Ask HTM - Haggling Hangups, Actually Investing an HSA, & Curbing Retirement Investing #919
How to Money
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🗓️ 16 December 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Let’s dive into the week with some fresh listener questions we have lined up for you! And don't just stand on the sidelines- if you have a question you’d like us to answer, toss your voice memo our way. It only takes about 90 seconds to record and you can find a step by step guide over at HowToMoney.com/ask . Regardless of how random or bizarre you might think it is, we want to hear it!
1 - I feel awkward about haggling with locals while on an expensive cruise- help!
2 - Should I really invest my HSA dollars? I’ve heard that the fees make it prohibitively expensive.
3 - My friend says that what my portfolio is missing is cash value life insurance. True or false?
4 - How do I know if I’ve saved enough for retirement and can slow down my investments?
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| 0:55.3 | Welcome to How to Money. I'm Joel. I'm Matt. And today we're answering your listener |
| 1:01.8 | questions. |
| 1:26.1 | Thank you. that's right, buddy, we are going to hear from a bunch of lady listeners, actually. |
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| 1:34.7 | No, we really do have some great listener questions to get to one listener. |
| 1:38.4 | She actually has a hang-up with haggling. |
| 1:41.2 | We're going to give our take on whether or not she should be haggling. |
| 1:44.8 | In this particular instance, another listener is asking for some HSA, some health savings |
| 1:49.8 | account, clarifications. |
| 1:52.1 | She is unsure if she should be investing, so we'll get to that one. |
| 1:56.0 | And another listener is asking the question, have I saved? |
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