Q&A: How to Choose Between Financial Freedom and a First Home
#655: What would you do if, at the age of 23, you found yourself with $70,000 a year leftover after expenses? Would you pour everything into retirement and coast to financial independence, or stockpil...
28 Loka 20251h 14min
How to Stop Fighting About Money
#654: Fights about money are common, but they're rarely about math. They're about power, shame, vulnerability, and trust. And no amount of data or fancy spreadsheets is going to fix it. What you need ...
24 Loka 20251h 25min
Radical Transparency in Real Estate Predictions
#653: What happens when we actually check our predictions? In this episode we play clips from our 2023 conversation with Scott Trench from BiggerPockets and ask the uncomfortable question: were we rig...
21 Loka 20251h 2min
Why High Earners Stay Broke, with Rose Han
#652: What if you did everything “right”, earned the degree, landed the six-figure job, and still felt broke? That’s exactly where Rose Han found herself. Fresh out of NYU with a finance degree and a...
17 Loka 20251h 12min
Everyone Says Don’t Hold Bonds in Taxable Accounts. They’re Wrong
#651: Many who reach CoastFI find themselves in a strange in-between: financially independent enough to stop saving, but not ready to fully retire. When you’re living off a taxable brokerage for decad...
14 Loka 20251h 24min
How Money Moves Through Markets
#650: Sarah Williamson is the kind of person who shapes the decisions that move trillions of dollars. She earned her MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and holds both the CFA and CAIA d...
10 Loka 20251h 13min
Q&A: Should You Buy a House Now or Invest Your Down Payment Instead?
#649: Many first-time buyers feel like they’re watching the train pull out of the station. If you’ve saved for years but can’t afford a home nearby, should you stretch to buy further (maybe hours) awa...
7 Loka 20251h 8min
First Friday: The Government Shuts Down -- But Bitcoin is at an All-Time High?!?
#648: The U.S. government is shutting down. Bitcoin just hit a record high. Inflation whispers are back. And Wall Street is buzzing with speculation. What does this all mean for your money, your port...
3 Loka 202541min
