Mike answers recently submitted listener questions. He then finishes discussing the recent article from the Wall Street Journal, “15 Personal-Finance Lessons We Can All Learn From the Year of Covid-19.”
He covers:
* You need a will.
* How your personal finances reflect your values.
* The importance of flexibility in you retirement plans.
* Things won’t always be bad or good.
* “This Time is different. Not.”
* The markets fool us: “If we can’t even explain the past, just think how futile it is to try to predict the market’s future.”
* The three bucket strategy.
* “Rebalancing Pays Off.”
* Stay the course: stay invested.
* Maybe start a side gig.
* Bonds are still important for diversification.