How diversified is your portfolio, really? It turns out, it may not be as widely distributed as you'd thought, according to a recent Marketwatch piece. Today Joe is joined by special guest Andy Hill from the Marriage, Kids, and Money podcast to tackle the topic of true diversification and whether it really makes sense to have more than one mutual fund or exchange traded fund in your portfolio.

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The New Year brings a new chance to take advantage of a wealth of corporate benefits. But employers are frustrated that many employees don't take the time to even know what's there, and what they are missing. Bobbi and the Debt Free Guys discuss a recent CNBC piece by Greg Iacurci - and reveal tips from the money friends on how to fix the problem.

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New data shows that 1 in 3 Americans admit that dining out too much is a financial mistake they made this year. Bobbi and the Debt Free Guys discuss a recent piece by Marketwatch's Catey Hill, and reveal how the money friends did on our instagram quiz on the topic. . . Thank you to Tiller for sponsoring this episode of Money with Friends. Your financial Life in a spreadsheet automatically updated each day. Go to TILLERHQ.COM/MWF for a free trial and to support the show.

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We've already taken a listen to Bobbi's Financial Grownups podcast, and we're keeping the special holiday week of shows going with a handpicked episode of the Stacking Benjamins show featuring Patrice Washington.

Enjoy!

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Happy Saturday! We're not done mixing things up yet during our week of holiday specials: today we're queuing up a great episode from Bobbi's Financial Grownup podcast.

On this episode Bobbi talked to John Schneider and David Auten about how their wedding went FORTY percent over budget. How does that happen? Find out how and what the guys would've done differently on this special episode of Money With Friends.

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New developments have been made regarding Ken Fisher, the investment manager who found himself in hot water after making inappropriate comments at conference. We'll cover the updates for you before jumping into our discussion on Ken Fisher. You can read the original show description below:

Investment manager Ken Fisher is STILL in the news after many big investors (pension funds and endowments) either pull money from his firm or mull over whether they should make moves. Today Joe and Bobbi discuss both empathy and communication. Not only do investment managers need to be held accountable for their actions, but ANY leader should know how to communicate effectively when representing themself or a brand.

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Continuing on with our holiday special week, we're revisiting a BIG shift that happened in the world of finance this year: free trades.

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Should you switch brokers to grab free trades? Both TD Ameritrade and Charles Schwab announced that they were expanding their slate of commission-free offerings, from ETFs to individual stock trades. Why are they doing it? What's the upside for you and for them? We'll tackle all of those questions and more on today's show!

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This week we're taking another listen of the big events from this past year that we've covered. We'll open up the show with a "where are they now" update, and then fire up our discussion.

Here's our original show description for today's episode:

 

Thomas Cook, the travel company that's over 180 years old, collapsed on Sunday, leaving thousands of vacationers with no way home and no accommodations. We'll share the story details and how YOU can prevent against this type of catastrophe on today's show!

 

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In this special Money With Friends episode we're sitting down with Chris Mamula of the Can I Retire Yet blog, and Andy Hill of the Marriage, Kids, and Money podcast.

Today we're tackling a question that Chris poses in his article: is retirement really the goal?

 

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One industry is in court to keep prices a mystery? That industry isn't a secret...it's healthcare. Why should we know what we're paying for service? How do we making pricing easier? We'll dive into this minefield (without getting into the politics of the issue) on today's podcast!

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