About this episode

The episode discusses investment strategies with Paul Merriman, focusing on how to potentially increase retirement savings through informed investing.

Sure you could simply invest in a target date fund, or even take the more aggressive path by going all-in on equities and investing solely in the S&P 500. But what if that means you’re potentially leaving millions on the table by the time you reach retirement? That’s the question at the center of our conversation today with our guest Paul Merriman. He is the author of eight books, has a regular column at MarketWatch, is a legend in the DIY investing arena, and is an advocate of the Two Funds for Life investing strategy. That strategy outperforms the S&P and we discuss how you’re able to do that with small-cap value stocks! After Paul retired from his wealth management firm he founded the Merriman Financial Education Foundation a little over a decade ago. Of course it’s a non-profit, and is “dedicated to providing comprehensive financial education to investors at all stages of life” which is a mission that really resonates with us- he wants individuals to be informed and to understand how much they might be missing out on. We look at the historical data and it’s convincing enough that we might be changing how it is that we invest…

People in this episode

Guest: Paul Merriman

Topics covered

• investing strategy
• financial education
• retirement planning
• small-cap value stocks
• DIY investing

Keywords

• investment
• retirement
• financial education
• S&P 500
• small-cap value stocks
• Two Funds for Life
• DIY investing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Merriman Financial Education Foundation, MarketWatch

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