Friday, and A, today. Here are the questions we're going to cover. I almost doubled my income,

saving a bunch of money. What do I do with the difference now? Number two, my parents don't

have much money, just a little bit of home equity.

How do we figure out a retirement plan for them?

Number three, is insurance a good investment?

Number four, how do I figure out an appropriate withdrawal strategy to leave a

certain amount of money behind? Number five, 26 years old, make a bunch of money but don't know

what to do, is it okay just to keep

money in cash or do I need to have it invested next how do I allocate and

diversify my bond portfolio should I pay extra on my mortgage in a lump sum or in a little bit over time,

and if we have time, how do I get out of credit card debt? Welcome to the Radical Personal Finance Podcast. My name is Joshua Sheets and I'm your host.

Today is Friday, November 7, 2014.

It's Friday, time for Q&A.

Those are the eight questions I've got lined up.

Of course, the question is, will we get even past number one or number two?

I really don't even know. This is episode 98 of the show, I hope you enjoy. So you all responded to my, uh, was it a plea? I'm not sure if it was a plea or my request for more questions last week.

So I had a bunch of questions send them, which is awesome. I've got those eight that I mentioned in the intro lined up here are ready to go.

I'm not sure how many I'm going to get through.

I'm going to try to actually answer them a little bit more quickly than sometimes,

and I'm going to linger on a few different points.

So as just a quick up front, I may in some of these questions answer

them in a more cursory manner or just pick on a couple of the topics that seem pertinent and

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