Ben Felix: The Problem With Saving 10% of Your Income
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Ben Felix has one of the few personal finance channels I watch. Chief Investment Officer at PWL Capital, he also co-hosts the Rational Reminder podcast. We discuss the finance ‘rules’ to avoid, why human behavior makes us bad investors, and the questions you need to ask if you want your money to support a better life. Ben also opens up about his cancer diagnosis earlier this year and how it’s changed his perspective.
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Here are the papers referenced:
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Beyond the Status Quo: A Critical Assessment of Lifecycle Investment Advice Anarkulova, Aizhan and Cederburg, Scott and O'Doherty, Michael S.
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Finding and Funding a Good Life - Ben Felix
Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BenFelixCSIRational Reminder podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RATIONALREMINDER
Chapters:
00:00 - Franchise Exhibition ad
00:39 - Why finance?
06:29 - Home bias
13:42 - Vanta ad
14:47 - Are you over-exposed?
17:19 - Low US returns coming?
23:06 - 4% rule
27:09 - TaxZap ad
28:23 - Rational investing?
35:00 - Investment approach
38::45 - Money and happiness
41:24 - Funding a good retirement
45:25 - Trade-offs
50:03 - When you shouldn’t save
54:52 - Cancer diagnosis
01:09:09 - Best investment advice