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Quitting Your Job at 31 to Achieve a Life Goal (Your Letters)
Today we're all about your letters. We'll start with a question about moving funds around to avoid some taxes, jump into helping a 25-year-old decide…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
04/17/2019
Tax Day 2019 (Plus Parenting Beyond the Rules with Connie Albers)
Connie Albers joins us today to talk about communication. Specifically, we'll talk about communicating with teenagers, but if you've ever struggled t…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
04/15/2019
We Make $500k a Year and Struggle With Our Budget (plus the Retirement Budget Calculator)
Why is a couple making $500,000 a year feel like they're just getting by? Shouldn't they feel better off than most people? On today's roundtable we'l…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
04/12/2019
The Genius of Living Like It's Groundhog Day (with Austin Kleon)
How do you keep going when every day seems like a repeat of the last? What do you do to stay focused when either you're always asked to jump higher o…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
04/10/2019
How To Fire Your Financial Advisor
Ever wonder about firing your advisor? One woman wrote to Joe about firing her advisor, and we realized that's a question that many people have. How …
The Stacking Benjamins Show
04/08/2019
What Retirement Terms Should You Know? (plus an intro to the Penge app)
Do you think you could pass a quiz covering basic questions about retirement? While you MIGHT be confident that you know the basics, a recent TD Amer…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
04/05/2019
One Woman's Shark Tank Journey (with Tanya VanCourt)
Ever wonder what it'd be like to square off against the sharks? Tanya VanCourt from Goalsetter.co just did that and we'll share the exciting story fr…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
04/03/2019
Whose Priorities Are You Working On? (with Laura Vanderkam)
We aren't foolin' around on April Fools Day, because bestselling author, TED speaker, and top researcher of successful people Laura Vanderkam joins u…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
04/01/2019
Outdated Money Advice You Should Probably Ditch (plus an intro to MetPro)
On today's show, we'll cover all the (once) great financial strategies that have floated around the financial community. What outdated rules-of-thumb…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/29/2019
Making the Millionaire Choice (with Tony Bradshaw)
Tony Bradshaw believes that we all can become millionaires. Growing up in a low income household, Tony learned the hard way how difficult it was to m…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/27/2019
How To Find and Profit From Your Money Story (with Jean Chatzky)
What's your money story? What the heck IS a money story? Jean Chatzky from Her Money (and the Today Show money editor) joins us to talk about her mon…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/25/2019
Lessons from the Tooth Fairy (plus an intro to alternative investment IRAs with Alto) DETAILS
In true Stacking Benjamins fashion today we're all about the Tooth Fairy. A new Delta Dental study shows that the Tooth Fairy is leaving less money f…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/22/2019
The Case Against Rolling Your Workplace Plan to an IRA
We're answering your letters today, but first, we'll tackle a headline about the case against rolling over your 401(k) plan to an IRA. Most of us hav…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/19/2019
How to Hire The Perfect Advisor (for you), with Nicholas Stuller
Finding the right person to help you make your best financial moves is a giant exercise in trust. How do you know an advisor is perfect for you? On t…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/18/2019
How Do the Wealthy Manage THEIR Money? (plus FinTech to come with Ryan Falvey)
What do rich people do with all their Benjamins? Yachts? Helicopters? Trips to the Alps? Helping us through one MarketWatch piece that seems to have …
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/15/2019
How Do I Pay Off My College Debt? Plus, FIRST No-Fee ETF (with David Carlson)
Does it feel like it'll be an eternity until you've finally finished off your student loans? Maybe you're one of the nearly two-thirds of Americans w…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/13/2019
Earning More By Doing Less (with David Hause)
Are you aggressively striving for your financial goals? Putting in the time to make your dreams come true? Are you sure you're NOT going to let anyth…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/11/2019
What Financial Terms Should You Know? (with an intro to the Destiny app)
401k? Roth? Dollar cost averaging? Market timing? Target-date funds? Choosing to take responsibility for your financial well-being is often a difficu…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/08/2019
Saving For a House, Real Stock Returns, Social Security, and more (Your Letters)
Should you take on debt to buy real estate? Does the stock market really return as much as we're told it after a life of saving and investing? And on…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/06/2019
Mortgages 101 (plus: your subscriptions are killing you)
Whether you've never purchased a home before or just don't know much about the process, we've got a treat for you today. We're going to dive into eve…
The Stacking Benjamins Show
03/04/2019