09.02.25 Ask An Advisor With Wes Moss

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The Power of Dividend Growth Explained and Is the Midwest the Next Silicon Valley? Should we fall in love with dividends? Fiduciary financial advisor Wes Moss tackles the classic debate of stocks versus bonds with a deep dive into the power of dividends. Using data going back 45 years to 1980, Wes reveals how an investment in the S&P 500 would have dramatically outperformed bonds, with dividends growing by an incredible percentage. Also, Wes shares a fascinating look at the future of American manufacturing. He draws a comparison between the 1950s and today, highlighting the huge growth in productivity and innovation. Wes argues that the next big frontier for economic growth might not be in Silicon Valley, but in the heart of the Midwest, thanks to modern-day "George Jetsons" and a renewed focus on high-tech manufacturing. Plus, Christa shares your #AskWes questions and Wes gives his take. All this and more on the September 2, 2025, Ask an Advisor episode of the Clark Howard podcast. Submit your questions at clark.com/ask. We hope you enjoy our weekly Ask An Advisor episodes, in which Christa and Wes discuss investing and retirement savings in depth. Let us know what you think in the comments! Learn more about Wes: BOOKS BY WES MOSS / Wes Moss, CFP® Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask an Advisor.
0:06.9	We're back this week, West Moss, Krista DiBias, with you to answer your investing questions
0:12.5	and go deeper on all things having to do with your money and how to prepare for your future financially.
0:19.7	And dividends.
0:20.7	Today we're going to talk, yeah, you're going to talk dividends.
0:23.4	I'm still in love with dividends.
0:25.2	That's awesome.
0:26.1	And then also the future of manufacturing in the U.S. productivity,
0:30.9	which you had said to me sounds like a boring topic.
0:34.1	I usually send you these topics the night before.
0:37.1	And I said, just don't judge this
0:38.9	topic before we talk about it. Because it's really, when you hear manufacturing, you think,
0:43.2	eh, what's so exciting about manufacturing? But one of the cogs within economics is the measure
0:48.9	of productivity, which is the output per hour we all work. And that's a super important number in economics.
0:55.0	It really matters to the growth of our country.
0:58.0	And there are some very interesting signs right now about productivity.
1:01.8	So it's really productivity and manufacturing we'll talk about today.
1:04.9	Awesome.
1:05.4	All right.
1:05.6	But first dividends.
1:07.1	And we'll get to your questions.
1:08.2	If you have a question for Wes or you have a question for
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