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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
Ask Paula: If I Were to Interview Suze Orman Again Today, How Would It Go?
#294: Jeffrey is curious: if I were to interview Suze Orman today, would I agree more or less with her thoughts on the financial independence retire …
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01/04/2021
The One Question That Makes Everything Easier, with Geoff Woods
#293: Geoff Woods, Vice President of The ONE Thing and host of The ONE Thing podcast, is an expert on ruthless prioritization, habit development, and…
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01/01/2021
PSA Thursday: Kickoff 2021 with a 31-Day Challenge
Sign up to take the 31-Day Challenge for an Awesome 2021 at link Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast…
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12/31/2020
Ask Paula: I’m an Investor Who likes Volatility; What Should I Buy?
#292: Three Kids, FI has an all-equities broad stock market index portfolio that he’s held for years. He’s confident he can handle maximum volatility…
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12/29/2020
PSA Thursday - Year-End Tax Moves to Finish 2020
Welcome back to PSA Thursday, a weekly-ish segment in which we talk about how to handle money, work, and life in the year that is 2020. Today, we fo…
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12/24/2020
How to Command Respect at Work, with Tracy Tutor
#291: Tracy Tutor is the author of Fear is Just a Four-Letter Word as well as the first female real estate broker on Million Dollar Listing LA. Tracy…
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12/22/2020
Ask Paula: Is Upgrading Our Lifestyle Worth Mortgaging a More Expensive House?
#290: Sharon owns two condos that are worth $1.4M and has a cash cushion of $120,000 plus a $50,000 emergency fund. She’d like to move into a small h…
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12/15/2020
PSA Thursday: What’s Happening with Student Loans?
An update on the latest news in student loan forgiveness and forbearance, plus smart strategies for student loan repayment in 2021. Learn more about …
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12/11/2020