All About Your Benjamins™

The thirteenth episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast is also the first episode in a new series I'm calling Live Longer and Prosper. LLAP is an experiment to find how to incorporate health and wellness into financial planning by examining different ways to improve our health. As I mention in the podcast introduction, we spend so much time focusing on the financial plan and investments, bu...

In the twelfth episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast I'm joined by President of Sherman Wealth Management, Brad Sherman. Like so many of my guests, Brad and I originally connected via Twitter. What started out as a simple retweet led to a brief exchange on Twitter and then to this episode. Brad and I discuss the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Ruling, what it means and looks like to be a...

On the eleventh episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast I'm joined by CEO and Co-Founder of Berknell Financial Group, Dasarte Yarnway. Not only is Dasarte a CEO at the age of 26, but he is also a published author with his new book Young Money--making me feel like an underachiever at the age of 36! In Young Money Dasarte shares four actions to help readers build wealth, and I asked him to j...

The tenth episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast welcomes yet another member of the Newfound Research crew. I'm joined by Nathan Faber, Vice President of Investment Strategies, to discuss a paper he recently wrote comparing a dollar-cost averaging strategy with a lump sum investment strategy. You might be surprised to learn which strategy the research suggests is optimal. We'll discuss Na...

The ninth episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast is a special one--in this episode, I'm joined by Corey Hoffstein, co-founder and CIO of Newfound Research. I've followed Corey for a few years now and have had the opportunity to talk with him on a number of occasions, so when he agreed to come on the podcast I was extremely excited. Corey is one of the sharpest people I've met and there ar...

In the eighth episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast, I get the opportunity to talk with Leanna Haakons, the founder of Black Hawk Financial. Leanna has taken her experience consulting with various investment companies to helping wealth management firms communicate better with their clients. In addition to helping firms educate their clients, Leanna has also written her own educational bo...

In the seventh episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast I'm joined by Tim Mullooly, one the fearsome foursome at Mullooly Asset Management. Tim works alongside his father Tom and his brothers Brendan and Casey--you'll be hearing more from the Mullooly clan in the future. I recently was a guest on Tim's podcast, Living With Money, and I asked him to join me on AAYB to continue our conversati...

The sixth episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast is a special edition, and I'm joined by my friend Andrew Thrasher to discuss the recent volatility in the market and what that means to the average investor. We'll discuss what volatility and the VIX are, how he uses it in his job, how the average investor should react to volatility, and cover the risks of some of the investments available...

In the fifth episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast I am joined by Bennett Grove, founder of Fire Dawg Cleaning Services and Fire Dawg Junk Removal. Bennett is a friend from my days at Franklin College and in full disclosure, he is also a client of my firm. I asked Bennett to join me to discuss a book he introduced me to, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. We'll discuss th...

In the fourth episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast I am joined by an extra-special guest, my wife, Angela Castelli. Ang and I have a candid conversation about the importance of communication within a relationship when it comes to household finances. We'll discuss why communication is the foundation to successfully managing finances, the topics to discuss, and some non-best practices to...

In the third episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast I am joined by Kyle Moore, CFP® of Quarry Hill Advisors to discuss the impact of the most recent tax bill, especially the impact on young professionals and Millennials--don't worry, we keet politics out. We also discuss his path to starting his own Registered Investment Advisory firm, his stint as a professional golfer and of course, his...

Welcome back to the second episode if the All About Your Benjamins The Podcast; in this episode, I have a chance to talk with my friend @FerventFinance--I can call him my friend because I have actually met him in person. We cover everything from how he became interested in finance to the F.I.R.E. movement to some weightlifting. I had a lot of fun chatting with FF, and I'm looking forward to having...

Welcome to the first official episode of All About Your Benjamins The Podcast. I'm excited to finally have gotten the podcast off the ground, and can't wait to talk a little cryptocurrency and Blockchain with you today. This podcast is for those new to the subject and want to learn a little more about what everyone else is talking about. In this podcast, we'll cover the very basics of cryptocurren...

Welcome to All About Your Benjamins The Podcast! In this episode, I wanted to introduce myself as your host and tell you about my vision for this podcast. I've managed to keep this episode short and sweet, and I have a couple of other podcasts ready to be released shortly. I hope you enjoy! iTunes: All About Your Benjamins The Podcast Ep. 000 Disclaimer: Nothing on this blog should be considered a...