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RE: LeoThread 2024-12-22 00:43

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Problems with Personal Finance Shows

  • 🚨 There's little to learn from these shows, and they can cause financial stress.
  • 📊 The hosts are often wrong about basic financial information and give confidently incorrect advice.
  • 🚫 The shows don't provide practical solutions to financial problems and instead focus on ridiculing guests for their financial decisions.

Issues with Dave Ramsey's Advice

  • 🤦‍♂️ Ramsey advises paying off debt using the "debt snowball" method, which prioritizes paying off smaller debts first, regardless of interest rates.
  • 📈 He recommends investing while paying off debt, even if the interest rates on the debt are higher than potential investment returns.
  • 📊 Ramsey suggests living on 8% of retirement savings, which is higher than the recommended 3-5% by financial professionals.