Nick's core message here is that up to a certain point, your contributions are the single biggest determinant of your portfolio performance. Unless you have a really, really big portfolio, you should be focused more on shoveling money into it than trying to eke out an extra couple percent as a return. Nick also describes the two X rule as a guideline when thinking about how we spend. And by the way, investments don't simply mean an index fund portfolio. Your investments could also include a portfolio of rental properties, or maybe you're a silent investor in a chain of privately held businesses like laundromats or vending machines.
#420: Harvard professor Arthur Brooks described two types of intelligence – and explained, in scientific terms, the wisdom that comes with age.
Dr. Ellen Vora, M.D., shared insight into the roots of procrastination, offering evidence-based tips for how to overcome our own inner demons of anxiety, fear and laziness.
Psychology professor Bill von Hippel described why too much happiness is just as detrimental to our long-term health and wellbeing as too little happiness.
Wall St. Journal columnist Spencer Jakab observed the perfect storm of conditions that gave rise to meme stonks and other oddities of our era.
Former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy argued for “strategic under-diversification” and explained the Sharpe Ratio.
Data scientist Nick Maggiulli explains the save-invest continuum.
And financial planner Bill Bengen, the creator of the 4 percent retirement withdrawal rule, talks about what most people misunderstand about the safe withdrawal rate.
These are just some of the highlights from the Afford Anything podcast in this 2022 year-in-review episode.
Enjoy!
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