{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Brian Feroldi on Financial Wellness and Demystifying the Stock Market","description":"Despite the 280-character limit, Brian Feroldi has found a way to utilize Twitter as a profound tool for sharing insight into financial health and taking a money mindset. Whether on social media, YouTube, or The Motley Fool, Brian is dedicated to discussing personal finance and investing in plain language that everyone can understand. &amp;nbsp; Brian Feroldi is a financial educator and writer focused on demystifying the stock market and promoting financial wellness. In addition to being featured on The Motley Fool, Brian recently published Why Does the Stock Market Go Up? in April 2022.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; In this episode, Brian shares his conservative personal finance approach and how it enables his aggressive investment strategy, which includes his 3% rule and how his investments reveal what their positions should be in his portfolio. Brian discusses understanding the basics of the stock market and endorses index funds,  dollar-cost averaging, and portfolio diversification. He also provides insight into the labor involved in trading individual stocks and their role in his investment portfolio. Later in the episode, Brian and Eric discuss educating your children about finance and the approaches that have worked in their households.&amp;nbsp;  (2:19) \u2013 Who is Brian Feroldi? (4:57) \u2013 The college years (7:36) \u2013 Resisting lifestyle creep (9:44) \u2013 Not all debt is equal (12:00) \u2013 Buy now, pay later (16:34) \u2013 Index funds (20:00) \u2013 Dollar-cost averaging (21:02) \u2013 Human nature vs. the market (24:46) \u2013 Understanding share price fluctuations (27:41) \u2013 The future is unpredictable (31:27) \u2013 Enjoying the process of investing (32:46) \u2013 The Motley Fool and David Gardner (35:05) \u2013 Portfolio diversification (39:25) \u2013 Going above 3% (41:31) \u2013 Boston and wonton soup (43:41) \u2013 A natural-born saver (46:20) \u2013 Teaching children about personal finance  Eric Satz\u2014entrepreneur, serial investor, lover of hot peppers\u2014is the founder and CEO of Alto. The idea behind Alto was born out of a problem. Eric found a clear need to give people more control over their investments (and investment opportunities) in a simple, streamlined way and created Alto to make these opportunities available to all investors, not just the ultra-wealthy or institutional investors.&amp;nbsp; If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to The Altogether Show with Eric Satz in  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in  Apple Podcasts or  Spotify. It helps others find the show. Podcast episode production by Dante32 ","author_name":"The Altogether Show with Eric Satz","author_url":"https:\/\/altogether.show\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23832350\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/132492833"}