266: Money Math and The Co-Holding Paradox

Making day-to-day money decisions can be incredibly confusing when you are juggling competing priorities like paying off debt, investing for the future, and building a savings cushion. Wouldn’t it be great if you had a simple framework for your money math?In this episode, we give you some rules of thumb for decision-making and break down "The Co-Holding Paradox"—the costly psychological trap where millions of consumers choose to keep low-yield cash sitting in a savings account while simultaneously carrying high-interest revolving credit card debt. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenorthstar.com/subscribe