All the Financial Advice You Need on an Index Card

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On this episode, we want to cover something you might have seen in the news recently: the claim that you can fit all the financial advice you need on an index card. But we’re putting a bit of Money Guy twist on things while dissecting the words of wisdom on the cards Harold Pollack and Jonathan Clements wrote up.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn

• How saving 10-20% of your income can get you on track for financial independence
• The reality behind why you need to be accountable for your own retirement savings
• The importance behind paying off your credit card in full each month
• The exceptions to the rule when it comes to paying off all your debt
• The 100% guaranteed rate of return you need to take advantage of
• The simple “order of operations” in which you should direct your savings
• Why you shouldn’t bother buying and selling individual stocks, and the strategy you should focus on instead
• Why you need to make sure your financial advisor is a fiduciary, and how it differs from the standard broker-dealers operate on
• How to avoid becoming a homeowner too early, and how to determine when you’re ready to buy a home
• What an umbrella insurance policy is, when you need it, and how much coverage you should get
• The statistical definition of “living below your means,” according to Jonathan Clements
• Why you should focus less on stuff and more on creating memories to live a fulfilling life
• A very simple rule of thumb for debt you should live by
• How you can manage your investment risk by simply controlling what you buy

Resources

• The Index Card, by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack
• “This 4×6 index card has all the financial advice you’ll ever need” – The Washington Post, September 2013
• “How Should You Manage Money? And Keep It Short” – The New York Times, January 2016
• Pound Foolish, by Helaine Olen
• Jonathan Clements
• The Millionaire Next Door, by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

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