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Money Guy Show

The Internet Got It Right? Money Advice We Actually Agree With

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Education, Retirement, Moneyadvice, Investing, Savingmoney, Personalfinance, Business

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

We’re reacting to viral money advice from some of our favorite YouTubers. We'll help you separate hype from wisdom. From Roth IRAs to compound interest to debt strategies, this episode is full of entertaining, insightful breakdowns that can transform your financial future. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Jump start your journey with our FREE financial resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reach your goals faster with our products⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Take the relationship to the next level: become a client⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on YouTube for early access and go beyond the podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with us on social media for more content⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6

To actually start being accurate with your expenses. I'm not talking to anybody. But seriously,

0:35.1

you guys, you're going to start budgeting. And we had just enough money

0:38.3

to do one and two things. We could go to the beach for three days, or we could use the same money

0:43.0

to buy a couch. Oh, no, he chose the couch. Welcome to another episode of Money Guy React. Here's

0:51.3

the setup that the content team gave us. They have compiled a group of

0:55.4

humdingers that they claim we're going to like. Hey, Brian, I am so excited about this because we never

1:00.2

know what the internet is going to offer. Let's dive right in. On one of my first ever videos,

1:05.5

I received this comment about whether or not it was a good time to start and invest in a Roth IRA

1:09.9

in 2020.

1:15.5

If they had invested back then, they would have actually been up close to 35% today.

1:19.7

Newer investors usually have this hesitation because they're trying to figure out when the best time to enter the market is, but let me show you something.

1:22.3

Here the stock market returns for the past 30 years.

1:24.5

You can see that some years are definitely negative for sure, like in 2008,

1:27.9

but for the most part, they are in the green and positive. That means a $100 investment in

1:32.8

1992 would have become $1,141 after 30 years or a 9.5% annualized return. A Roth IRA is an individual

1:41.2

retirement account that grows tax-free, so you don't pay any taxes on the earnings.

1:45.4

And this year, the contribution limit was increased to $6,500.

1:49.0

You can open one at a brokerage, and then what you can do is just buy the Vanguard 500 index

1:53.8

ETF. That's ticker symbol VLO. And that is going to invest you into the top 500 stocks in the

1:59.2

United States. Brown, we love to say that the absolute best time to start investing was yesterday,

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