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The Ramsey Show Highlights

TikTok "Financial Gurus" Are Lying To You

The Ramsey Show Highlights

Ramsey Network

Education, Investing, Business, Self-improvement

4.5838 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The Ramsey Call of the Day is a quick, daily dose of advice on life and money in under ten minutes. Hear from experts like Dave Ramsey, Ken Coleman, Rachel Cruze, Dr. John Delony, and George Kamel. Part of the Ramsey Network. Delivered to you five days a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Ramsey Call of the Day, part of the Ramsey Network.

0:10.9

Okay, I got to talk about something, got to get something off of my chest.

0:14.6

So I'm a millennial, and so I keep up with the burgeoning social media trends that are out there,

0:20.6

and one of those is TikTok. I do it for

0:22.6

you guys so that I know what's going on out there so I can fill you all in. And there's a lot of,

0:28.6

how do I say this, financial gurus out there who can't grow facial hair yet. And they are

0:35.9

giving some terrible financial advice that truly

0:39.9

makes my blood boil. And it's one of the reasons why I want to get in there. I don't want to,

0:43.8

I don't want to become a TikTok star. I just have to get in the middle of the mess and walk everyone

0:48.4

off the ledge because they're listening to 60-second videos and then making huge financial

0:53.1

decisions because of it. So here's what we're

0:55.9

going to do. We're going to play a video that producer James found that made my blood boil. He

1:00.7

really knows how to push my buttons. We're going to react to it and then we're going to teach

1:04.5

you guys a better way. So let's roll that beautiful bean footage. When I'm 30, I want to be debt-free

1:09.5

and own no credit cards. You know, you might regret that.

1:12.6

What? How? Well, how are you planning on getting a house or a car? Yeah, I'm just going to use all cash.

1:16.6

By chance the date for Ramsey teach you this. Yes, why? That advice is for people who are already in debt or don't know how to manage their money. The truth is credit cards can help build your credit, which is very important. And if you pay them off in full, you'll never owe any interest. And with housing prices so high,

1:32.0

good credits might be the only way most people are going to be able to get a house. Now that I think

1:36.2

about it, saving up $400,000 in cash doesn't sound very reasonable. That advice might work for some,

1:41.0

but personal finance should never be a one-size-fits-all. Follow to learn the truth.

1:45.8

Okay. Wow. That moved so fast I thought I was having a stroke for a second.

1:50.3

All right. I don't want to have to watch that again, so let me recap it for you because he was

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