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Ask Paula: How Should I Invest $5,000 Per Month?
#312: After paying basic living expenses and maxing out their 401k’s and Roth IRAs, Caroline and her partner have $4,000 - $5,000 left each month. Wh…
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04/19/2021
The Surprising Solution to Overthinking, with Jon Acuff
#311: Do you find yourself overthinking and getting stuck in unproductive thought loops? According to a study commissioned by today’s guest, 99.5 per…
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04/12/2021
Ask Paula: What Should I Do With $25,000?
#310: Greta is tired of financial modesty. She wants to achieve financial independence through diversified income streams, and has her eyes set on ow…
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04/07/2021
Are We Due For Another Housing Market Crash?
#309: Are we in a housing bubble? Are we going to see a repeat of 2006 all over again? Are there any good investment deals to be found right now? The…
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04/03/2021
Ask Paula: I Want to Travel After I Retire; How Much Should I Save?
#308: Ziggy purchased an $890,000 property in San Mateo, CA in 2016. After living there for a year, he had to move, so he rented it out. Unfortunatel…
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03/29/2021
The Tax Risks That Could Blow Up Your Retirement Plan, with Ed Slott
#307: “Taxes are the single biggest factor that separates people from their retirement dreams.” That’s a quote from today’s guest, Ed Slott, a nation…
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03/24/2021
Ask Paula: How to Shift From Financial Independence to a Mini-Retirement?
#306: Jake and his wife want to retire in five years, at which point they’ll have 14 years before they can access their 401k funds. To help bridge th…
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03/17/2021
The 7 Steps to Financial Independence + 7 Rules of Investing, with JD Roth
#305: Financial independence is a continuum, a spectrum. How do you know where you stand? In this episode, financial writer JD Roth discusses the sev…
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03/10/2021
Ask Paula: Help! I Can Only Save $200 a Month
#304: Paige and her fiancé have two autumn 2021 goals: save for a wedding and an emergency fund. There’s one problem: they only have around $200 per …
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03/05/2021
A World Without Email, with Cal Newport
#303: Can you imagine living in a world without email? Most of us can’t - how would we get work done? - but this is what Cal Newport advocates for in…
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03/03/2021
The Financial Benefits of Optimism, with Michelle Gielan
#302: Did you know that optimists worry about their finances 145 fewer days than pessimists? They’re also more likely to save money, and are 7x as li…
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02/24/2021
Ask Paula: How Can I Reach FIRE in 11 Years?
#301: Amelia is worried that she and her husband are under-insured. Should her husband get a short-term disability policy, even though it’s expensive…
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02/16/2021
The Two-Fund Investment Portfolio, with Paul Merriman
#300: Here’s the deal: Target Date Retirement Funds are simple, automated, easy. The problem? What’s simple might not be optimal. Investment expert P…
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02/09/2021
Ask Paula and Joe: Should I Sell My $575,000 in Tesla Stock?
#299: Chris bought Tesla a few years ago and Jinko Solar eight months ago. Both of these have gone up in value by a lot. What tax strategies can he u…
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02/05/2021
How to Talk to Friends about Money, with Erin Lowry
#298: Money conversations with friends, family members, or significant others are unavoidable. Most of us dread these conversations - they’re awkward…
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02/03/2021
PSA Thursday Part II: Let the People Trade!
This morning, almost every major brokerage halted trading on the most volatile stocks, including GameStop, BlackBerry, Bed Bath & Beyond, Nokia, and …
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01/28/2021
PSA Thursday: Wall Street Bets, GameStop, and the Rise of Meme Stocks
If you blinked, you missed the biggest stock market story since the crash of March 2020. It’s a story that led GameStop, a brick-and-mortar company t…
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01/28/2021
Ask Paula: Should I Househack or Pay Off My Student Loans?
#297: George is torn between paying down his student loan debt (which he deferred) or buying a househack. Which is better for his long-term goal of r…
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01/25/2021
Investing is the Art of Probabilistic Thinking
#296: There’s a lot happening in the market. The Dow is at a new high, there are runaway stocks causing irrational exuberance, and yet, unemployment …
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01/20/2021
What Your Childhood Taught You About Money, with Rachel Cruze
#295: How well do you know yourself and the reasons why you manage money in the way that you do? You might not know at all, or you might have some de…
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01/12/2021