THOUGHTS ON MONEY [TOM] is a podcast looking at simple truths on money. Everything from budgeting to investing to decision making. A great place to come for answers to your personal financial questions or to spark thought on how to improve your financial life.
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This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/46j36GM Host Blaine Carver interviews Brett Bonecutter about his article “Is Gold a Good Investment?” prompted by Rand Paul’s Fort Knox visit and frequent client questions about gold. They outline why investors are drawn to gold—perceived capital preservation, durability/rarity, mistrust of fiat currency and debasement, de-dollarization, and crisis “shock…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4cmIBMV On the Thoughts on Money podcast, host Trevor Cummings speaks with New York-based Matthew Gregory and Brett Bonecutter about New York City’s proposed “pied-à-terre” tax—an annual surcharge on high-value properties not used as a primary residence, aimed largely at nonresidents. They discuss the controversial rollout, including a publicly released…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4bDXOsO Trevor Cummings hosts a Thoughts on Money podcast discussion with Blaine Carver and Brett Bonecutter about when to claim Social Security (62, 67, or 70), comparing the tradeoff between smaller checks for longer versus larger checks for fewer years, and emphasizing that psychology and personal priorities often drive the decision. They note Social…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/45DhMjH Host Blaine Carver and author Brett Bonecutter discuss Brett’s article “Blue Collar Aristocracy,” challenging the “college for everyone” assumption in education planning and default 529 saving. Drawing from Brett’s experience raising eight boys and shifts advisors see in client questions, they focus on the economics of college: high costs, average…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/3RwqRr9 Trevor Cummings hosts the Thoughts on Money (TOM) podcast with Blaine Carver and blog author Matt Gregory to discuss Matt’s article on lifetime gifting versus waiting to transfer wealth at death. They explain the annual gift exclusion ($19,000 per person, doubled for married couples) and how repetition can move substantial amounts without using the…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4wQMnWQ Trevor Cummings hosts the Thoughts on Money podcast with Blaine Carver and blog author Sarah Leitzke, who opens with a family story about her grandparents buying “Vitamin O,” later found to be a scam, to highlight how older adults can become vulnerable to fraud, especially amid cognitive decline. The conversation covers real-world scam examples,…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4vpHumt On the Thoughts on Money (TOM) podcast, host Trevor Cummings, Ishan, and Blaine Carver discuss Ishan’s article “Temptation or Temperament,” contrasting efficient capital markets (efficient market hypothesis, especially the semi-strong form where public information is priced in) with inefficient human behavior. They explore how sentiment and…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4eu3cR3 Brett Bonecutter hosts “Thoughts on Money” with author Blaine Carver to discuss “Trump accounts,” launching July 4, and whether they’re a game changer or gimmick. Carver compares them to his grandmother’s $1,000 investing gift and argues the accounts’ biggest impact is behavioral—getting more Americans, especially those without assets in a…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/3RTyKah Trevor Cummings hosts the Thoughts on Money (TOM) podcast with Brett Bonecutter and Blaine Carver to discuss Brett’s article on food and its economic and cultural implications. They explore how nearly any topic connects to money, then reflect on family dinners, modern home layouts, and how convenience and abundance may reduce intentional time…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4voyr5t Trevor Cummings and Brett Bonecutter discuss superheroes as a metaphor for investing, contrasting “superhuman” finance promises that are often too good to be true with the practical “Batman” approach of using tactical discipline. Trevor argues that earmarking—assigning a clear purpose and time horizon to every dollar—is a personal finance…
This week's blogpost - https://bahnsen.co/4eayQTh Today, Matthew Gregory writes the Thoughts on Money article, and discusses with Trevor about how to reframe estate planning from something morbid into an act of love that protects the people you care about by reducing logistical and legal burdens during grief. Using The Princess Bride’s “prepare to die” line and analogies like board games and…
