Personal finance

#568: Q&A: Why Smart Investors Are Questioning VTSAX and Chill

Jason is confused by the recent discussions about the efficient frontier and Paul Merriman’s four-sector strategy. It seems a lot…

2 days ago

#567: Lessons from High-Stakes Decisions, with Polina Marinova Pompliano

What happens when an astronaut goes blind during a spacewalk? For Chris Hadfield, this wasn’t a hypothetical scenario. While working…

4 days ago

#566: Q&A: Breaking Up with Total Market Funds After 10 Years

Jackie is sold on Paul Merriman’s “Four Funds” approach, but she’s overwhelmed by the logistics of diversifying her single fund…

5 days ago

#565: Codie Sanchez: From Wall Street to Washing Machines

When Codie Sanchez worked in finance, she wasn’t planning to buy a laundromat. But facing 60-70 hour workweeks and realizing…

2 weeks ago

#564: The Real Story Behind These New Tariffs

Our economy just gave us two big surprises that shape how we’ll do business and invest in 2025. Our job…

2 weeks ago

#563: What the Crypto Shift Means for Your Money, with Tatiana Koffman

Bitcoin is hitting new all-time highs. Is this just another bull cycle, or are we witnessing a fundamental shift in…

3 weeks ago

#562: The Secret Psychology of Successful Negotiators, with Matt Schultz

xr:d:DAFkUlkZg1E:5,j:4752816009482341053,t:23060518 More than 90 percent of people who ask to get their credit card annual fee reduced are successful. Yet…

3 weeks ago

#561: Q&A: Why Your Retirement Math Isn’t Adding Up

Joanne is confident that her short and long-term financial plans are set, but she’s not certain about the medium-term. What’s…

4 weeks ago

Bill Bengen Created the 4% Rule. Now He Thinks We Can Withdraw More

Once upon a time, in southern California in 1994, there lived a man named William Bengen.⠀ His friends called him…

4 weeks ago

#560: The Father of the 4% Rule Finally Sets the Record Straight

Bill Bengen, the former rocket scientist who discovered the “4 percent rule” of retirement planning, joins us at the Bogleheads…

4 weeks ago