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First Friday: We Were Wrong About 258,000 Jobs (This Changes Everything)
#630: Interesting observations about the current housing market, meme stocks (again), GDP, Fed Meeting, Stock Market, and the latest Jobs Report upda…
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08/01/2025
Nick Maggiulli: The Wealth Ladder Has Six Rungs (and Most People Never Climb Past Four)
#629: Here's the thing about personal finance advice: what works when you have $10,000 won't work when you have $1 million. Yet most financial guid…
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07/29/2025
Why Nice People Struggle with Money, with Dr. Sandra Matz, Professor at Columbia Business School
#628: You follow all the right personal finance advice. You know you should save more, invest regularly, and build an emergency fund. So why does i…
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07/25/2025
Q&A: When Being Good With Money … Isn't Good Enough
#627: Jlyn and her husband are 20 years from retirement, but they’ve got their eye on a second home they’ll live in when the time comes. Should they …
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07/22/2025
The Hidden Psychology Behind Failed Dreams, with Yale’s Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
#626: A software programmer and an accountant walk into retirement planning. Are they being creative? Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, a senior research s…
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07/18/2025
JL Collins Part 2: What Happens When You Don't Need to Work Anymore?
#625: What do you do when you've reached financial independence? JL Collins says it depends entirely on your spending rate, not just your net worth. …
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07/15/2025
JL Collins Part 1: The Simple Path vs. The "Optimal" Path
#624: JL Collins doesn't know what the efficient frontier is. The author of "The Simple Path to Wealth" — the guy synonymous with VTSAX and chill — a…
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07/11/2025
Q&A: “Help! My Mom’s Financial Crisis Is Becoming Mine!”
#623: An anonymous caller feels trapped in a no-win situation with her financially reckless mother. She has the means to bail her out, but it doesn’t…
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07/08/2025
First Friday: Why Americans Are More Pessimistic Than Ever
#622: #622: The headlines said America added 147,000 jobs in June. The reality? Private companies actually cut 33,000 positions. Grad students jus…
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07/04/2025
Q&A: Which Investments Should Go Into Which Accounts?
DOWNLOAD the FREE Cheat Sheet: ASSET LOCATION MADE SIMPLE at affordanything.com/assetlocation #621: Jared is attracted to the favorable terms of the…
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07/02/2025
The Hidden Cost of Replacing You at Work, with “Money with Katie” host Katie Gatti Tassin
#620: You probably think your value to your employer equals your paycheck. Katie Gatti Tassin has news for you — you're worth way more than that. Th…
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07/01/2025
Q&A: My Company Is Going Public and I Have No Idea What to Do – Plus, Should I Fire My Advisor?
#619: Dave is no longer happy with his financial advisor, but he’s nervous about switching over to self-management after being completely hands-off f…
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06/24/2025
How to Retire at 50 While Supporting Aging Parents, with Frank Vasquez
DOWNLOAD the RISK PARITY PORTFOLIO CHEAT SHEET at affordanything.com/riskparity ______________ #618: Frank Vasquez watched his parents, ages 91 and…
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06/20/2025
Q&A: We Just Had a Baby and Lost Half Our Income
#617: Austin and his wife are worried about moving to a single-income household while supporting two kids. Should they free up cash flow by paying of…
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06/17/2025
How Hackers Are Stealing Your Retirement $50 at a Time, with former CIA hacker Dr. Eric Cole
#616: Two school teachers in Ohio saved their entire lives for one dream — buying a farm. When they inherited $1.3 million and found the perfect pr…
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06/13/2025
You're Being Robbed $50 at a Time — And You Don't Even Know It, with former CIA hacker Dr. Eric Cole
#616: Two school teachers in Ohio saved their entire lives for one dream — buying a farm. When they inherited $1.3 million and found the perfect pr…
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06/13/2025
Q&A: We Saved $1.2 Million But We’re Still Renting. Should We Buy?
#615: Emily is nervous that buying their first home will derail her family’s journey to financial independence. What’s the smartest way to deploy the…
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06/10/2025
First Friday: The Dollar Is Weak, Bonds Are Expensive, and We Owe WWII-Level Debt
#614: The US just added 139,000 new jobs in May. That beat expectations. But the real story isn't in the job numbers — it’s in the bond market. Som…
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06/06/2025
Rachel Rodgers: This Multimillionaire Started With $330,000 in Debt and a $41,000 Salary
#613: Rachel Rodgers graduated from law school with $330,000 in student loans. Her starting salary? Just $41,000. Most people would have accepted th…
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06/03/2025
How to Know If You're Cut Out for Entrepreneurship Before You Risk Everything, with Grant Sabatier
Grant Sabatier never worked in retail, never worked in a bookstore, and had no idea what he was doing when he opened Clintonville Books in Columbus, …
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05/30/2025