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#125: How to Gain a Competitive Edge, with Morgan Housel

April 16, 2018 By Paula Pant Leave a Comment

How to Gain a Competitive Advantage, with Morgan HouselMorgan Housel has spent thousands of hours reading about investing.

As a former columnist for the Wall Street Journal and The Motley Fool, he’s spent more than a decade reading, interviewing, thinking and writing about how to manage money.

And he’s come to a simple conclusion: less is more.

Doing nothing is often the best course of action.
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Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: blue apron, freshbooks, investing, morgan housel, radius bank

#108: Ask Paula – I Don’t Know How to Invest

December 18, 2017 By Paula Pant 2 Comments

Ask Paula and Joe - Afford Anything Podcast #108 - I don't know how to investFormer financial advisor Joe Saul-Sehy joins me to answer audience questions about investing strategies, early retirement, and tax planning.

Whitnee asks:

I’m 31, and my husband and I save half of our combined income. We’ve maxed out our H.S.A. accounts and we’re getting an employer match in our 401k. We have $80,000 stashed as cash in a checking or low-yield savings account.

We’re paying nearly $2,000 per month for insurance policies, most of which is a whole life insurance policy. We have a rental property that cash flows $210 per month; we pocket $150 and use the other $60 as an extra principal payment.

What should we do differently? How can we learn about investing? What funds should we focus on? Should we sell our rental property and invest the proceeds, or hold onto this? If we hold, should we focus on repaying the mortgage as quickly as possible?

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Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: ask paula, credit sesame, freshbooks, investing, retirement, storyworth

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