Welcome to the first episode of the Million Dollar Problems Podcast, where Luke Lloyd, founder of Lloyd Financial Group, and Chris Hjelm, a venture capital investor, take on the biggest financial, investment, economic, and business questions facing successful people today.

In this debut episode, Luke and Chris introduce the format of the show and discuss how they plan to break down the major issues impacting markets and wealth every week—from inflation, interest rates, geopolitics, and the macroeconomy to specific companies and the financial planning challenges that can come with building significant wealth.

The conversation explores the psychology of investing, market volatility, the dopamine rush of checking your portfolio, and the dangers of turning investing into day trading simply because technology has made it easier than ever to buy and sell securities.

Luke and Chris also discuss the differences between public and private market investing, the importance of maintaining a long-term investment time horizon, and why having conviction in an investment can be difficult when prices are constantly moving on your phone.

The episode's featured “Million Dollar Problem” focuses on a SpaceX employee who accumulated approximately $60 million in company stock after working there for 15 years. How do you diversify a concentrated position? How do you manage the risk of a major decline in a single company? And how do you address the potential tax consequences of selling a highly appreciated asset?

Those are the kinds of real-world financial challenges Luke and Chris will tackle every week.

The goal is simple: identify the million-dollar problems—and find ways to solve them.

In this episode:

• The format and structure of the Million Dollar Problem Podcast
• Inflation, CPI, PPI, oil prices, Iran, and geopolitical risk
• Why markets have become increasingly headline-driven
• The psychology and dopamine of checking your portfolio
• The dangers of becoming an accidental day trader
• Public markets versus private markets
• The importance of investment time horizons and conviction
• The risks of concentrated stock positions
• The SpaceX employee with approximately $60 million in company stock
• Diversification, taxes, and managing concentrated wealth

Subscribe and tune in each week as Luke and Chris bring million-dollar financial, investment, and wealth-management problems front and center.

Because building wealth is one problem. Knowing what to do with it is another.