Podcast · 194 episodes
Money Guy Show, page 7
by Brian Preston and Bo Hanson · English
Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life.
All episodes, page 7
Is $2M Enough to Retire at 40? | Making a MillionaireWhether $2M net worth is enough to retire at 40, using FIRE “bridge” planning from 40–60 plus traditional retirement “coast” to 60+, and how to structure accounts/taxes to avoid pro-rata issues.27 Oct 2025 · 49 min · 25 chapters
How to Be Wealthy in Your 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50sHow to define and achieve “wealth” across your 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, using decade-specific behaviors, mindset shifts, and portfolio “mile markers” (including savings/investment rates and…24 Oct 2025 · 38 min · 19 chapters
How 595,000 People Reached MILLIONAIRE Status (And How You Can Too)Fidelity data shows 595,000 people became millionaires via 401(k)s (Q2), a 16% jump from the prior quarter.22 Oct 2025 · 1 h 8 min · 30 chapters
Financial Advisors React to Financial Advice on YouTube!The episode is a “React” discussion where financial advisors critique financial advice shown on YouTube, using a couple’s real-life debt and car-payment numbers to illustrate cash vs investing, Roth…20 Oct 2025 · 22 min · 10 chapters
10 Things to Do Before 2025 EndsYear-end personal finance checklist for before 2025 ends, framed by the “financial order of operations” and “hyperaccumulation,” plus tax-free investing and debt triage.17 Oct 2025 · 38 min · 17 chapters
How Humphrey Yang Built His WealthHow Humphrey Yang built wealth, how his scarcity/risk-averse upbringing shaped his early investing, and how to make better long-term financial decisions (indexing, ETFs vs mutual funds, aggressive vs…15 Oct 2025 · 1 h 10 min · 27 chapters
This 22-Year-Old Needs a Reality Check… | Making a MillionaireA financial coaching discussion about a 22-year-old filmmaker’s aggressive “million by 30” goal, using his real business numbers to stress-test feasibility and prioritize risk management (especially…13 Oct 2025 · 56 min · 25 chapters
What Makes a Financial Mutant? The Survey Results Are In!Results from a 25,000-person “financial mutant” survey, describing who these people are, their net worth/income/investable assets, and the money behaviors/mindset behind their outcomes.10 Oct 2025 · 38 min · 20 chapters
Why $250k is Halfway to $1 MillionThe episode uses the idea that $250k is “halfway” to $1M to explain compound interest and how savings rate affects time to reach milestones.8 Oct 2025 · 1 h 6 min · 26 chapters
Financial Advisors React to GOOFY Financial AdviceThe Money Guy team and guests react to “goofy” internet financial advice, arguing over mortgage down-payment hacks, leverage/life-insurance strategies, car-buying tactics, and critiques of 401(k)s…6 Oct 2025 · 18 min · 9 chapters
Top 10 Mind-Blowing Money Stats (2025)“Top 10 Mind-Blowing Money Stats (2025)” covers 10 2025-era personal finance statistics and the behavioral lessons behind them: emergency savings shortfalls, buy-now-pay-later debt, negative equity…3 Oct 2025 · 36 min · 16 chapters
How Student Loans Are Crippling Americans (& What They’re Doing About It)The episode argues that rising student-loan debt is “crippling” Americans by making education more expensive and turning graduates’ early careers into repayment obligations.1 Oct 2025 · 1 h 6 min · 28 chapters
The Truth About $250,000 Saved by 42 | Making a MillionaireA couple in their late 30s/early 40s explains how they built wealth from “messy middle” years with three kids, then used disciplined saving/investing to reach about $250,000 portfolio value by age 42…29 Sep 2025 · 47 min · 24 chapters
Our Top 10 Home Buying Tips for 2025“Our Top 10 Home Buying Tips for 2025” from The Money Guy Show, focused on how to decide whether to buy, build a buyer “team,” get accurate financing, budget all costs (including HOA/condo dues),…26 Sep 2025 · 44 min · 20 chapters
What You NEED To Know About The Fed MeetingThe episode explains what the latest Federal Reserve meeting means for everyday people, focusing on a quarter-point rate cut and the Fed’s hint of up to two additional cuts later in the year.24 Sep 2025 · 1 h 4 min · 25 chapters
Financial Advisors React To INSANE Dave Ramsey Calls!Financial advisors and hosts react to “insane” Dave Ramsey-style calls about extreme car spending, sovereign-citizen nonpayment, debt payoff without bankruptcy, credit cards, and retirement planning.22 Sep 2025 · 20 min · 14 chapters
How to Master Your Money in 9 StepsThe Money Guy Show episode “How to Master Your Money in 9 Steps” lays out a “Financial Order of Operations” for deciding what to do with your next dollar, emphasizing “ground rules” (know your why,…19 Sep 2025 · 34 min · 16 chapters
This One Expense Is Breaking People’s RetirementHealthcare costs as a retirement “expense trap,” plus how to plan earlier (especially via Health Savings Accounts), and a Q&A covering savings-rate accounting, mega backdoor Roth, Social Security…17 Sep 2025 · 1 h 9 min · 30 chapters
This Real Estate Nightmare Could Derail Their Financial FreedomA couple’s real-estate “financial freedom” plan is threatened by a first rental that’s been vacant and cash-flow negative, forcing them to rebuild reserves while planning for a family.15 Sep 2025 · 54 min · 26 chapters
Master Your Finances In 35 MinutesA “beginner to mastery” roadmap for mastering personal finances, organized into four categories: debt, spending, investing, and portfolio management.12 Sep 2025 · 38 min · 15 chapters
The Biggest Financial Problem For Americans Is...The episode argues the biggest U.S. financial problems are inflation, housing costs, wage growth lagging, and fear/irrational behavior around investing.10 Sep 2025 · 1 h 10 min · 27 chapters
Financial Advisors React To Money YouTubers (Part 4)Financial advisors react to “money YouTubers” (Part 4), focusing on ETF/index-fund overlap, diversification beyond the S&P 500, and practical wealth-building habits (budgeting, automation,…8 Sep 2025 · 20 min · 6 chapters
Are You Beating the Average American? The 2025 Financial Mutant SurveyThe “2025 Financial Mutant Survey” and whether people should measure themselves against the “average/median American,” using data on median liquid/financial assets by age; plus live Q&A applying the…3 Sep 2025 · 1 h 3 min · 29 chapters
What It’s REALLY Like to Build Wealth in the Military | Making a MillionaireHow a military couple went from about $35,000 in debt and negative net worth (around 2010) to nearly $4 million net worth by age 38–39, using a 50% savings rate, strict budgeting, and a VA-loan real…1 Sep 2025 · 1 h 9 min · 25 chapters