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Simple Portfolio Checks Could Save You from Costly Mistakes

InvestTalk

This is InvestTalk from KPP Financial, helping investors make sense of the markets one day at a time. Here's your host, Justin Klein. Good afternoon, fellow investors, and welcome back to InvestTalk.

This is our Monday, July 13th, 2026 edition, and we are now into the second full trading week of the second half of the year. It means that we're moving forward, moving deep into summer. I hope everyone's having a fun summer, staying cool, hopefully, as well. But this show is not about the weather. It's about whether or not you're prepared for your retirement, or at least your path towards retirement,

or whatever financial goals you might have. It may be buying a house. It may be paying for a kid's college. It may be paying for a kid's down payment on a home, whatever that might be. It's about making smart decisions with your money consistently. And you do that by having sound principles to start with, and then not allowing emotions to get the best of you, both in good times and bad. The market's been up, especially last year, this year.

A lot of times people look at this time and say, you know, I need to take more risk. And maybe that's true. But also maybe you just have bad timing. Maybe you're allowing emotions to get the best of you. Just like when the market pulls back and you see a 10, 15% drop, a lot of people freak out and say, I'm taking too much risk. So it's very important to keep a level head. And our job here is to help you with that.

Simple Portfolio Checks Could Save You from Costly Mistakes

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

Simple Portfolio Checks Could Save You from Costly Mistakes

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.