The Witch of Wall Street
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The Motley Fool
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2016
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
She’s been called the Witch of Wall Street, but also, more charitably, the Warren Buffett of her time. With the help of humorist/historian Therese Oneill (author of Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners) we explore the bizarre life and peculiar habits of Hetty Green—the woman who defied Victorian-era conventions and made bajillions of dollars in the process. Thanks to Criquet for supporting this episode. Get 20% off your first purchase at criquetshirts.com/fool with the promo code “fool.”
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| 0:23.1 | This is Motley Fool Answers. I'm Alison Southwick and I'm joined as always by Robert Brokamp, personal finance expert here |
| 0:27.9 | at the Motley Fool. |
| 0:28.9 | How are you, bro? |
| 0:29.9 | I'm just groovy. |
| 0:30.9 | How are you, Alison? |
| 0:31.9 | I'm good because it's almost Halloween. |
| 0:34.3 | And so that means we're going to have a very special spooky episode of Motley Fool Answers. |
| 0:40.6 | This week, we're enlisting the help of a very special guest to teach us spells from the witch of Wall Street, |
| 0:45.6 | one of the wealthiest women to ever haunt Wall Street. |
| 0:51.2 | She didn't really haunt it. |
| 0:52.5 | Anyway, whatever, spoiler. |
| 0:53.5 | We'll get into it. All that and more on this week's episode of Molly Full Answers. |
| 0:58.8 | It's time for answers answers. Andy writes, in a couple of years, I will be 62 and my youngest child will be 13. If I then apply for Social Security, both my son and my wife can collect Social Security as well. My calculations tell me that I would |
| 1:12.2 | have collected about $340,000 extra dollars by the time I reach full retirement age. It seems |
| 1:18.2 | to me collecting a large sum up front hedges against Social Security not remaining viable |
| 1:23.1 | through the end of my life. What do you think? I would also like to find a Social Security |
| 1:27.3 | expert. How do I find one? Well would also like to find a social security expert. |
| 1:28.0 | How do I find one? Well, Andy, you make a very good point, and that is once you claim |
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