Paula, let's suppose you have a 200 thousand dollar mortgage. You would be better off putting that money into lhet's, some type of a broad market fund and holding it long term. But as a 37 year old, i would never have 200000 dollars in the long term treasury. The stock market is a very risky thing,. It's not reverting to the mean in any significant manner in terms of the statistical analysis. If they were really such a safe deal, nobody would be buying 30 year treasuries ad two and a quarter % return or two % return. So i think that's highly risky.
#329: Have you ever thought about how an economist views financial planning? Would you guess that it's vastly different from how some financial planners approach this work?
Today's guest, Laurence Kotlikoff, is a Professor of Economics at Boston University. The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists in 2014. Professor Kotlikoff has written 19 books, and hundreds of professional articles and Op-Eds.
He's here to explain why economists take a different view than financial planners on investing, retirement planning, and risk mitigation.
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