A 23-year-old caller told George Kamel he had wiped out roughly $60,000 in debt, including student loans from Salem State University, credit cards, and a $573 monthly payment on a 2023 Honda Civic. He…
On a recent episode of The Investing for Beginners Podcast, host Evan Ray pushed back on one of the most common assumptions in personal finance: that a bigger paycheck buys peace of mind. “More…
On a recent episode of Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart, financial planner Julia Lembcke described what she sees across most retiree balance sheets: “What I see most of the time is that the pre-tax…
On a recent episode of We Study Billionaires, host Stig Brodersen framed the investor’s most quiet failure mode in a single sentence: drifting feels like working. The full thought is worth sitting with. “We…
A caller on the Ramsey Everyday Millionaires podcast asked whether he should buy a 38-foot trawler that cost more than what he earns in a year. The verdict was a green light. The host’s…
Adam Grossman, the Boston-based financial advisor who founded Mayport, sat down with Christine Benz on Morningstar’s The Long View and challenged the way most Americans pay for investment advice. His argument: the standard 1%…
An engineering graduate called into The Ramsey Show with a question millions of professionals face: “I have about $140,000 from my engineering degree that I got. I’m in student loan debt. I built up…
A 53-year-old listener wrote into The Retirement and IRA Show with a plan that sounds disciplined on paper: $1 million in a traditional 401(k) today, projected to grow to $3 million by age 63…
On a recent episode of the White Coat Investor podcast, the host described Adam Wrench, a small-town Nebraska doctor who discovered the blog as a medical student in 2012-2013 and attended WCI Con as…
A 49-year-old called the Rich Habits Podcast with a question millions of parents quietly carry: should I borrow to send my son to a four-year school even though my retirement accounts are nearly empty?…
When RJ called The Ramsey Show with his wife, he laid out a situation that looks crushing on paper: three kids, $70,000 household income, and $80,000 to $85,000 in consumer debt. Co-host Jade Warshaw…
James, a 33-year-old caller on The Ramsey Show, told Dave Ramsey he had just crossed seven figures and wanted to know when he could walk away from his day job to speak full-time. “I’ve…
“You need like the greasy food to keep you up, to keep you driving.” That is how Angie, a long-haul truck driver expecting a baby in a couple of months, defended the Wendy’s Biggie…
Aubrey Williams reached financial independence in Santa Barbara, California, one of the most expensive real estate markets in America, without packing up and moving to Tennessee. On the Catching Up to FI podcast, he…
On the May 19, 2026 episode of The Clark Howard Podcast, Clay from Kentucky asked advisor Wes Moss whether to leave roughly $60,000 in a vested state law enforcement pension earning a guaranteed 4%…
Scott, age 60, called into Jill on Money with the kind of question that keeps soon-to-be retirees awake: “I can take the pension or they’ve offered a buyout. It just makes me a little…
On a recent episode of The Ramsey Show titled “If You Want Wealth, Stop Being Dumb With Money,” a caller named Julia laid out a financial picture that sounds impossible until you do the…
The instinct to do something when markets convulse is almost universal, and almost always expensive. That tension was on full display in April 2026, when tariff announcements rattled global markets and brokerage inboxes lit…
Jim Cramer is back to first principles. On the May 22, 2026 episode of Mad Money, a caller asked which price-to-earnings ratio actually matters when sizing up a stock. Current year? Forward? PEG? His…
