How to Protect Yourself from Financial Nonsense | Live Q&A

Today we'll start by looking at warning signs that somebody is peddling you financial nonsense. Then I'll answer your questions. Kubera: https://robberger.com/go/kubera/yt-live

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Timestamps

0:14 - Quick Announcement
03:49 - How to protect yourself from financial nonsense
14:50 - New Retirement/Personal capital
17:28 - Kubera
18:56 - Short term bond funds
24:02 - BlueVine
25:25 - Ticker D
28:22 - UNP
30:54 - Current Bitcoin cost
32:59 - US Micro Cap fund vs US Stock Market
40:16 - Market today
40:51 - HSA accounts
43:58 - Buying bonds right now
46:33 - What to do when market crashes
47:32 - Rebalancing a portfolio
49:32 - Controversy in the chat
50:12 - Any moves in my portfolio during the downturn?
50:43 - Too much International equity?
52:57 - Using BND as the only bond in a 60/40 portfolio
54:56 - S&P 500/Firesale
56:31 - Moving actively managed account to Vanguard
57:57 - Too much investing in a single company?
1:00:15 - Elon and Cathie bashing index funds
1:01:19 - Financial advisors and what makes them worth hiring
1:02:54 - Fixed rate utilities and interest rates
1:06:15 - Allocating funds in a 403B/Having enough for retirement
1:07:52 - Investing later in life
1:08:28 - Interactive Brokers for expats
1:09:35 - My keyboard
1:10:31 - SoFi
1:11:59 - FNCMX
1:13:45 - Buying VTI on the dip
1:15:02 - Splitting a bond allocation between total bond & IBonds
1:18:27 - 90% in S&P 500 and 10% small cap value index funds for a young investor
1:20:14 - Bond funds
1:22:51 - Series IBonds vs BND
1:24:39 - Stopping investing to purchase/save for a house
1:26:11 - Buying the index fund VT along with a little crypto for a long run investment
1:30:02 - Television/Shining Girl
1:30:54 - Comments section
1:33:42 - Tune in next Monday
1:34:06 - 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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