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Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Ask Paula: Bonds Are Tanking. Should I Switch to Real Estate Instead?

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

#256: Jon is wondering if now is a good time to move his RRSP into a tax-free savings account, given the market downturn. He knows you can’t time the market, but the opportunity is tempting. What should he do? Laurel’s question revolves around the CARE Act and early withdrawal from a 401k. She needs to rebalance her 401k and wants to buy a rental. Instead of selling stocks, should she sell bonds as a form of rebalancing and to withdraw for a rental property? After seeing so many businesses experience financial hardship, Rebecca and her husband are curious: why don’t companies have emergency funds? Salome sees the stock market downturn as an opportunity for tax-loss harvesting, but does this hold if you’ve held stocks for less than a year? Sheena has the option to purchase company stock at a 15 percent discount through an Employer Stock Purchasing Plan. However, it’s volatile right now. Should she contribute the maximum amount, or nothing? My friend and former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy joins me to answer these questions. Enjoy! For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You can afford anything but not everything.

0:11.0

Every choice that you make is a trade-off against something else, and that doesn't just

0:14.2

apply to your money.

0:15.2

That applies to your time, your focus, your energy, your attention, anything in your life.

0:19.6

That's a scarce or limited resource.

0:22.0

That leads to two questions.

0:23.2

Number one, what matters most to you?

0:25.9

Not what the society say should.

0:28.2

But what actually is a value in your life?

0:31.0

Number two, how do you align your day-to-day decision-making to reflect that?

0:36.4

Answering these two questions is a lifetime practice, and that's what this podcast is

0:39.3

here to explore.

0:40.5

My name is Paula Pant, I'm the host of the Affordable Care Foundation.

0:43.5

Every other episode, we answer questions that come from you, the community, and today,

0:48.1

former financial planner Joe Salcihi is here to answer questions with me.

0:51.9

What's up, Joe?

0:52.9

I am.

0:53.9

Answer questions with you?

0:54.9

Yeah, we're doing it.

0:55.9

We're doing it.

0:56.9

Answering a bunch of questions.

0:58.6

That is amazing.

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