Do Index Funds provide enough diversification? Is it a bad idea to only hold a few index funds as your entire investment portfolio? In today’s episode Ethan Bloch answers these questions.

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Links from today’s episode:

Stocks Are King. But Bonds Can Be Tasty Too! – Episode #19
Comment about Index Fund diversification

Ethan Bloch has repeatedly said that stocks are the best investments for building wealth over the long run. Today however, he is discussing why you can’t completely disregard bonds; and he takes it one step further by explaining the best way to own them.

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Drink on today’s Thirsty Thursday:

Boylan Bottleworks Root Beer

Links from today’s episode:

Total Bond Market Index Funds – Reviewed

This is a redo of an episode we didn’t release two weeks ago…

Someone wrote in and asked Ethan why he didn’t talk about ETFs in his episode on Index Funds. Here’s Ethan’s response.

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Wine drank on today’s episode:

Vin-Sanity Chardonnay 2004

Links from today’s episode:

Mutual Funds Suck – Episode #12

Two weeks ago Ethan Bloch explained why actively managed mutual funds suck. Today he’s smothering on another layer of suck sauce by explaining the high fees associated with most mutual funds.

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Tea drank on today’s episode:

Twinings English Breakfast Tea

Links from today’s episode:

Mutual Funds Suck – Episode #12

Thanksgiving is over, welcome back, let’s get right into building some wealth with a wealth building book review.

As Ethan Bloch has said so many times, stocks are the best investments for the long run or better yet stocks are the best avenue for building wealth. In today’s episode Ethan reviews a book whose sole purpose is to prove this true.

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Book reviewed on today’s episode:

Stocks for the Long Run, 3rd Edition by Jeremy Siegel

Links from today’s episode:

Stocks for the Long Run, 4th Edition by Jeremy Siegel