Episodes

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re discussing whether or not the housing market is finally going to cool down. With rising interest rates and a recession on the horizon, buying a home right now feels like a risk. Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep....

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re discussing whether you should be concerned that the market is swinging 1,000 points at a time. Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep. 454: 1,000 point market swings are the latest rage appeared first on Pete the Plan...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re discussing whether or not a recession is on the horizon. It kinda feels that way, doesn’t it? Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep. 453: Is a recession coming? appeared first on Pete the Planner®.

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re talking to the Director of Education at Your Money Line, Kristen Ahlenius, about how shame impacts our finances. Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep. 452: What role should shame play in our financial lives? appeare...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re talking to friend of the show Joshua Becker. Joshua’s new book Things That Matter is available for purchase April 19th. Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep. 451: Thing That Matter with Joshua Becker appeared first ...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re taking a look at how much of your financial life should be automated. The reality is, sometimes automation burns you. Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep. 450: What parts of your financial life should be automated?...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re taking a look at advisor fees. We’ll discuss what’s normal, what’s high, and why you should care. Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep. 449: Should you be concerned if your advisor is charging you 2.5 percent? Proba...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re taking a look at how gas prices are directly impact your wallet. Yes, there’s indirect impact, primarily pass through by businesses. But is the direct impact really that bad? Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep. 44...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re talking investing! We discuss a few finer point, which often get overlooked. Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep. 447: The difference between risk tolerance and risk capacity appeared first on Pete the Planner®.

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com In this week’s episode, we’re discussing the impact Ukraine has on the world right now. Please understand, our primary concern is with the Ukrainian people and their safety and security. We do explore other ways in which this crisis impacts other parts of the world. Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, we’re exploring why we think the housing market is about to get hammered, and who’s going to suffer for it. Click the PLAY button below for the rest of the show! SIDE NOTE: — Give your personal finances a facelift. Explore our personal guidance platform: Hey Money. — The post Ep. 445: The housing market is a giant bubble, right? appeared ...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, we’re exploring three main topics: Are 401k vesting schedules ethical? Should my wife’s organ transplant affect our retirement spending strategy? Why doesn’t the market spike on Fridays, due to everyone getting paid and making 401k deposits? Here’s a preview of what happened and when: Show Notes: Emailer worried his employer’s 401 match...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, we’re exploring three main topics: How often should you look at your investments? Could changing consumer habits toward experiences, make goods less expensive? How is a person who is very behind on retirement savings supposed to retire? Here’s a preview of what happened and when: Show Notes: Looking at your investment account balances t...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, we’re exploring three main topics: How does the taxation of ETFs differ from the taxation of actively managed mutual funds? Does you level of stability impact your primary financial motivation? Pete says absolutely yes. The economy is gonna get weird in the 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2022, according to Pete’s bold prediction of the week. Her...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, we’re exploring three main topics: Is cash about to become popular again? Why did Netflix and Peloton have the worst week ever? How common is insider trading, and are you at risk? Here’s a preview of what happened and when: Show Notes: More stores are giving cash discounts Is society’s move to cashless, short-lived? A recent trend in c...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, we’re exploring three main topics: Can an emailer retire, whether or not you should be bothered by your advisor’s sports gambling, and how you can avoid the impending tax refund delay. Oh, and Pete may have been over-caffeinated. Here’s a preview of what happened and when: Show Notes: Emailer asks questions, saves words for himself Hi. We...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, we’re still saying Happy New Year!

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, a bonanza of Dunns! Damian is back, Pete’s here, and they bring on the most special guest co-host, Pete’s very own son: Theo “Ted” Dunn! No time to listen to the LAST SHOW OF 2021? Here’s a preview of what happened and when: Show Notes: SPECIAL NEWS ALERT: FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS PAUSE EXTENSION: [5:55] On December 12, 2021, President Biden...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, Pete brings a friend and special guest co-host, Joe Saul-Sehy from the podcast Stacking Benjamins! No time to listen? Here’s a preview of what happened and when: Show Notes: Looking for the TL;DR summary? This conversation is too fun not to check it our for yourself. From cryptocurrency to Joe’s latest book, “STACKED: Your Super‑Serious Gu...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, Pete pushed his limits tooooo far with a giant 2PM cold brew coffee.

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, Pete abandoned the show opening tune and got scolded by Damian! Whew! No time to listen? Here’s a preview of what happened and when: Show Notes: MAILBAG QUESTION #1: [5:05] “Dear Pete, I heard colleagues talking about discretionary spending this week. It got me thinking about how much money I allow myself to spend in any given month. I typ...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, Pete and Damian get into the show in record time! No time to listen? Here’s a preview of what happened and when: Show Notes: MAILBAG QUESTION #1: [2:07] “Hey Pete, honest question: given recent content around inflation and changing conventional knowledge about drawdown rates… My wife and I generally set aside $50,000 – $60,000 annually fo...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, Pete and Damian revisit a #FAIL of their own: the intro music to the show. No time to listen? Here’s a preview of what happened and when: Show Notes: DIGGING DEEP INTO THE 4% RULE: [6:33] One of the weird things about saving money into a retirement plan for 45 years is your find yourself perpetually in the accumulation phase. You don’t re...

We want to answer your questions about money. Email us and you may hear yours on the air: askpete@petetheplanner.com This week on the Pete the Planner Show, Pete and Damian discuss what could be the biggest business FAIL of all time! No... Read More