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PFT #55 - Personal Finance Tip Tracking Realized Capital Gains for the Calendar Year
As each year ends investors balance losses against gains to minimize taxes that are paid to the IRS each year.
David Mulonas
Dec 22, 20211 min read
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#75 - Blaming Yourself About Budgeting Choices
Money is a mental that carries a lot of emotion. The high percentage of choices that you make in your life are centered on personal finance
David Mulonas
Sep 6, 20216 min read
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PFT #37 - Employers Offering a Student Loan Reimbursement Benefit
Switching jobs? Tuition reimbursement a new benefit to attract employees.
David Mulonas
Aug 26, 20211 min read
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#71 - Robinhood Update: The Lawsuit, Payment for Order Flow & the IPO
Update on the IPO, the Lawsuit and Payment for Flow (PFOF) and how it works.
David Mulonas
Aug 8, 20214 min read
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#68 - The Midyear Financial Review
The midyear check up is to validate if goals are being met or there is a need to adjust them
David Mulonas
Aug 7, 20215 min read
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#69 - Couples Unified Budget Review
Should couples have their own bank accounts? Should they have one budget or two?
David Mulonas
Jul 26, 20214 min read
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#67 - How to Make $1 Million Dollars the Hard Way - Here's a Hint . . . Compound Interest
Making a $1 million dollars is not as hard as you think; it just takes time.
David Mulonas
Jul 20, 20214 min read
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#66 – Peter Thiel’s $5 Billion Dollar Roth IRA – How He Did It and Was It Legal?
The practice known as stuffing allowed Peter Thiel to build a behemoth tax-free nest egg.
David Mulonas
Jul 13, 20215 min read
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#60 - Listener Feedback: You Can't Retire on $1 Million Dollars and Have a 45-year Nest Egg
How much money do you need to to retire early and comfortably for a long period of time?
David Mulonas
May 24, 20213 min read
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#59 - Why the FIRE Movement Should Be Called FISH: Financial Independence Side Hustle
Change Financial Independence Retire Early to Financial Independence Side Hustle (FISH). Most people cannot retire without having a job.
David Mulonas
May 10, 20215 min read
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#56 - The Financial Crimes of Bernie Madoff and the Rise of Ponzi Schemes
Bernie Madoff was an American financial businessman who was responsible for the largest Ponzi scheme in history of $17.5 billion dollars.
David Mulonas
Apr 26, 20215 min read
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Should You Make Biweekly Mortgage Payments?
Many mortgage companies have a biweekly payment plan to make 13 payments each year. This can you save thousands of dollars interest.
David Mulonas
Apr 16, 20212 min read
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#53 - Millennials and Their Money - We Debunk the Stereotypes and the Myths
We are going to talk about millennials, stereotypes and money. There are many myths and we'll discuss what the truth really is.
David Mulonas
Apr 5, 20219 min read
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What Is a Nest Egg?
A nest egg is a sum of money and other assets that are saved or invested for the future that is typiclly tied to retirement planning.
David Mulonas
Mar 29, 20213 min read
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#52 - The Best Way to Manage Your Stimulus Check and the Future Impact on the Budget
Let’s take a scenario and say a family of four is making under $160,000 AGI. This means that $5,600 ($1,400 per person) will be sent out.
David Mulonas
Mar 28, 20217 min read
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#51 - The Netflix Show Marriage or Mortgage: We Provide Finance Tips and How to Manage the Budget
People want the wedding and the house for the future. The wedding is a one-day event that will be in memory for years to come.
David Mulonas
Mar 22, 20216 min read
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#50 - Relationships, Personal Finance and Divorce. When is the Right Time to Discuss the Budget?
Here's one golden rule: Never judge a book by its cover or one's net worth based on the car he or she may drive.
David Mulonas
Mar 15, 20218 min read
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#49 - I am Leaving My Job. Do I Need to Have an Employer-sponsored plan with my New Employer?
Social Security’s goal is to provide 40% replacement income and the individual’s goal is to reach 80% replacement income in retirement.
David Mulonas
Mar 7, 20216 min read
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PFT #10 - Personal Finance Tip: How Coffee Slowly Drips Away Your Monthly Budget
Just Imagine if you are a family of four that drinks coffee everyday; the amount of money that can be saved is staggering.
David Mulonas
Feb 18, 20212 min read
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#46 - 401(k) Asset Allocation with Mutual Funds in the Stock Market
A target-based fund focuses on an investor’s capital needs at a future date. It gradually shift sfrom higher-risk investments to lower-risk
David Mulonas
Feb 15, 20217 min read
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