Were the Gurus Right About 2018?

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🗓️ 1 January 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

As the prognosticators make their predictions for 2019, how accurate were they about the last year? Bro knows and he’ll tell you.

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0:00.0	This is Motley Fool Answers. I'm Alison Southwick and I'm joined as always by Robert Brokamp,
0:07.4	personal finance expert here at the Motley Fool. Hey, bro!
0:10.5	Happy New Year, everybody!
0:11.5	Happy New Year! In today's episode, Bro is going to see how the expert predictions
0:16.7	for 2018 actually panned out. And forget about New Year's resolutions.
0:21.9	I'm playing the much longer game
0:24.0	with advice to help you avoid having regrets on your deathbed.
0:27.7	We have fun.
0:29.0	All that and more on this week's episode of Motleyful Answers.
0:33.6	So, Allison, what's up?
0:35.3	Well, bro, this is the time of year
0:37.1	when people start thinking about New Year's resolutions. Or, at the very least, what's up? Well, bro, this is the time of year when people start thinking about New Year's resolutions.
0:39.9	Or at the very least, they wake up from the fog of the holidays and realize that they spent
0:44.6	way too much money or gained too much weight.
0:48.0	So then, roughly, apparently two-thirds of us make New Year's resolutions.
0:52.0	Do you make New Year's resolutions?
0:53.0	I do.
0:54.0	You do?
0:55.0	What's your batting average for keeping them?
0:57.0	Oh, probably 50-50.
1:00.0	Yeah. And let me guess most of your New Year's resolutions have to do with your health or money.
1:05.0	Yes.
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