The Stacking Benjamins Show

Today we tackle the ugly duckling of the financial industry: the hated annuity. Why ARE they so hated? Can you find a way to use an annuity effectively? We'll try our best to each come up with FIVE ways an annuity might be the right solution for your problem.

In headlines we tackle the Panama Papers and new DOL fiduciary ruling fallout. How do either of these impact your plan? We'll discuss. Also, we have a great question from Scott on the Quotacy hotline about international investing, your letters, Doug's trivia and more.

Thanks to MagnifyMoney.com and SoFi for sponsoring today's show!

We're back! Today we dive into a pile of your letters, answering questions about buying homes, paying down student loans, investing, and bitcoin. We share headlines about an insurance company with what appears to be a ridiculous new policy and mistakes investors make....plus we have time for your headlines, the Quotacy hotline, and more. 

Thanks to MagnifyMoney.com and SoFi for sponsoring our podcast!

Here's a blast from the past...Dominique Brown was a contributor, we hear from the Makin' Sense Babe, and Harlan Landes, creator of the Plutus Awards stops by the basement.

We rewind ALL THE WAY back to 2 Guys & Your Money (our old show) episode 21 when Suzanne Lucas joined us as a guest for the first time.

Tucker the intern rewinds to the time Gretchen Rubin visited us in the basement the first time (spoiler: she's coming back in a few weeks!).

Wall Street, according to one of our articles this week....seems to be stuck in neutral. How do you make money in this market? Is the market actually stuck? We'll ask our guest Shannon McLay from Martinis and Your Money AND regular contributors Greg McFarlane and Len Penzo. We'll also tackle insurances. Which ones are important and which should you avoid? We disagree A TON on this topic. Finally, we'll wrap it all up talking about procrastination. Is there ever a time when WAITING instead of doing it now was ever the better choice with money?

Thanks to MagnifyMoney and SoFi for sponsoring our podcast!

What's better than having your taxes finished? Having them done and taking advantage of ALL of the tax savings you have available. Lloyd Grissinger from CBIZ MHM joins us on Joe's dad's shortwave radio to tackle tax tips for both procrastinators AND for people looking to maximize their tax savings. We'll cover everything from tax sheltered savings to health care premiums, to the penalties for late filing. No matter whether you've filed this year's taxes or not, you'll want to hear this conversation.

In headlines, we compare two stories--one predicting a rocky stock market and the other showing the downside of following the advice of people predicting the market, on the Quotacy hotline Dom asks about disability insurance, AND in the letters section Natalie asks about lowering her 401k contributions to afford a house. We also have Doug's trivia and more!

It's an action-packed episode!

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How do you diversify correctly? Michael Philbrick has an idea of the good, bad and ugly of asset allocation. We'll talk about flaws in benchmarking, problems in expectations, and setting your portfolio up to win.

In headlines, we share horrible news for investors with money in the Caymens, on the Quotacy hotline Brent asks about allocating his investments, in the letters section Kevin asks about 529 plans....AND we also have more headlines, more letters, Doug's trivia and more!

It's an action-packed episode!

Thanks to MagnifyMoney.com and SoFi for sponsoring our podcast!

Movie critics have nothing on us. We're critiquing retirement on today's show. A new study shows that most people have next-to-nothing saved and we're going to talk about why on today's show. Linda P Jones from Be Wealthy and Smart joins us to tackle retirement savings, the upside of failure and new job horror stories.

Thanks to MagnifyMoney and SoFi for sponsoring our podcast!

Credit card ugliness is the topic on today's show. We've brought two fantastic experts for today's show: Mikel Van Cleve from USAA and Nick Clements from MagnifyMoney.com. Mikel and Nick break down what you need to know to make sure you don't end up on the wrong end of a credit card "Gotcha!" 

On the Quotacy hotline, Coulton asks about airline miles and playing "the points game." Should he do it?

Doug's frustrated by McDonalds, we answer your letters, we discuss basketball stars who save awesome sums of money and more.

Thanks to SoFi for sponsoring our podcast!