrant residential property market.
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SECURE ACT 2.0 New Laws and Many Changes to Retirement Plan and IRA Rules

September 28, 2023 • 28 mins
Mike speaks with Los Angeles ERISA/pension attorney Meredith Sesser on SECURE ACT 2.0, which became law at the end of 2022. This large, complex piece of federal retirement legislation, designed to make it easier for employers to offer and manage plans and encourage Americans to save more, will have a broad and deep impact on millions of employees saving for retirement. With Americans living longer, saving to finance those golden...
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Retirement Plans: A Rainbow of Options

September 28, 2023 • 30 mins
In this episode, Mike chats with Kevin Palm, a leading retirement plan actuary with over 35 years of experience in cash balance and defined benefit plan design and consulting. Kevin walks us through the rainbow of retirement plan options, from entry-level basics to the pinnacle in highly-advanced designs. Business owners, executives, finance and human resources specialists, listen in as Kevin guides you down the retirement plan p...
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Special Report – 1Q 2023 Market Update

September 28, 2023 • 20 mins
Guest Host Mark Alyn queries Mike Anderson on the economy, the markets, inflation, interest rates, the Federal Reserve, and company earnings. Tune in and listen to what’s happening currently in US finance.
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Coming Up Roses in 2023

September 28, 2023 • 21 mins
Mike wishes everyone a wonderful 2023! And to celebrate this year, Mike’s guest is friend and colleague Steve Altmayer. He is currently the longest-serving active driver with the Tournament of Roses Parade, starting at age 13. Listen now as Steve shares the joys and challenges he has encountered during his incredible 50-year journey of driving floral masterpieces that have been seen by millions of people all over the world.
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What Start-Up Companies Need to Know

September 28, 2023 • 27 mins
Arnold Anisgarten, CPA, joins Mike to discuss making a success of the backside of a start-up business. Beyond financing a start-up business, there are many areas that need to be carefully considered and addressed for a new business to be successful and not fall victim to a flameout. In this episode, Arnold navigates us through that success path.
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The Great Resignation: Hiring in the Post Covid Era

September 28, 2023 • 25 mins
The Great Resignation, which came out of the Covid pandemic, has impacted companies and employees across all industries in the United States. How has this changed hiring? What do companies and potential new hires need to know and consider? Mike chats with Marcia Wasserman on this compelling topic that is rippling through the American economy.
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ESG, What is It and How is It Entering the U.S. Investment Market?

September 28, 2023 • 25 mins
Bill Slimbaugh chats with Mike on Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing (ESG), what it is, and how it is gaining momentum coming into the mainstream of the US investment market.
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COVID-19 and Risks to Businesses

September 28, 2023 • 25 mins
Mike talks with Bill Holden, Senior Vice President, Executive Perils for The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers team, on business risks presented by COVID-19 today and in the future during the aftermath of the pandemic. Bill shares his insight on employment-related risks, supply chain disruptions, company transparency, and directors' and officers' liability. Listen in and learn from Bill.
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UCLA Anderson Business Panel Discusses Private Company Board Excellence

September 28, 2023 • 37 mins
On December 2, 2021, The Anderson Files’ Mike Anderson hosted a business panel at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. This episode is a recording of the December 2nd event. The session was co-sponsored by the Private Directors Association of Southern California and the UCLA Anderson School of Management. The panel discussed private company board excellence, what it is, and how to achieve it.
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Leaving California With Your Fortune Intact

September 28, 2023 • 24 mins
Claims of a so-called “California Exodus” have begun again, spurred by tax hikes, ever-increasing regulations, and the recent departures of high-profile tech companies and other emerging industries. Mark Pariser, Certified Public Accountant and Partner at Dunn, Pariser & Peyrot, talks with Mike about the reality of leaving California, the Golden State, with your fortune intact. Listen to Mark on how to do it right!
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Supply Chain and the Marketplace – How Small Business Is Being Impacted

September 28, 2023 • 26 mins
Jim Blasingame, award-winning author, syndicated radio host, and syndicated columnist, joins Mike to discuss the huge impact of the current supply chain issue on small business and the challenges facing small business in the marketplace. Listen in and learn from one of the world’s foremost thought-leaders on small business and entrepreneurship.
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Everything Employers Need to Know About Covid Vaccination Policies

September 28, 2023 • 25 mins
Covid vaccination policies, the Biden Mandate, large public venues, what small employers and large employers should be doing, court actions in progress - employment and labor attorney Debbie Birndorf discusses all of this and more with Mike. Tune in to learn the latest about everything employers need to know regarding Covid vaccination policies.
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SPECIAL EDITION: Market and Economics Update: What’s Next?

September 28, 2023 • 25 mins
Guest host Mark Alyn chats with Mike Anderson on the economy, markets, interest rates, employment, federal reserve, and legislation. Which way are interest rates going? Will the economy continue to grow? Tune in for current comments!
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