The Awesome Power of Blaming Yourself When Something Goes Wrong | Live Q&A

We'll start tonight's live stream with a topic that's been on my mind a lot--How would should handle failure, particularly when it comes to investing. Then I'll answer your Questions.

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Timestamps
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0:00 - Welcome to the Financial Freedom Show!
1:15 - The Awesome Power of Blaming Yourself When Something Goes Wrong
18:20 - My method of picking individual stocks
22:45 - BND
25:22 - Avoiding emerging markets/developed markets
27:39 - VTSAX in a Roth
30:02 - Pension on bond allocation
34:58 - Asset allocation, volatility, & change in returns
41:39 - Equals Weighted vs Market Cap Weighted S&P 500
46:05 - Thoughts on Gold
49:35 - Investing and inflation
53:44 - Roth vs Traditional
58:08 - Adding VIEIX or VSCIX to a S&P 500 fund
1:01:07 - Peter Schiff
1:01:43 - Vertical Farming/Crowdfunding
1:03:14 - Moving money from FIGRX to FSPSX to save on fees
1:07:37 - Opening a solo 401K or a sep IRA
1:09:32 - VCMDX
1:13:50 - Growth vs value in near term
1:15:47 - Inflation/savings rates
1:18:14 - "Right to Repair"
1:19:14 - Timing the market
1:21:08 - 60/40 allocation
1:27:35 - Covercalled ETF's vs bonds
1:35:25 - Bucket Strategy
1:36:51 - Non-financial/retirement comments & questions
1:38:25 - More videos
1:39:16 - Financial Freedom

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While still working as a trial attorney in the securities field, I started writing about personal finance and investing In 2007. In 2013 I started the Doughroller Money Podcast, which has been downloaded millions of times. Today I'm the Deputy Editor of Forbes Advisor, managing a growing team of editors and writers that produce content to help readers make the most of their money.

I'm also the author of Retire Before Mom and Dad--The Simple Numbers Behind a Lifetime of Financial Freedom (https://amzn.to/3by10EE)

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