The Phil Ferguson Show

The Phil Ferguson Show

information and opinions on money, politics and Religion. All the things you should not discuss with your family.

Episodes

May 6, 2025 56 mins
Long Term gains - Pay now or later.

EV information - 500 mile drive

Trump Tariffs.

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Interview with Katherine Stewart.  She is the author of the new book "Money, Lies and God".  Here previous works are "The Power Worshippers" and "The Good News Club".

Investing Skeptically Segment on Tariffs, taxes, economics, inflation etc.
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Interview with the Godless Engineer.  We discuss Jesus Mythicism, Creationism, Flat Earth and much more.

Investing Skeptically - What percentage of money can you safely remove from your portfolio per year.
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Interview with Seth Andrews.  He runs "The Thinking Atheist" YouTube, website and Podcast.  We discuss current events and solve all of the worlds problems.

Special Market Adjustment.  Check with your tax professional and/ or advisor before taking any action.  This is not specific investment advice.
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Interview with Abbie Smith.  She explains how the government helps fund research.  We also discuss how the federal government may now stop funding important research.

Annuity - Details on how an annuity work (or doesn't).
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February 21, 2025 38 mins
The general outline of the Polaris Plan has been slightly changed.  This episode discusses those adjustments and why they were made.

Also discussed - DeepSeek
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February 18, 2025 64 mins
Information on Trusts
Should you do a ROTH conversion?
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  • Should you get a trust.  I go over some of the benefits of setting up a trust.
  • ROTH conversion.  Discussion on the tax implications of converting IRA money into a ROTH IRA.
  • Update on my opinion of Crypto currencies.
  • news on upcoming conventions
  • Travel plans
  • more detail on how a convenience store makes money for EV drivers.
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- Review of performance numbers for several indexes.
- Getting a loan vs investing in the Stock Market
- Review of EV charging infrastructure on I-57 in Illinois.  Now vs. 3 years ago.




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FIRE - Financial independence - retire early. discussion on this philosophy and the idea of 4% withdrawal rate from your portfolio.
NEVI - National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure. More EV chargers and some math on how they make money.
NightShares - Another idea based on Cherry picking data. Does it work?
Sicily - Our one week vacation in this part of Italy.
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December 14, 2024 61 mins
Interview with Karin Kirk.

Karin Kirk is a geologist, science writer, and professional ski instructor from Bozeman, Montana. Her writing spans topics from Earth science to EVs and often is centered around data-rich visualizations – always with the goal of bringing clear and relatable explanations to confusing topics.In addition to writing for Yale Climate Connections, Karin is a science writer for NASA, where she writes about climat...
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Investing Skeptically topices
  • What if your company out sources your pension to an Insursance Company?
  • You have a big purchase soon.  Where should you put your money?  Cash, Savings.CD, Money Market, Ultra short bonds, etc....
  • EV drive from Orlando to Allentown PA.  Range info, charging, preconditioning in cold weather.
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Intervieew with Sarah Ray.  She is with the American Humanist Association.


https://thehumanist.com/contributor/sarah-ray/

Investing Skeptically:
  • Required Minimum distributions
  • Stock Volatility vs time
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Interview with Mickey Dollens.  He is a representative in Oklahoma.

Investing Skeptically:
An Example of how to use the Cushion.


https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/mickey-dollens
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Brief review of CSIcon in Las Vegas.
Total Stock Market performance
The Polaris Plan Part 6.5 (7?) Reit Fund
Church members steal $1.2 Million
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Interview with Kate Cohen.  She is the author of "We of Little Faith - Why I stopped Pretending to Believe (And Maybe You Should Too).

Investing Skeptically:  Re-balancing and diversification
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Discussion of The Polaris Plan Part 6.  Allocation ideas for the US stock portion of the plan..
EV - I powered several items in my house using my car Battery.  Refrigerator, AC and also cooked some food.
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The Polaris Plan 2025 - Part 5.  Allocation ideas for international funds.

Interview with Trust attorney John McNair from Texas.   Rules vary by state, get a local attorney for your legal questions.

Hurricane Milton prep.
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Interiew with Ryan T Cragun and Jesse M Smith.  We discuss their new book - Goodbye Religion: The Causes and Consequences of Secularization.

Also,
The Polaris Plan Part 4
FFRF Conference review 
CSIcon in Vegas
Friends of the Show meetup


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