Shannon McLay is on a mission to clean up the dirty end of the financial planning pool. The Financial Gym founder has seen it all - advisors offering whole life policies to young savers with no children, and people just beginning saving thrown into annuities over a 401k at work. Today we talk about what to look out for in the financial world, how some of the popular buzzwords like "fiduciary" won't help you much anymore, and what to ask a potential advisor so that you know you're headed in the right direction.
Before that we share a big headline about the Chinese stock market. Things haven't been going well in China, while the US market is roaring. Is it time to maybe look overseas with some of your money? How do you think holistically about buying low? We also share a TikTok minute sharing a new way to look at student loans.
But of course, that's not all. Doug throws out a great trivia question and we take an interesting call from a Stacker in need. FIVE great topics on today's episode!
FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/financial-fitness-with-shannon-mclay-1470
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Tales From The Dirty Underbelly of Financial Management - with Shannon McLay (SB1470)

Named 2023 Best Personal Finance podcast by Bankrate.com, The Stacking Benjamins Show has a light and friendly tone. Hosts Joe Saul-Sehy and OG aim to make financial literacy fun for all as they sit around the card table in Joe's Mom's half-finished basement and talk with experts about personal finance, saving, investing, and important money trends. As Fast Company once wrote, the Stacking Benjamins podcast "strikes a great balance of fun and functional." So join Joe and OG every Monday, Wednesday and Friday as they read your letters, discuss major headlines, and throw in some trivia and laughs for free.

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Join us as we wrap up Greatest Hits Week with a favorite roundtable discussion: What lessons would you share with your younger self? This episode originally aired on November 5, 2021, so please disregard any mention of current events.
If you could go back and give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be? Maybe it’s to take more chances or say adios to the boss that treats you horrible or maybe it’s just to live life to the fullest and not worry about what others think. Today our roundtable discusses a blog piece from Ryan Holiday about mistakes he’s made and advice he would give himself. Caleb Gulliams (Better Wealth), Paula Pant (Afford Anything) and Doc G (Earn & Invest) join our roundtable and talk about advice they’d give their younger self and the mistakes they’ve made.
FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/life-lessons-to-younger-self-greatest-hits-1513
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What Life Lessons Would You Share With A Younger You? GREATEST HITS WEEK (SB1513)

Let's keep Greatest Hits Week rolling with a must-hear episode from our sister show, Stacking Deeds. This show originally aired on November 21, 2023, so please disregard and mention of current events.
Do you struggle to ask for more from your contractors, your real estate professional, your stagers, or other help? Do you think you stink at negotiation? Before learning to negotiate, it’s a great idea to get comfortable with asking for more.
You can view the original show notes here: Confidence in Negotiation: Asking for More in Real Estate Deals with Dia Bondi (stackingdeeds.net).
FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/confidence-in-negotiation-stacking-deeds-greatest-hits-1512
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Confidence in Negotiation: Asking for More in Real Estate Deals with Dia Bondi GREATEST HITS WEEK (SB1512)

t's Hump Day on Greatest Hits Week! Today we're throwing it back to a fan favorite: Joe's 2018 interview with the one-and-only Suze Orman! Please disregard any mention of current events.
We’re pulling out all the stops today because we’re talking to a special guest that you may (or may not) have heard of… Suze Orman. We’ll talk all things women and money, mentorship, understanding your investments and financial tools, and more. Plus, during our headlines segment we’re extra packed because we’re delivering three awesome headlines. First: is Robinhood really making MILLIONS by selling out millennials’ user data? One group thinks so. And if that wasn’t enough, in a retirement plan court fight, one retirement fund is fighting back against participants that sued the employer by asking for monetary sanctions against the six employee-plaintiffs and the law firm that represented them. But that’s not all….because we’re also dissecting one piece about Barry White and the estate he left behind. How much of your estate does your girlfriend receive when you’ve been separated from your wife for two decades (but never actually divorced her?)…do we have some news for you…
The original show notes are available here: Suze Orman » The Stacking Benjamins Show.
FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/suze-orman-greatest-hits-1511
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Suze Orman GREATEST HITS WEEK (SB1511)

In this current events/community we invite Earn & Invest community member John Neidecker to discuss how to hack retirement by skipping 3 of the 5 stages. We review Richard Himmer's article from Kiplinger. Joe Saul-Sehy joins us as our expert for the episode.
This show originally aired February 29, 2024. Please disregard any mention of current events.
For the original show notes, visit How to Hack Retirement — Earn & Invest (earnandinvest.com).
FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/hack-retirement-greatest-hits-1510
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Earn & Invest Podcast: How to Hack Retirement w/ Joe Saul-Sehy and John Neidecker GREATEST HITS WEEK (SB1510)

Welcome, Stacker, to a very special week! We start off our special Greatest Hits Week with a bang!
Know those horrible situations where everyone’s fighting at work — or worse, at home? Talk about a horrible investment: being invested in a rotten environment can overshadow even the best portfolio returns. Good news, though. It turns out, there are two types of conflict: the kind that allows us to grow and produces a positive outcome and the kind that’s downright toxic. To help us find a way toward healthy conflict, Gabe Karp joins us. He talks about why it can be hard to see the other side of an argument, how to turn bad conflict into good, and how to move toward a healthier working environment by even maybe fighting more (but in a healthy way).
But before that, we speak to Lamine Zarrad from Stellar about credit and the current economy. What happens when interest rates continue to rise and you need a new loan that you can’t afford? Lamine created a company called StellarFI, which was built to help people build their credit through paying bills on time. We’ll talk about credit issues, the economic slowdown, and how you can protect yourself.
This show originally aired in June of 2022, so please ignore any mention of current events.
The original show notes are located here. Are Workplace Clashes Ever Worth It? (with Gabe Karp) » The Stacking Benjamins Show
FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/gabe-karp-greatest-hits-1509
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Tales From The Dirty Underbelly of Financial Management - with Shannon McLay (SB1470)

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