Favorite Articles/Podcasts Jessica Hinks: I’m a Dave Ramsey Fan… BUT…- “However, Dave and I don’t see eye to eye on everything. In fact, I find a few of his suggestions to be detrimental to some people’s financial plans. His organization is the hard shove in the right direction many people desperately need. I do, however, want you to think critically about any advice…
Apple Podcast Spotify Podcast Google Podcast – coming soon We are back with another episode of The Long Game Podcast and this time I am joined by Brenda King. In this episode we talk about: Finding his passion at an early age Why he chose Butler to pursue his passion of being a play-by-play sports announcer How he prepared himself…
Life insurance is one of those topics that most millennials are not thinking about right now, and honestly, most do not need to think about it until their 30’s. If you are young, single, and have no debt, then life insurance is probably not something you need regardless of what the life insurance salesman tells you. But, if you are…
Favorite Articles/Podcasts Jacob Schroeder: The Relationship Between Money and Happiness- “So, can money buy happiness?I believe the framing is wrong. The better question is: how important is the pursuit and accumulation of money to living a happy life?Fortunately, it is a question that has intrigued researchers for a long time. Our perceptions are shaped by fables and love songs about money’s…
When it comes to finances, much of what we focus on is the fun stuff: picking stocks, exercising options, investment performance, etc. — and truthfully it’s all because of the media. Whether you turn on CNBC or go on Google, almost everything we hear about financially is investment-related. But, in personal finance, investments are just one piece of the puzzle. …
Favorite Articles/Podcasts Michael Batnick: Markets Are Always Changing– “As soon as you figure out the key to the market, they change the locks. I don’t know who said this, but boy is it true. None of the equations work all of the time because the inputs are always changing. Markets resemble biology more than they resemble physics. Just recently, we’ve…
With the combination of all the craziness of Bitcoin, Gamestop, AMC, etc., and tax season being around the corner, I thought it could be helpful to take a deep dive into something that confuses a lot of people, taxes. As I scroll through Twitter, I think I see a minimum of 10 tweets a week talking about how people wish…
Favorite Articles/Podcasts Morgan Housel: Unfortunate Investing Traits- “An iron rule of investing is that almost nothing is certain and the best we can do is put the odds of success in our favor. Since we’re working with odds – not certainties – it’s possible to make good decisions that don’t work, bad decisions that work beautifully, and random decisions that…
Apple Podcast Google Podcast Spotify Podcast We are back with another episode of The Long Game Podcast and this time I am joined by Samantha Russell. In this episode we talk about: Her journey into marketing Helping grow Twenty over Ten into a very successful brand Sales techniques used to get her foot in the door with advisors Working and…
For the last while, I have been writing about topics that are directly related to your financial plan, but I thought it would be good to switch it up this week and talk about something deeper that many people struggle with financially, regret. Whether it comes from over swiping a credit card, not investing early enough, cashing out a 401(k),…