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August 17, 2026

The Boulder Home Decision, What “Complex” Really Means, and Generational Wealth Stewardship with Lisa McCurdy

Transcript Intro Stephan Shipe: Welcome back to the Scholar Wealth Podcast. This week we open with a couple planning to buy a second home in Boulder at around $2.8 million. […]

August 12, 2026

The Illusion of Precision in AI Retirement Modeling

92.67%. That is the number a listener got back after running a Monte Carlo simulation on his own portfolio, using AI, across 70,000 scenarios. He is 61, his wife is […]

August 11, 2026

What Would Have to Be True Before You Let Someone Bet Against Your Stock?

What would have to be true about a company before you agreed to help other people bet against it? That question sits underneath one of the friendlier offers a brokerage […]

August 10, 2026

Fully Paid Lending, The AI Monte Carlo Trap, and Longevity Medicine with Dr. Nathan Ruch

Transcript Intro Stephan Shipe: Welcome back to the Scholar Wealth Podcast. This week we open with a listener whose brokerage is pitching a fully paid lending program. He has a […]

August 5, 2026

What a Whole Life Insurance Illustration Won’t Tell You

A whole life policy can’t hand you tax-free income for the rest of your life and still leave your full death benefit intact for your kids. Somewhere in that pitch, […]

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