In Episode 8 of the Rational Reminder podcast we discussed the following:

Being a poor grad student

Budgeting

Stuff does not make you happy

Mental overhead is a real cost

The Globe’s Financial Facelift disaster

Rob Arnott’s slam of Dimensional

Are people afraid of stocks?

The 10-year anniversary of Lehman’s fall

Stories from the financial crisis

Volatility in dollars vs. percentage points

Automated rebalancing

My uncle told me to buy weed stocks

What does a rational investor worry about