How Should We Respond to the Stock Market Crash | Live Q&A

I'll start tonight discussing the market decline today, what might be causing it, and how I'm responding to it. Then I'll answer your questions.

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - How Should We Respond to the Stock Market Crash?
13:51 - Two Bucket Strategy
19:25 - Calming inexperienced thoughts
24:40 - Roth Conversion to Roth 401k
26:39 - Panic selling
29:51 - 20% in VTIAX in a 60/40
37:39 - Going all cash in 401k
39:38 - The last time the S&P 500 closed with today's price
40:54 - Alternative to tech stocks
50:03 - Protecting your portfolio from downside
53:34 - The Fed Funds Rate
55:02 - REITs
1:00:29 - Adding more shares to a 401k if retiring soon
1:07:34 - Keeping an investment journal
1:09:15 - Holding a Cash Balance with a set of rules in an investment policy
1:10:21 - SPAXX
1:12:35 - VWRL
1:10:15 - VTINX vs VWIAX
1:16:28 - Bond fund returns if government shuts down
1:19:22 - Self-manage vs target date fund
1:20:59 - Why I'm not buying today
1:24:20 - Empower
1:27:10 - Estate trusts
1:31:15 - Advice on investing and saving for teenager
1:41:23 - Announcements


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