Owning Unsexy Businesses to Build Wealth w/ Alex Smereczniak #1208

America has a long history of entrepreneurship. Some of the biggest, most recognizable companies in the world started with one person taking a risk and building something from scratch. And for good reason: owning a business can be an incredibly powerful path to building wealth. But there’s a proble…

Ask HTM - Selling an EV to Get Ahead, Juicing Your Down Payment Returns, and Hacking an HSA to the Max #1207

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Friday Flight - Tempting TIPS, Sticky Shrugflation, & Subprime Struggles #1206

Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s best financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your …

Investing Will Never Be the Same w/ Robinhood’s Steph Guild #1205

Robinhood didn’t just join the investing revolution over the past decade… they reshaped it. Robinhood pushed investing toward zero commissions, brought millions of new investors into the market, and even introduced the first IRA match. They’ve been willing to innovate in ways that have sometimes be…

Ask HTM - Is Robinhood Gold Worth It, Sandwich Generation Legal Maneuvers, & Nursing to Make Bank #1204

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Friday Flight - Faltering Friendships, Super Intelligence for Savers, & Birthdayzillas #1203

Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s best financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your …

Scoring the Most Financial Aid for College w/ Phillip Levine #1202

The economics of higher education are pretty messed up and colleges know it. Sure, we're sometimes our own worst enemies when it comes to spending. But the pricing system itself seems almost designed to confuse: opaque, inconsistent, and nearly impossible to decode from the outside. Which means the…

Ask HTM - Getting Political, Paying for Hot Stock Tips, & Fixing an Old Toyota #1201

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Friday Flight - Muse is Meh, Homebuying with Homies, & Commuting Costs Climb #1200

Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s best financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your …

You Saved It. Now Give Yourself Permission to Spend It w/ Jean Chatzky #1199

61% of Americans say they’re more afraid of running out of money than they are of dying… the idea of spending our later years stressed about money is so terrifying that some people would rather face the great unknown than deal with their own financial plan. And yet, far too many people are taking t…