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Named Best Personal Finance Podcast by Bankrate.com and Kiplinger — and the only podcast the Plutus Awards retired from competition after winning twice — The Stacking Benjamins Show is personal finance that doesn’t put you to sleep.

Hosts Joe Saul-Sehy (former 16-year financial advisor, ex-WXYZ-TV “Money Man”) and Josh “OG” Bannerman, CFP (Certified Financial Planner, Bannerman Wealth) sit around the card table in Joe’s mom’s half-finished basement in Texarkana and talk money with the smartest guests in personal finance, investing, and behavioral economics. As Fast Company wrote, the show “strikes a great balance of fun and functional.”

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: expert guests, real headlines, listener questions, and Doug’s trivia. Topics include investing, retirement planning, budgeting, real estate, behavioral finance, taxes, and financial independence — for anyone who wants to be smarter about money without being talked down to.

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Latest Episodes:

When Have Your Saving, Spending and Earning Habits Gone Too Far? (SB 1421) Oct 13, 2023

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How much is too much of a good thing? How do we achieve the optimal balance between the two extremes of cheapskate and YOLO? Joining us for this extreme discussion we welcome the founder of the EconoME Conference and Doug's ex-girlfriend, Diania Merriman; Doc G from our sister show, the Earn & Invest Podcast, and writer extraordinaire, Paulette Perhach. They'll discuss what makes for extreme saving and extreme spending.

In the second half of this extreme roundtable discussion, we talk about how to find the right balance between the two extremes, based on your priorities and goals in life.

Finally, stick around for Doug's extreme sports-themed trivia! With all three of our regular contributors MIA, who will walk away with the W as we enter the second week of the fourth quarter?

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/friday-roundtable-extremes-diania-merriam-1421/

Deeper dives with curated links, topics, and discussions are in our newsletter, The 201, available at https://www.StackingBenjamins.com/201

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Stop Guessing On Your Investment Choices (featuring Frank Legan) SB 1420 Oct 11, 2023

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With so much emphasis placed on saving and investing throughout your working career to insure a secure and wealthy retirement, sometimes enjoying your life today can take a backseat. On today's show, we're joined by author Frank Legan to talk about adding humanity and the need to live your life in the moment into your financial planning. It's all about reaching a balance between planning/saving/investing for the future with treasuring and living your life today. In short, we're talking about choosing your investment choices - not necessarily which ETFs or funds, but the investment choices of what are your priorities in life.

We all know that we're responsible for our financial future, but at what point do we stop viewing "investment choices" as simply picking the right stock/ETF/fund/saving account and start placing a greater focus on choosing how much time we truly spend with those we care about and not always in the pursuit if more Benjamins? Make the right investment choices that align with your values, goals, and priorities!

In our headlines segment, we look into a all-too-common recurring theme: Americans and their penchant for spending. Talk about making investment choices in the wrong way! We throw out the Haven LifeLine to Jodi in Michigan who wants our take on annuities and how they can complement Social Security later in your retirement years. Could a deferred annuity be among the right investment choices for your finances?

And Doug brings it home by throwing out some investment returns-related trivia.

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/financial-planning-for-your-life-frank-legan-1420

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They Flipped Their Way To Financial Independence (SB1419) Oct 09, 2023

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Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of stuff you have accumulated? Ever looked at the mountains of stuff and wondered how many Benjamins you could flip that into? Joining us today are a husband-and-wife team, professional flippers Melissa and Rob Stephenson. We'll learn about how they started flipping, how to actually make money flipping, and how you could make flipping your side hustle. If you have ever wanted to learn how to make money on eBay, Amazon, or Facebook Marketplace, you don't want to miss today's interview all about flipping!

In our headline, we see how CDs have become a respectable option for parking some of your cash for safety. Stacker Jeff calls into the Haven Lifeline with a question about how to make up for lost time investing.

Plus, Doug brings some flipping-themed trivia in honor of Melissa and Rob coming on the show.

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/flea-market-flippers-melissa-and-rob-1420

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Does a "Wealthy Life" Mean More Money? (SB1418) Oct 06, 2023

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How do you define a wealthy life, and what how do you identify "wealthy?" On today's special roundtable, our panelists share their reactions to a piece that tackles how we define wealth—and not all wealth is tied to how many Benjamins you make. We're joined by our friends Miranda Marquit, Paula Pant, and Len Penzo.

Is wealth to you taking a fancy, luxurious vacation every year? Or do you define wealth as having the freedom to step into your own backyard sanctuary and fire up the grill? Is wealth to you the peace of mind to walk away from your 9-to-5?

In the second half of the show, we'll dive into the importance of having a good work-life balance.

Finally, our year-long trivia competition is entering the home stretch. Stay tuned for Doug's fancy transportation-themed question and find out who pulls out the W.

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/friday-roundtable-wealthy-traits-1419

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How Fear Can Help You Manage Money Better (with Farnoosh Torabi) SB1417 Oct 04, 2023

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Fear is such an innate and naturally occurring emotion that we may write off irrational fear, or even living in a constant state of fear as normal. What impact do your acquired or ingrained fears have on your life, success, and finances? How do we acknowledge, come to terms with, and ultimately overcome our fears to reach our full human potential? Joining us to tackle this important topic is our friend and host of the So Money podcast, Farnoosh Torabi.

In our headline, we explore a study that shows the impact of spending "spikes" and the resulting loans/debts incurred on retirement readiness.

And in honor of October's arrival, Doug brings some fear-related trivia.

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/overcoming-fears-with-farnoosh-torabi-1417

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How Liz Elting Went From a Horrible Career to Billions With One BIG Career A-Ha (SB1416) Oct 02, 2023

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How much should personal passion factor into our choice of job/career/professional pursuit? Is it acceptable to be content with going after a sweet stack of Benjamins, even if the way you earn them doesn't align with your passion? Why do we have to choose between success and passion? Joining us today to tackle the money or passion debate is thought leader, Fortune 500 member, entrepreneur, and passion advocate Liz Elting. She'll help us learn how we can influence our career paths so that it aligns more with our passions.

In our headline, we see evidence of a cooling off rental market (finally). We dive into the repercussions for renters, landlords, and the economy as a whole. In our Haven Lifeline segment, we take a call from Christine in Seattle about opening investment accounts for minors - and what special considerations, if any, there are if a non-parental, non-guardian relative wants to help the minor open it.

Finally, Doug chips in with some space-related trivia. It's guaranteed to be out of this world!

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/passion-business-liz-elting-141 7

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How Polluted Is Your Financial Plan? Sep 29, 2023

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How is your thinking plan looking? Is it all clear skies and amber waves of grain? Or is it a pollution-riddled smog alert experienced during rush hour in LA - if it were next to an erupting Mt. Saint Helens? Joining our roundtable is Elaine King, a Peruvian-born CFP® who practices financial planning in Miami. She joins our regular contributors - Paula Pant who is currently located in Manhattan, New York, and Len Penzo who is still somewhere in a bunker below the Los Angeles pollution.

They'll debate what ways we can use to combat the pollution that obstructs the view of our financial future. We'll talk about how we have to be aware of both internal and external sources of financial pollution and how we can combat all pollutant threats - how our mindset impacts our view of finances as well as how external factors do. In addition to cutting/controlling expenses, we dive into how earning more money - and the mindset shift that needs to happen within you - is an important factor in cleaning up what pollution is mucking up your financial outlook. What time pollution sources are impacting your life that, if better handled, could clear up a lot of the smog that blocks your financial future?

In the second half of our discussion, we'll talk about how integrating the right risk-management strategy is one big, often undervalued, way to clean up the pollution that obscures your financial view. We'll talk about what insurances are essential, and what probably aren't worth it. Also, what investments and investment strategies could be adding to the pollution that contaminates your financial view? What about our tax planning strategies? What screams pollution louder than taxes?

Stick around for Doug's trivia relationship-based trivia when we discuss one big way to pollute the air in your happy union. Will Elaine do OG solid and pull out the W? Will Paula continue her miracle run? Will Len bore us amaze us put his happy marriage with the honeybee in danger with his dominance of dating app knowledge? Be sure to tune in to find out!

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/friday-roundtable-financial-pollution-with-elaine-king-1415

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Mastering Emotions and Maximizing Energy in Financial Decisions Sep 27, 2023

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How much of your own emotions and energy go into your financial decisions? Dr. Julia DiGangi joins Joe to chat about how to master your emotions and maximize your energy. She teaches us how to recognize stress triggers so you can control your emotions and energy before they get out of hand. What proactive steps can we take to master our emotions?

She will help each of us self-analyze our relationship with money - the emotional energy and emotional relationship. What would our money say about you and how you treat it? What kind of energy and emotions are you treating it with?

In our headline, we look at an encouraging trend in minority populations in the US with regard to how many people are working with financial professionals.

We'll throw out the Haven Lifeline to Mark who has a question about target-date funds. Plus, Doug may or may not try to pull a fast one on us with his American history-themed trivia.

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/Emotions-and-energy-investing-dr-julia-digangi-1414

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Secrets to Unbreakable Confidence and Financial Success (ep 1413) Sep 25, 2023

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Are you ready to maximize your confidence and unleash your inner bad bitch (even if you're a guy)? Today's interview with certified and self-proclaimed bad bitch Lisa Carmen Wang, and it's one you do not want to miss if you're looking to achieve more self-confidence to accomplish your dreams in relationships, career, and life. She dives into her story of self-discovery and how she built unbreakable habits that allowed her to tune out her critics and focus on being her best self.

Lisa's book, The Bad Bitch Business Bible: 10 Commandments to Break Free of Good Girl Brainwashing and Take Charge of Your Body, Boundaries, and Bank Account, is the guide you need to become the unbreakable bad bitch in your life, career, and finances. You'll learn some of Lisa's invaluable life lessons that you can directly apply to your own life today to attain more confidence in yourself. From how you invest in yourself, your skills, your business, and your self-growth to how you exude your own confidence in all your interactions with others, Lisa's book will help you take stock of your daily mental routines and help you make improvements to your thoughts - which will result in improvements in your life.

In our headline, we talk about a piece from the Wall Street Journal about how to maintain harmony with your significant other by planning the perfect money date.

Plus you won't want to miss out on Doug's Olympic-themed trivia!

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/bad-money-b-with-lisa-carmen-wang-1413

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A Big Money Lesson From Taylor Swift (ep 1412) Sep 22, 2023

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Taylor Swift made even more headlines when she decided to sidestep traditional Hollywood studios and distribute her new movie, filmed as part of her Eras Tour, directly to movie theaters and millions of her adoring fans. What does Taylor know that the rest of us should about the value added by so-called middlemen? Joining us for this special roundtable discussion, we welcome back author and advisor Eric Brotman who joins Paula Pant and Len Penzo.

In the second half of show, sponsored by DepositAccounts.com, we dive into in what cases hiring an advisor makes sense and what traits to look for when searching for an advisor.

Be sure to stick around for the thrilling continuation of our year-long trivia competition. Doug has some 90s-sitcom-themed trivia on deck. Does this spell disaster for Paula? Or will she shock us all and extend her lead as we head into the final week of September?

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/friday-roundtable-taylor-swift-1412

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