5 Books I'm Reading About Money & Life | Live Q&A

I'll start by sharing some excellent books I'm reading right now. Then we'll turn to your questions.

The Power Broker: https://amzn.to/3IF9woO
Convict Conditioning: https://amzn.to/3XTEeiA
Psychology of Money: https://amzn.to/3kgBjTd
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: https://amzn.to/3Kvvko2
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking: https://amzn.to/3kgoCYE

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Timestamps
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0:00 - Welcome to the Financial Freedom Show!
0:59 - 5 Books I'm Reading About Money & Life
1:29 - The Psychology of Money
3:10 - The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
4:50 - The Power Broker
7:27 - Convict Conditioning
11:01 - Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
13:16 - Subreddit's I follow
14:36 - Big fund families and offering Roth
16:27 - Robinhood
17:36 - Year 2 of the 4% Rule
21:53 - High Yield Savings or Market Exposure for savings
24:06 - Behind on saving for retirement
28:29 - Portfolio Allocation if I were set to retire in 4 years
32:02 - Beneficiaries
34:40 - The Debt Ceiling and T-Bills
36:12 - My diet
38:55 - The rise in passive index investing
43:46 - VUG or VGT
45:57 - Decision making process when contributing to a Roth
48:06 - Diversifying streams of income
50:48 - New Retirement
51:56 - 7 day yield
56:02 - May '23
57:56 - Law School
1:01:38 - The 4% Rule
1:03:02 - VGK + VPL versus Total International ETF
1:06:16 - Is it wrong to invest in the market in saving for a downpayment for a home
1:07:18 - How many years people have in cash
1:09:35 - Saving money for student loans
1:11:40 - REITS, real estate syndications, and commodities
1:13:49 - Portfolio of 60% Vanguard Wellington and 40% Vanguard Wellesley
1:16:58 - Mike Piper
1:17:37 - 4% Rule
1:19:35 - How do I find time to think of topics for the show?
1:20:06 - Bucket list places to visit
1:21:29 - FFNOX to keep things simple
1:23:10 - Asset placements
1:24:37 - Social Security
1:27:21 - A Poll
1:30:08 - Appreciation to the gang/Announcements
1:30:43 - Newsletter
1:30:52 - Financial Freedom
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Investing Tools
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Credit Cards & Banks
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Popular Videos
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1️⃣ How to Create a 3-Fund Portfolio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmw8OpGp2rM
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ABOUT ME

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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