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Office Hours: Teachers Questions Answered
The $5 Million Pay off for a Financially Literate High School Graduate
The Inside Story About Diversification
The #1 Reason to Use Index Funds
The Math and the History of Investing
Get Out While You Can or Stay the Course
The Investing Myths That Cost a Fortune
Paul and Chris Follow-Up: The Rick Ferri Small-Cap Value Debate
Paul Merriman and Rick Ferri: A Conversation Decades in the Making
Preparing for an upcoming debate with Rick Ferri: Total Market portfolios
Finding the Perfect Advisor, a Battle Over Words and VT vs. AVGE
AVGV, Truth Tellers, AI and Finding Your Why
Stuff Happens: Perspective From Ben Carlson's Risk and Reward
Is it possible that factor investing won't work?
Back from the Baltic and 12 of your questions
They're Back... Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Ben Carlson and Paul Merriman on Full Disclosure
Evidence-Based Investing, Index Funds & Staying the Course
Paul & Chris Tackle 10 of your Investing Questions
Mike Piper- Bainbridge Financial Literacy Series 2026
Automating Your Portfolio: M1 Finance vs. Fidelity Basket Portfolios
Bill Bernstein: 50 Years of Investing Wisdom
Boot Camp #9 - 2 Funds for Life and Target-Date Funds
Q&A With Chris Pedersen and Daryl Bahls: Thinking Through Your Portfolio Choices
2026 Best in Class ETF Portfolios
Christine Benz: Practical Retirement Planning from Morningstar's Top Expert
Larry Swedroe: The Evidence-Based Rules Every Investor Needs to Know | Bainbridge Financial Literacy Series 2026
PlanVision: Low Cost Flat-Fee Financial Planning for Do-It-Yourself Investors
Paul Merriman on Managing $1.6 Billion But Never His Own Money
Q & A Deep Dive
DFA & Avantis ETFs: Building the Ultimate Lifetime Equity Strategy
Flexible Retirement Withdrawals: Why Taking Less Can Give You More
Boot Camp #6 Fixed Distributions
2026 Boot Camp #5 Fixed Contributions
Bootcamp #4 |Fine-Tuning Your Asset Allocation for Retirement & Long-Term Growth
Bootcamp #3 | How to Choose the Right Portfolio (Returns, Risk & Diversification)
Boot Camp #2: The Ultimate Buy & Hold Portfolio
Bootcamp #1 | The $10 Million Decision | Stocks and Bonds
A Surprise, a Big Thank You, and What’s Coming Next
Better Than VTSAX, Choosing Asset Allocation, Target Date Funds, Protecting Against Scams, and More
Sound Investing Q&A: ETFs, Portfolios, Risk, and Retirement
What 2025 Taught Us About Investing (And Why “Normal” Matters)
Pediheart Podcast #366: A Focus On Financial Health With Mr. Paul Merriman
The Importance of Keeping Investing Simple!
Paul Merriman on Long-Term Investing, Compounding, and Building Wealth
AAII Q&A Series (Part 3 of 3)
AAII Q&A, Part 2 — 12 More Questions Answered
Thanksgiving, AAII Q&As. Retirement Portfolios, Value Tilts, International Diversification, and Investing a Lump Sum
Supercharge Your Retirement with Paul Merriman
AAII Presentation Follow-Up: ETF Tax Efficiency, Rebalancing, and Smarter Diversification
Staying the Course — Insights on Reasonable & Unreasonable Portfolios, Quilt Charts & 2025 Returns
The Merriman Financial Education Foundation: Plans, Priorities & Lessons for 2026
The Biggest Mistake Beginner Investors Make - and How to Avoid them
Chris & Paul October 2025 Q&A: Best-in-Class ETFs, Equal-Weight vs. Cap-Weight, and How Much Small-Cap Value?
Can You Trust the Market? Equal-Weighted S&P 500 vs. Four-Fund Strategy
The Final Chapter: S&P 500 vs. 60/40 vs. Four-Fund Strategy
Retirement Distributions: All S&P 500 vs. 60/40 Portfolio
Paul Merriman on Money Life with Chuck Jaffe at FinCon
Two Radical Investments – U.S. 4-Fund Portfolio vs. S&P 500
Saving for Retirement: 100% S&P 500 vs. 60/40 — A Lifetime Portfolio Comparison
The Last Step To Successful Investing
The Biggest Mistake Investors Make
100% stocks, Crypto, customizing 4 fund portfolio and Bogleheads & more
4 Portfolio Levels for Wealth Building
10 Myths, Lies & Mistakes That Cost Investors Millions (with Don McDonald & Tom Cock)
Future of Financial Literacy and Smart Investing
Small cap value still the best , bonds and 2 funds for life Q&A
12 Million Dollar Decisions
11 Q&A-Bonds, Rebalancing, All Value, Vanguard vs. Avantis & DFA
Avantis Vs. DFA and the Winner Is?
The SPIVA Report- Proof You Can Buy!
June Q&A with Paul, Chris an Daryl
A Very Special Birthday and an investment choice forever
$100 a month to $37 million, Bear markets, Bogleheads and a free education
Vanguard vs. Mutual Shares, Who is the Long Term Champ
Which 60/40 Portfolio is Best?
Mastering Patience: Insights for Long-Term Success in DIY Investing
Market Timing vs. Buy & Hold: Why market timing fails the test for most investors
Financial Literacy and Mastering the Million Dollar Decisions
WSCPA- The ultimate buy and hold portfolio
How to Bake a Cake: An Asset Allocation Mashup | Rick Ferri & Paul Merriman
Small Cap Value Showdown Between Financial Legends — (This Could Add Millions To Your Retirement!)
Bootcamp #7 Flexible Distributions
Boot Camp #6 Fixed Distributions 2025 Update
Bootcamp #5 Fixed Contributions Update 2025
Bootcamp #4- Fine Tuning Your Asset Allocation 2025 Update
Bootcamp #9 - Best-in-Class ETF Recommendations
Bootcamp #1 - The Biggest Decision of All: Stocks vs. Bonds
The Good, Bad, Ugly and Average Risk and Returns of Small Cap Value, S&P 500 and 2 and 4 Fund Portfolios
Bootcamp #2 The Ultimate Buy and Hold Portfolio: Update 2025
Bootcamp #3 Sound Investing Portfolios
The Index Edge: Paul Merriman’s Investment Insights
Introduction to Boot Camp
Why should small cap value make higher returns?
The True Story About Small Cap Value
Could this be the #1 Reason to Invest in Index Funds? Part 2
Risk with Paul, Daryl and Chris
Questions from Paula Pant
Investing at market high, market timing, best distribution strategy
The Magic of Goal Setting