So, money, episode 1287, ask Farnoosh.

It's countdown to the end of the year. Welcome to So Money.

Everybody, I'm your host, Farnoosh Tarabi. You're listening to So Money.

You probably knew that already.

A lot of you have been sharing on social media, Instagram, direct messaging me that

So Money was your number one or maybe among your top five podcasts

listen to all this year. That's pretty amazing.

I love seeing that. So keep sharing with me. I'll share with the world.

This is incredible. If you've been listening to a financial podcast,

whether it's this one or another one, consecutively for weeks and months

throughout the year, I mean, I got to believe that you're in a much better financial place

because we know that so much of managing our money well.

It is about math, but it's also so much about mindset.

And I'd like to think that this show helps us get in the right frame of mind.

Luck also helps.

We've learned that too on the show, haven't we? That the circumstances

with which you are brought into the world and the privileges that we are given

throughout the years also help us achieve financial wellness.

But today we're going to help you answer your money questions.

I got quite a few questions in the last week.

I think people had some time off over Thanksgiving and it inspired some financial questions.

And as we head to the end of the year, we want to finish strong.

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