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The Most Dangerous Misconceptions about the 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate

The Most Dangerous Misconceptions about the 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate

So much of personal finance and early retirement #literature is predicated on the 4% safe withdrawal rate that it’s easy to forget that the “rule” wa…

Why Owners & Renters Alike Would Benefit from a Housing Market Cooldown

Why Owners & Renters Alike Would Benefit from a Housing Market Cooldown

Today's episode is about the current reality of the US housing market (and stock market, to some degree) and how it's—paradoxically—not actually good…

How to Buy Back Your Time: Outsourcing Tasks with Farnoosh Torabi

How to Buy Back Your Time: Outsourcing Tasks with Farnoosh Torabi

Today's episode is all about outsourcing, a topic around which my views have evolved over the years. (Read: As you get older and busier, you're less …

Investing in the Age of "Overvalued" Stocks & Homes with Nick Maggiulli

Investing in the Age of "Overvalued" Stocks & Homes with Nick Maggiulli

Today, my friend Nick Maggiulli (COO of Ritholtz Wealth Management & former data scientist, as well as author of Of Dollars & Data and his new book, …

Why You May Need to Save Less Than You Think for Retirement

Why You May Need to Save Less Than You Think for Retirement

Worried you're behind, or may not have enough money to retire someday? You may have less cause for concern than you think. Today’s episode dives into…

Negotiating Tactics that Actually Work

Negotiating Tactics that Actually Work

Today, we're digging into negotiation tips that actually work—no perfecting crafty word play, performing mental jujitsu on a recruiter, or documentin…

Everything's an Investment: Building Your Epic Spending Plan

Everything's an Investment: Building Your Epic Spending Plan

Today, we're diving into the money psychology that impacts the way we spend and save—and I'll give you the framework for an epic change to the way we…

The Unexpected Problem with Your Financial Goals

The Unexpected Problem with Your Financial Goals

Today’s episode is about the one major issue we all share with our financial planning: As humans, we’re bad at anticipating what’s going to make us h…

Navigating the U.S. Healthcare System Without Getting Financially F***ed

Navigating the U.S. Healthcare System Without Getting Financially F***ed

The healthcare marketplace in the United States is confusing, complex, and expensive. Why is it the way it is? Has it always been this way? Is it thi…

Common 401(k) Mistakes to Avoid: Fees, Being Overly Conservative, and More

Common 401(k) Mistakes to Avoid: Fees, Being Overly Conservative, and More

Today, we're taking a break from questioning the socioeconomic status quo and digging into a more tactical, technical topic: The most common 401(k) m…

Is "Financial Independence" a Sign of... a Problem?
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Is "Financial Independence" a Sign of... a Problem?

Today, we hear from Dr. Anna Hulett, an industrial organizational psychologist (think female Adam Grant), about the state of work in the United State…

Building Financial Intimacy: How to Deal with Financial Irresponsibility in a Relationship

Building Financial Intimacy: How to Deal with Financial Irresponsibility in a Relationship

Today, we hear from several #RichGirls about the role money plays in their relationships and talk about ways to improve financial intimacy – and, mos…

Is House-Hacking Still Lucrative in 2022's Housing Market?

Is House-Hacking Still Lucrative in 2022's Housing Market?

Ever seen folks on the internet talk about house hacking? It's – admittedly – a magical concept if you can pull it off, and basically involves living…

A SPENDING PROBLEM?: What Gambling Addiction Research Teaches Us About Our Financial Behavior

A SPENDING PROBLEM?: What Gambling Addiction Research Teaches Us About Our Financial Behavior

Today's episode dives into gambling research (via Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, Dr. Anna Lembke) and what it teache…

ALL THINGS ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Pt. 2 with ChroniFI Founder, Ben Miller

ALL THINGS ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Pt. 2 with ChroniFI Founder, Ben Miller

Today’s episode brings back our friend Ben Miller, Founder of ChroniFI, for a Pt. 2 (for our first conversation, check out Ep. 11). We talk all thin…

FINANCIAL FREEDOM: How Much Money Would You Need to Never Worry About Money Again?

FINANCIAL FREEDOM: How Much Money Would You Need to Never Worry About Money Again?

Today's episode is a deep dive into a concept that most of us have probably never stopped to ponder: How much money would I need to never worry about…

NICE STUFF IS MAKING YOUR LIFE WORSE: Reflections on Materialism

NICE STUFF IS MAKING YOUR LIFE WORSE: Reflections on Materialism

Today, we're revisiting a topic I first covered a few years ago – but with a renewed interest after the Christmas season (and all the damn Amazon box…

TRAVEL REWARDS PT. 2: How to Decide Which Card to Use & Other Ways to Earn Points

TRAVEL REWARDS PT. 2: How to Decide Which Card to Use & Other Ways to Earn Points

Welcome back to Season 2 of the Money with Katie podcast! Today, we're exploring the ways in which I think about strategizing your spending across di…

#12: MY TOP 3 FINANCIAL LESSONS OF 2021: Earning More, Lifestyle Creep, and the Truth About Alignment

#12: MY TOP 3 FINANCIAL LESSONS OF 2021: Earning More, Lifestyle Creep, and the Truth About Alignme…

Today, we're discussing the top 3 financial lessons I'm taking from 2021. This is the last episode of season 1, and I'd love to hear what you're int…

#11: MONEY, HAPPINESS, AND TIME: Interview with Ben Miller, Founder of ChroniFI

#11: MONEY, HAPPINESS, AND TIME: Interview with Ben Miller, Founder of ChroniFI

Today, I'm interviewing a friend of mine who left the trading floor at Goldman Sachs to start his own company that helps people make sense of their f…