#9 - Why Avoiding Financial Soothsayers Is Usually Financially and Emotionally Rewarding

Investment success requires that a person have a high tolerance for boredom, which means turning a deaf ear to the financial press’s investment panic-de-jour. It's good for your financial health to avoid following the advice of prognosticating financial soothsayers.  Even when one of them is me.  In May of 2020 as the pandemic was shutting down the economy, I made a firm recommendation to my clients and readers who could put off a decision to buy real estate, to wait a while before buying a new home. Anyone who acted on my advice and waited to buy residential real estate cost themselves a bundle. You can read more here.

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Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT-I™, has helped people make better money decisions by integrating financial planning. He blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive making them and shares them on his financial therapy podcast.