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__________________ Whatever your age, if you seek financial independence, then there are three things you need: 1. Your independence number2. A resilient “all-weather” portfolio – what…

I spent the first 10 years of my career working in institutional asset management. I learned a lot in that space. The past 10 years have…

A reader asks: I know it’s not exactly market talk but I would appreciate you all talking about how you personally look at emergency funds in…

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Coming out of the 2008 financial crisis I felt a little lost. It was a dark time in the world of finance. People were scrambling to…

Intellectual Self-Doubt: The Psychology Behind Questioning Your Competence Why do people who know nothing seem so confident, while people who are so competent have so many…

The Wall Street Journal says the middle class is getting pessimistic about the economy: The middle class–generally considered to include households making roughly $53,000 to $161,000…

Everyone’s favorite tax expert, Bill Sweet, joined me on the show as well to discuss questions about Roth IRAs, winning the Powerball lottery, income-based investment strategies…

In the past 30 years the following has occurred: 1995-2000: Dot-com bubble 1997: Asian financial crisis 1998: Russian default and LTCM collapse 2000-2002: Dot-com bust (S&P…