ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Welcome to Purpose Driven Finances — the podcast that helps you use your money as a tool to fulfill the plan and purpose for your life.
Hosted by Allan Malina, founder of Servus Capital Management, each episode brings you practical strategies, insightful conversations, and timely commentary on personal finance and investing. We guide you toward clarity and confidence, whether you’re planning for retirement, navigating life transitions, or simply looking to make wiser financial decisions.
We cover a wide range of topics—from budgeting, debt management, and investment strategies to retirement planning and legacy planning—plus commentary on current economic trends to keep you informed.
Because money isn’t the goal—living with purpose is.
Learn more at www.servuscm.com
Thanks for listening, and welcome to Purpose Driven Finances.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 4 days
Average audio length:
30 minutes
English
United States
91 episodes
since March 25, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Key Takeaways
When to replace your vehicle: Mileage alone should not determine when to buy another car. Evaluate safety, reliability, repair trends, downtime, and replacement costs.
Repair or replace? A $4,000 repair on an $8,000 vehicle may make financial sense if it provides several more years…
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of Purpose Driven Finances.
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Key Takeaways
A traditional 60/40 portfolio—60% stocks and 40% bonds—may not always provide the balance of growth and protection investors expect.
Bonds carry risks of their own, including interest-rate, inflation, credit, and market risks.
Portfolio risk should be considered in relation to what…
Key Takeaways
Interest rates affect more than Wall Street. Federal Reserve decisions can influence borrowing costs, consumer spending, business activity, and investment markets.
Economic direction matters more than a single headline. Investors should consider changes in growth, inflation, earnin…
Key Takeaways
Start with purpose. Before deciding how to invest, understand what your money needs to accomplish for your life, family, retirement, and future.
Your portfolio should fit you. Investment strategy should reflect your goals, risk tolerance, time horizon, and comfort level—not force e…
Key Takeaways
A portfolio needs a process for declining markets. Buy-and-hold may participate in long-term market growth, but investors should understand what their strategy is designed to do when markets fall sharply.
Large losses are difficult to recover from. A 50% portfolio decline requires …
Key Takeaways
Aggressive Rate Cuts Signal Underlying Weakness: A rare 50-basis-point interest rate cut indicates economic softening, not unbridled economic strength.
Dollar Dilution and Inflationary Pressures: Rate cuts put immediate downward pressure on the US dollar, reducing purchasing power …
Key Takeaways
Aggressive Rate Cuts Signal Underlying Fragility: A 50-basis-point interest rate cut indicates economic distress and softening labor markets rather than healthy expansion.
Dollar Devaluation & Inflationary Lag: Rapid interest rate reductions dilute the US dollar's purchasing po…
Key Takeaways
Worldview Governs Decisions: Core beliefs form the internal operating system that directs personal values, spending habits, and long-term financial stewardship.
The Planning Hierarchy: Effective life planning moves systematically from worldview to values (what is important), missio…
Key Takeaways
Money as a Tool, Not a Scoreboard: Accumulating wealth without an underlying life purpose turns capital into meaningless tokens; money exists to serve family, faith, stewardship, and long-term vision.
Modern Bucket Strategy: Moving beyond cash envelopes, dividing capital into disti…
Key Takeaways
Stewardship Over Sales: "Servus" is Latin for servant, embodying a fiduciary philosophy that prioritizes client purpose over corporate quotas and asset-gathering pressure.
100% Fee-Only Transparency: Eliminating commissions aligns the advisor’s incentives directly with client outco…
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Purpose Driven Finances, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
PODCAST SEARCH ENGINE
You can use our website to search 3,821,679 podcasts and 195,418,526 episodes by people, places, or topics.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious, and
I listen to podcasts.
‐ Albert "Llamacorn" Einstein
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of Purpose Driven Finances.
PODCAST IS CLAIMED
This podcast page is claimed and managed by
@a3137E
EDIT
Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date.
