PODCAST EPISODE 205 – How Target Date Funds Are Being Misused And What Millionaires Do Different.

ByPaul Adams

EPISODE SUMMARY

WHAT WAS COVERED

  • 00:00 – Episode begins. 
  • 00:35 – Paul Intros the show. 
  • 01:30 – Poking through Major Media News. 
  • 03:40 – Article Breakdown: “Many 401k Investors Don’t Use Target Funds The Right Way”. 
  • 10:00 – Article Breakdown: “The Ultra-rich Is Saving Their Money Instead of Spending Now The Middle-Class Is Buried In Debt”. 
  • 15:45 – Article Breakdown: “10 Golden Rules of Becoming A Millionaire”. 
  • 35:00 – Closing thoughts / looking forward. 
  • 37:50 – Show ends, thank you for listening. 

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