481-Where Should I Keep My Emergency Fund?
I was inspired to do this show by watching a recent conversation thread in the RPF Facebook Group about where to store your emergency fund.
I thought it'd be fun to share with you the things I think about with regard to emergency fund storage.
Enjoy the show!
Joshua
How we Fared in Hurricane Irma (personal)
Hey Radicals!
Thank you to so many of you who have inquired of our health and safety following Hurricane Irma.
Here's my personal report for you!
Short version: we are well. :)
Joshua
480-Hurricane Irma Musings: The Thin Veneer of Civility and the Thick Adjustability of our Modern Shipping System, Storm Preps, and More
I've been busy today preparing for Hurricane Irma here at the Radical Personal Finance Global Headquarters.
At the moment, the National Hurricane Center forecasts the eye of the storm to pass squarely over HQ.
So, I thought I'd record a podcast and share a few things with you:
- Based on watching the Hurricane Irma frenzy, I'm convinced that "societal collapse" scenarios are plausible. I learned this at Costco yesterday.
- I'm also convinced we live in the greatest time to be alive and that there are so many tremendously powerful companies who are laser-focused on serving their customers. I learned this at Costco today. And from reading this article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/inside-story-what-took-keep-texas-grocery-chain-running-chip-cutter
- The final 20 minutes of the show involves an off-the-cuff discussion of practical hurricane preparation if you decide to stay put through a storm.
Gotta run! Lots to do...
Joshua
479-Friday Q&A: What Should a New Expatriate Do With Their Investment Money, What To Do With an Old Pension, How Should a Newlywed Approach the Rent or Buy Question
It's Friday! On Fridays we do a live Q&A show. Today we cover:
- (2:30) What Should a New Expatriate Do With Their Investment Money?
- (18:30) What To Do With an Old Pension?
- (26:40) How Should a Newlywed Approach the Rent or Buy Question?
If you'd like to join me for a future Q&A show, sign up to be a Patron at www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron
Joshua
478-The Utility and Morality of Price Gouging
Whenever there's a natural disaster, we have various articles on price gouging's lamentability, to wit, its harmfulness and illegality.
But, is it really bad?
I say not.
"Price gouging" (or, more accurately stated, the adjustment of market prices to meet changing demand) has tremendous utility for the well-being of all involved and is absolutely upright, moral, and ethical.
Of course, this guy says it's wrong, morally and economically. I deal with his "arguments" in the show.
Joshua
- Support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonlfinance.com/patron
477-Practical Financial Planning for Large-Scale Disasters Like the Houston Floods
I've been watching the #HoustonFloods this weekend and considering the lessons I can learn for my own disaster planning.
Today, I share some useful ideas for you about how to plan for events like the Houston Floods.
Joshua
- Episode 381 - Simple, Cheap, Practical Tips to Help You Prepare for a Coming Hurricane
- Episode 347: Disasters Happen – Make a Plan Now to Ensure You Have Plenty of Money Available to You to Solve the Problems Money Can Solve
476-Pathways to Financial Freedom (in 10 years or less): Expediter Trucking (and other live-on-the-job opportunities)
Yesterday I was watching the solar eclipse (up north in the 100% band) and I happened to have breakfast with an expediter.
Not sure what that is?
Basically, a truck driver who drives a van. (More in the audio show.)
As we ate, I tried to lay out a few paths on how he could become financially free based on his current work.
And, I promised him a show on the topic.
So, you get to listen in as I tell him--and you--how any normal person can use a live-on-the-job opportunity as a trampoline to bounce them into the upper tiers of financial abundance.
Enjoy!
Joshua
- The novel I mentioned is Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken.
475-Friday Q&A: Should I ReFi My CC Debt with a HELOC, Does Passion for a Job Come After You Have Experience, Should I Dump The Military Survivor Benefit Plan in Favor of a Whole Life Policy?
Time for Friday Q&A! If you'd like to join for a future show, sign up here: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron
Today, we cover:
- 2:00 Should I refinance my credit card debt by moving it to a HELOC?
- 34:10 Do you have passion for a job before the fact or do you become passionate about it after you're good at it?
- 42:30 Should I drop the military's Survivor Benefit Plan for my pension in favor of buying a 10-year whole life insurance policy?
Enjoy!
Joshua
474-The Interplay of Human & Financial Capital, Wages & Profits, Rents and Business
As I celebrate the opening of the registration page for the beta launch of the new Radical Personal Finance Guide to Career & Income Planning, I intend to share with you a few simple lessons related to career and income.
Today, we begin with the philosophical fundamentals: the interplay of human capital and financial capital. We all start with what we have (human capital) and use it to create financial capital, which we ultimately work to have in surplus. Once we have surplus, we get to decide what to do with it.
Enjoy!
Joshua
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- If you're interested in joining the beta launch of my new Guide to Career and Income Planning, I've got 65 seats left. Registration closes either on 8/20 or when I sell out the seats, whichever comes first. More details here: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/career
473-What's Wrong With Radical Personal Finance?
I've had a tough summer. I have nothing to complain about. I've been richly blessed and, in almost every way outside of Radical Personal Finance, life has been sweet. But, RPF hasn't been so great for me. And, if it hasn't been so great for me, it might not have been so great for you either.
I thought you might appreciate hearing the explanation and the story.
It's important to me to share the good and the bad--the heights and the lows--with you in order to help you understand that we all share common struggles and trials.
That said, I don't think it's helpful to talk about problems unless I can also suggest a solution. And, thankfully, I've worked out some solutions to my problems. So, now I'm ready to share the problems with you!
I've figured out what's wrong with Radical Personal Finance. And [I think] I've figured out how to fix it!
Here's the story...
Joshua
- The book I read from is called "Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture" by Anthony Esolen http://amzn.to/2v69tLh...
