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Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, Bankrate’s Jeff Ostrowski joins the team to discuss how residential real estate has fared during the pandemic, the challenges of refinancing, housing affordability, and more.

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp

Published: Wed 9 September 2020

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, Bola Sokunbi, CEO and Founder of Clever Girl Finance, talks about growing up in Nigeria, saving more than $100,000 in three years on a mid-level salary in NYC, and starting her own business after being spurned by investors and banks.

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp

Published: Wed 2 September 2020

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, the team will answer your questions about the backdoor Roth, "investing" in insurance, Risk Parity ETFs, selling stocks to pay off your mortgage, and much more.

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp

Published: Fri 28 August 2020

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, Financial Planning Fool Amanda Kish is back to discuss what you should do to be a successful investor.

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp,Amanda Kish

Published: Thu 20 August 2020

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, Jason Moser joins the team to answer your questions about trimming your winners, muni bond taxes, a War on Amazon basket of stocks, modern portfolio theory, and more.

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp,Jason Moser

Published: Thu 30 July 2020

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, Dan Kline joins the team to talk about the recent Twitter hack, TikTok privacy concerns, and scams amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp,Dan Kline

Published: Wed 22 July 2020

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, Fool.com contributor, Brian Feroldi, joins the team on how to teach kids of all ages about money and investing including conversation starters, key concepts, and more.

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp,Brian Feroldi

Published: Wed 15 July 2020

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show: Bro explains why retirement planning will become even more challenging; And Alison reveals three lessons related the unveiling of the Fool’s new logo, including one from the best-performing stock of the past 25 years.

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp

Published: Wed 8 July 2020

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, Ross Anderson of Motley Fool Wealth Management joins the team to answer your questions of rollovers, RMDs, Roths, REITs, and things that don’t begin with R (such as the value of hiring a financial advisor).

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp,Ross Anderson

Published: Thu 2 July 2020

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show: Millions of people are opening their first brokerage account and giving day trading a try on sites like Robinhood. Motley Fool Contributing Analyst Matt Frankel joins us to talk about why now, how this will likely end, and whether it’s actually a good thing.

Guests: Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp,Matt Frankel

Published: Wed 24 June 2020