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What's Up With Money?!
by What's Up With Money?!
Filling in the gap between 1980's financial advice and magic social media strategies to relieve your money anxiety and help you out.
Episodes
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The Holy Grail of Distribution
Most advisors focus on the accumulation of money - how to grow and reduce risk. We want to pay attention to distribution - when it is time to use your money. What you need money for is more important than how much money you have. It is true - you need lots of money to make it in today's world....
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Hot Takes on Social Media Posts
Jon and Ryan give there thoughts on financial social media posts. Check out Jon's book, The Future Poor.
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The One, Big, Beautiful(?) Bill
We take a look at this massive piece of legislation signed into law in early July 2025. Key Question: Does this legislation help us in regards to The Future Poor or does it only make it worse? The end of income tax on Social Security? Not exactly. You might get a tax credit, but the tax is still...
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$1.50 Costco Hotdog & Bags Fly Free On Southwest (Or At Least They Used To!)
Why are these so important for brand loyalty and what happens if one of them changes? Costco Hotdog Facts Introduced in 1984 for $1.50 and has stayed that price Should cost $4.63 if it had tracked U.S. inflation Costco sells over 370 million hotdogs a day They sell more hotdogs than all major...
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The Future Poor - Part 2
Our discussion about Jon's groundbreaking new book continues! If you haven't yet, grab your copy of The Future Poor now!
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The Future Poor - Part 1
Jon's new book, The Future Poor, is available now!
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Buying Cars
Cars have quickly become most people's second largest expense after housing, and it keeps on getting more expensive! Lease v. Own Used v. New Loan v. Cash What's the right answer?! (Hint: There isn't one.) Every situation dictates what makes the most sense. Total cost of ownership becomes a big...
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Money and Politics Revisited
Back in October 2024, ahead of the election, we did an episode on money and politics. How did that episode hold up 6 months later? The Stock Market dropped $5 Trillion!! Were we wrong? Check out our previous episode, this look back, and stay tuned as we see how things play out!
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A Dollar and a Dream II
Welcome back author, poet, entrepreneur, public speaker, card game maker, and more - Michael Nelder Henderson III This conversation was recorded months ago and was a great conversation about the moral dimension of money. We know the price of everything but the value of nothing. Consider the moral...
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Los Angeles Wildfire Aftermath
We've been away - and for good reason! Jonathon has lived in the Altadena area for over 15 years, and during the Eaton Fire, he lost his home, community, and recording equipment. We really need each other for social and economic survival when things are normal and when disaster strikes. There are…
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60. A Dollar And A Dream
Welcome author, poet, entrepreneur, public speaker, card game maker, and more - Michael Nelder Henderson III. Join us for a unique conversation about business development, entrepreneurship, learning, and more. The most powerful words besides "I love you," are "More, too." Like U Cards - The game…
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59. Money and Halloween
Rome is back to talk Halloween! This year, Americans will spend about $12 Billion for Halloween! $4 billion on decorations! $3.8 billion on costumes! $3.5 billion on candy! What are you dressing up as for Halloween?
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58. Hurricanes And The Economy
Whenever there is a natural disaster, like a hurricane, tornado, or earthquake, we see another side of the economy that works to recover areas hit by these types of events. Recent hurricanes in Florida caused $50 billion in damages on the low end and $100 billion on the high end. Where does that...
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College Funding 101
How In The World Do You Save For College?! You don't need an account called "a college savings account" to save for college! There are multiple ways to save for kids. And there are 3 key questions you should answer in order to choose the right plan for you! 529 Plan - Often called the college...
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Money and Politics
How much does the sitting president truly effect our current economy? A bit, but maybe not as much as we like to believe. Our economy is much more complex than a single four year term can produce. We often feel the effects of previous presidential policy after that person is no longer in office....
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What It Takes To Buy A Home (Part 2)
Guess who's back? Back again. Ben is back! Tell a friend! DTI: Debt To Income Ratio Three letters that matter so much. This is one of the most important things to know before going house shopping. Calculate your DTI Remember that you want to stay under 50% and keep close to 40% to be safe. A...
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What It Takes To Buy A Home (Part 1)
Guess who's back? Back again. Ben is back! Tell a friend! DTI: Debt To Income Ratio Three letters that matter so much. This is one of the most important things to know before going house shopping. Calculate your DTI Remember that you want to stay under 50% and keep close to 40% to be safe. A…
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Alternative Investment Options with Chris
We have a guest! Chris, financial advisor, owner of a lighting company, and alternative investor. There are different ways to invest in companies that are starting out but aren't on the normal stock exchange. This goes beyond "go fund me." You can check out a site like "wefunder" to find a…
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The History of Retirement
A special bonus history episode! The History of Retirement You're welcome!
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The History of the Gold Standard (Part 2: 1933 - Modern Day)
In this episode we continue on our journey through the History of the Gold Standard. Jonathon picks up where Ryan left off as we get into the quasi-gold standard and our eventual departure from the gold standard all together. Oh, and we have a quick chat about crypto at the end. Under Nixon, we...
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History of The U.S. Gold Standard (Part 1: 1792 - 1933)
Summer school! The history of the U.S. Gold Standard. You're welcome! The bi-metallic standard. Thanks to your favorite broadway star and ours, Alexander Hamilton, we had the start of the currency situation in the U.S. We mainly used silver within the country for exchange and we used gold for...
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Coming Soon: The History of The Gold Standard
It's time for Summer School! Our next series is History 101. We look at the history of U.S. currency, the Gold Standard, the dramatic, edge of your seat, politics of the dollar. There will be a quiz!
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Moneyball (Part 3): Winning For The Middle Class
Michael Lewis really brings you into the world of the Oakland A's to the point where you feel like you're there, in the draft room, or Hatty's living room at Christmas or the night they win their 20th in a row. Bill Beane (without really intending to) changed these players lives. He did intend to...
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Moneyball (Part 2): "If he's such a good hitter, why doesn't he hit better?"
We take a deeper dive into, "Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game," by looking at some specific quotes that are key to understanding the philosophy of Moneyball and how it's helpful for financial thinking. "If he's such a good hitter, why doesn't he hit better?" & "We aren't selling jeans...
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game
We are exploring Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game. This is where the middle class (90% of us) find themselves and find today's financial advice. It is for the Yankees or the Red Sox - the rich teams. The game we are playing in the 2020's is not the same as we were playing in the…
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A Year In Review
It's our One Year Anniversary! Join us as we look back on our first year of What's Up With Money?! and look ahead at Year Two!
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Taxes! Yay! (Part 4!) Why Taxes Are Good!
Because who really wants to talk about taxes?! That's why we're doing 4 mini episodes. Paying taxes are good! Some countries love paying taxes - so why don't we?! It's often hard to identify where we see tax benefits in our daily lives. Most of the impact of our tax dollars seem invisible to us...
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Taxes! Yay! (Part 3!) Tax Never Again! Yay!!
Because who really wants to talk about taxes?! That's why we are doing 4 mini episodes. Tax never again money is so important! Darth Vader said, "You don't know the power of money that is never taxed again." Money that will not be taxed again has a lot of benefits to many other things that you…
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Taxes! Yay! (Part 2!) - Tax Deferral Pros & Cons
Because who really wants to talk about taxes?! That's why we are doing 4 mini episodes. Tax deferral! We love not paying our taxes now and sending them to future you, but is it a good idea? Many will tell you that you will be in a lower tax bracket in the future so its better to defer - but we do...
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Taxes! Yay! (Part 1)
Because who really wants to talk about taxes?! That's why we are doing 4 mini episodes. The money your money makes is taxed less than the money you make from work! The U.S. tax code is long. Very long! Millions and millions of words. Way longer than The Bible or the entire Harry Potter…
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The Financial Toolbox (Part 4: Financial Perspective)
"It worked for us before." "It's what we know." "We've used this before. It's terrible." "We've used this before. It's great!" Our perspective on different financial tools and their uses can often be hard to shake. We're told be certain financial gurus or personalities that one tool is better…
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The Financial Toolbox (Part 3: Taxes, Markets, & Retirement)
Ron and Ryan dive deeper in the Financial Toolbox to discuss another framework around filling your financial toolbox with the appropriate tools. Is it taxed or non-taxed? Is it in the market or out of the market? Can you touch the money before you're 59 1/2 or are you heavily penalized for doing...
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The Money Tool Box (Part 2: Diversified Tools)
What are these tools?!?!?! Here is the high-level thinking about financial tools. These are based on uses of money and things you need throughout all of life. Income: You need this forever. It could be active from your job or passive from investments. Some things are really helpful for this…
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The Money Tool Box (Part 1: All Dollars Are Not The Same)
$100 dollars is $100 dollars. When it goes to work, $100 may not be $100 depending on where you place it. Everyone is looking for one place to put money, but there is no "Swiss army knife" of a financial tool. Have you ever tried to paint the wall with a hammer? Of course not! Now you want to try...
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The Stock Market (Part 4: Why You Need To Be In The Market, But Not Only In The Market)
Wrapping this series up and Parker the Dog joins the show. We start with a PSA about working with pros and The Stock Market. In most cases it goes better when you work with a pro, but how do you make sense of the products, the licenses, the designations? Licenses require passing state and federal...
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The Stock Market (Part 3: Investing Pet Peeves)
In this episode, we're going to look at Ronald's two biggest pet peeves about popular and professional advice. Peeve #1 - We only talk about the market in terms of growth. Sure, in general, if you look at the long view of the market it shows an upward arc. We leave out the losses and how those…
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The Stock Market (Part 2: Why Do We Invest?)
We took this episode outside for the first time. So, why is investing so critical to us financially, but more so psychologically? We can easily intuit that having more money does something beneficial so we have to put money to work. So we invest! But is that all there is to it? Nope. Market's are...
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The Stock Market (Part 1: Saving and Investing)
What do we actually mean by these two ideas of saving and investing? Saving is putting money aside - which is Part 1. Investing is putting the money to work - which is part 2. Most people think of investing as a house or the Stock Market. You buy something that will grow larger than the price you...
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It's Not Your Fault, Part 4: Financial Anxiety
We're going to look at the ways finance being on you and the things that are not your fault make you feel anxious. Both of these make you feel like crap! The financial anxiety ride is something that seems all on you. You feel behind others and you aren't quite sure what to do that could get you...
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It's Not Your Fault, Part 3: I Can Do Whatever I Want!
Well... not so fast. This is not the answer to things being out of your control and your financial situation not being entirely your fault. It can be daunting to be responsible with your expenses when the world is getting more expensive all around you. It is true that following the golden rule of...
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It's Not Your Fault, Part 2: Things You Don't Control
In this episode we explore some of the roots of "it's your fault" thinking by mainly looking at income and expenses. Spend less than you make is the golden rule of finance, but is that really all that's going on? It's true that you can't save money unless you have some left over. So what's the...
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It's Not Your Fault (Part 1)
We are back for 2024! Healthy and ready to tackle the new year! We begin a 4-part series expanding on our first and most listened to episode: Episode IV - It's Not Your Fault, A New Financial Hope (We began with IV in honor of Star Wars) We thought we'd begin the year where our podcast began with…
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Debt, Part 3: You Finance Everything You Buy
Notes arriving soon!
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Debt, Part 2: Collateralized Debt
Show notes soon to come!
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Debt, Part 1: Uncollateralized Debt
What's up with debt?! Never ever, under no circumstance, should you have debt. Debt is the best and having it has made me wealthy. What in the world are the guru's talking about?! Sure! Both sides of the debt convo use the blanket term "debt," but they are not talking about the same thing at all....
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Retirement, Part 3: The 6 Legged Stool
As we have said, the old 3-Legged Stool of Retirement is stressed at best and broken at worst. Social Security, Pensions, and Savings methodology of retirement no longer works. We need a new stool - a 6-Legged Stool! Lesson 1 - You can buy different types of money. You must spend every dollar you...
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Retirement, Part 2: Income In Retirement
The old 3-Legged Stool of Retirement: Pension, Social Security, and Savings It used to be that retirement was simple and you just needed the old 3-Legged Stool to hold you up. In the 1970's and 1980's the Pension Leg got kicked out. Social Security has continued to decline and all the burden is…
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Retirement: A Brief Histroy
In this episode we go back in time and chart out the history of retirement. In order to understand retirement today, it's important to see the evolution of retirement, where it came from, how it developed, and where it's going. Retirement is a relatively new phenomenon. Farm gave way to factory....
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Tips & Tricks With Using Life Insurance
This is all about getting some info to equip you to be ready to have a great Life Insurance conversation with a Life Insurance agent! Do not be afraid of Life Insurance. Do not be afraid of Life Insurance agents. Be equipped. Good agents that really understand the value types of Life Insurance we...
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Why And How People Use Life Insurance
We are back!!! Part 2 of our 3 part series taking a deeper dive into Life Insurance. This is in honor of September being, among other things, Life Insurance Awareness Month! This episode is going to focus on some of these concepts you may have come across on social media using Whole Life…
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