Money Life with Chuck Jaffe

Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com made the ProShares Pet Care ETF ($PAWZ) his ETF of the Week, noting that the new, specialty niche fund is tapping into a growth industry that should be unaffected by the market and the economy. He did recommend using a trend-following strategy with the fnud. Also on the show, Harvard University professor Mihir Desai discussed how finances work, Paula Fleming of the Better Business Bureau covered travel scams ahead of the summer vacation efforts, and we rebroadcast a recent Market Call interview with Simon Lack of SL Advisors.

Jonathan Clements, editor of HumbleDollar.com, talked about the lessons he has learned from the five market crashes he has lived through, most notably the 30-year crash in Japan that forever changed how he invests so that no matter what the next big downturn looks like, he is prepared to get through it. Also on the show, Ruth Gretz and Peter Lang of HighTower Advisors discuss the importance of correctly setting up beneficiary designations, Mike Foy of J.D. Power discusses his firm's most recent survey of self-directed investors, and James Abate of the Centre Funds talks infrastructure stocks in the Market Call

Bill Stone, chiefinvestment officer at Avalon Advisors in Houston, said that the frothy sentiment visible on the market now makes a decline seem likely in the near term, but noted that there is plenty of reason for longer-term optimism, including that earnings globally will begin to pick up. Also on the show, author Hugo Munier discusses his months spent as a WalMart employee, Amanda Dixon of Bankrate.com discusses how finances are changing the dating world, and Chuck answers a question on paying down credit-card debt

David Trainer of New Constructs warned in the Danger Zone segment that investors who rely on enterprise value-to-EBITDA as a measure of how cheap a stock is can be easily mislead, and he used ADT Corp. as an example, showing how the stock looks cheap but is actually overpriced. He also showed that Kilberly Clark had the opposite situation, with ratios suggesting it was overpriced but underlying fundamentals that make it cheap. Also on the show, Kelly Anne Smith on BankRate.com's latest survey, Sal Gilbertie of Teucrium Trading talking commodity investing, and John Barr of Needham Growth Fund with the Market Call.

Chris Maxey, director of research at Bronfman Rothschild, said that everything on the stock market looks to have moved back toward average, to where the market is neither over- nor under-valued, making it a good time for investors to rebalance portfolios back to target allocations, and to temper their expectations until it shows more strength or weakness later this year. Also on the show, Chris Horymski of MagnifyMoney.com talks about the record credit-card debt in America, Chuck answers an audience question about a Twitter campaign that has been smearing him, and, in a rebroadcast, Bob Auer of the Auer Growth Fund has the Market Call.

Brian Frank, manager of the Frank Value Fund, said in the Market Call that the market decline of last year barely registered on stock valuations -- it only moved one security to where he would buy it using his absolute-value methodology -- and that the pricing and profits picture will have to change before there's real value for sale in the market. Frank's fund -- which topped the performance charts for his peer group during the late-2018 decline -- is roughly 80 percent in cash. Also on the show, Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com makes a commodity ETF his 'ETF of the Week,' Glenn Williams of Primerica discusses his company's latest survey of investors, and Kim Catechis of Martin Currie talks emerging-markets investing.

Lou Harvey, president of Dalbar Inc. discussed his firm's latest survey showing that the moves investors make ultimately put them behind the market and the funds they own, noting that the problem was particularly acute in 2018 when a market downturn shaved more than 4 percent off the Standard and Poor's 500 but took more than twice that amount out of the portfolio of the average investor who made moves hoping to avoid potential losses. Also on the show, Peter Lang and Jeffrey Corliss of HighTower Advisors discuss longevity planning and financial stress tests, Eric Satz of AltoIRA discusses the use of alternative investments in retirement-savings vehicles, and Stuart Ritter of T. Rowe Price covers the surprising savings habits of gig-economy workers.

Jeffrey Hirsch, editor of the Stock Trader's Almanac, said he is bullish for the remainder of 2019, despite believing the market is due for a brief correction. With no major downturn in the offing this year, Hirsch said he would wait through the downturn he sees coming late in the third quarter and to expect a fourth-quarter rally. While he expects that late ounce to be a buying opportunity, Hirsch warned that election years have become market battlegrounds, so 2020 could be where the market gets ugly. Also on the shhow, Keshav Rajagopalan of PGIM Investments talks active ETFs, David Kushner discusses his fascinating new book 'The Player's Ball,' and John Bartlett of Reaves Asset Management discusses energy and utility stocks.

Tom McInyre, president of McIntyre, Freedman and Flynn, said in the Market Call that the market is set up for a mixed bag of results in the just-started earnings season, an environment that she thinks will create the chance for opportunistic buying, especially in the energy sector. Also on the show, Chuck talks financial literacy and education with Brian Portnoy of Magnetar Capital, Sam McBride of New Constructs puts a popular stock in the Danger Zone, and Chuck covers the latest Weird Financial News.

William Delwiche, investment strategist at Baird, said that technical analysis shows slowing action and suffering small-cap stocks even as the market itself nears new highs. He said if the market can't break through to new highs and confirm the bull market, it would raise a red flag that he expects would lead to a temporary setback. Also on the show, Ben Phillips of EventShares discusses investing based on government policies, Mark Hamrick of BankRate.com discusses the outlook around today's jobs report, and Simon Lack of the American Energy Independence fund talks energy stocks in the Market Call.