Ask Paula: Should I Pull Money from My Emergency Fund to Invest or Pay Off Debt?
#352: Anna and her husband have volatile income, but Anna thinks that having 18 months of living expenses is unnecessary. She’s torn between paying off her student loans ($30,000) or investing the mon...
3 Joulu 20211h 10min
The Six Myths of Productivity
#351: Geoff Woods, Vice President of The ONE Thing and host of The ONE Thing podcast, is an expert on ruthless prioritization, habit development, and goal setting. The simple framework he presents all...
2 Joulu 20211h 15min
Ask Paula: How Much Should We Spend on a Wedding?
#350: Anonymous and her husband have set themselves on the path of saving for retirement. But an old mistake haunts them: a financial planner convinced them to buy a mix of whole and term life insuran...
23 Marras 20211h 4min
A Candid Conversation with Mr. Money Mustache & Paula Pant
#349: A frank and candid conversation about life, dead-lifting, and enjoying the hell out of doing meaningful work. For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode349 ...
19 Marras 20211h 8min
Ask Paula: How Should We Invest to Retire By Our Mid-40’s?
#348: Aja’s mom is 75 and has to take required minimum distributions from her IRA. She doesn’t need the money. Where should she put it? Anonymous from MA is flummoxed by HSA-compatible health plans. H...
9 Marras 20211h 12min
The Radical Invention of the Index Fund, with Robin Wigglesworth
#347: Back in the 1960’s, Jack Bogle thought that actively-managed mutual funds performed better than a passive indexing strategy. He pseudonymously published a paper saying so. But academic data from...
5 Marras 202156min
Ask Paula: How Can We Reach Financial Independence by 35?
#346: Pensions make Chad uncomfortable, to the point of quitting his job to roll his $175,000 over to an IRA. Is the 12 percent match his employer offers good enough to beat the two percent growth of ...
2 Marras 20211h 2min
How to Understand Your Medical Bill, with Marshall Allen
#345: Let’s talk about one of the biggest expenses you might ever encounter: health care costs. When you get a hospital bill, do you understand it? After all, it looks like it’s written in code (and s...
26 Loka 202149min
