Be Wealthy & Smart

Learn one way you may be missing out on free money that could add up to $100k or more to your retirement plan. This is an article from CNBC.com. The link to the article is here: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/missing-the-employer-match-could-hurt-your-retirement-goals.html This episode is sponsored by Betterment: Did you know Betterment is the largest independent online financial advisor with more than $10 billion in assets under management with more than 300,000 customers? Their service helps to improve long-term returns and lower taxes for retirement planning, building wealth, and other financial goals. Betterment's tax coordinated portfolio can increase a portfolio's value by an estimated 15% over 30 years. Their annual advisory fee is only .25%, with unlimited messaging access to their team of licensed financial experts through a mobile app. Of course, investing involves risk. For listeners of Be Wealthy & Smart, you can get up to 1 year managed free, visit betterment.com/bewealthy that's betterment.com/bewealthy. I'll also post these links on my website at: http://www.lindapjones.com/how-to-find-free-money-for-your-retirement/

Learn why wealth building is about making good decisions. An example is the popular trend of buying subscription boxes which could be usurping your future wealth. Find out why $1,000,000 could be the opportunity cost. Be Wealthy & Smart has over 1.2 million downloads. Subscribe and don't miss a single episode! Get easy wealth tips at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn if a Financial Advisor is a good fit for you and what the signs are to look for with Joe Saul-Sehy of the Stacking Benjamins podcast. In this episode, I interview Joe Saul-Sehy. He's also my co-host (along with Miranda Marquit and Doug Goldstein) on the Money Tree Investing podcast. Joe and I talk about what makes a good Financial Advisor and when to cut them loose. Did you know Betterment is the largest independent online financial advisor with more than $10 billion in assets under management with more than 300,000 customers? Their service helps to improve long-term returns and lower taxes for retirement planning, building wealth, and other financial goals. Betterment's tax coordinated portfolio can increase a portfolio's value by an estimated 15% over 30 years. Their annual advisory fee is only .25%, with unlimited messaging access to their team of licensed financial experts through a mobile app. Of course, investing involves risk. For listeners of Be Wealthy & Smart, you can get up to 1 year managed free, visit: http://www.betterment.com/bewealthy I'll also post these links on my website at http://lindapjones.com, podcast 368. Please subscribe to Be Wealthy & Smart so you're updated when new episodes are available and leave us a review - we love to hear from you!

Learn how the tweak made in a prior podcast moved my credit score from 817 to a perfect 850. This is part two of a podcast I did about investigating a 30 point drop in my credit score, even though I pay it off every month. I made a tweak in podcast number 251 and I share the results with you on this podcast. Even if you pay your bills off every month and don't carry a balance on your credit cards, there's one thing that might be impacting your credit negatively. I fixed it in podcast 251 (listen for all the details on how to raise your credit score) and on this podcast I give you the awesome results of the tweak. My FICO score report is posted on my website at http://www.lindapjones.com, podcast 367. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com. Please subscribe to the podcast to get notified as soon as new podcasts are uploaded.

Learn the one thing to focus on for financial success this year. This is the most important thing you can do financially this year. You'll have to listen to find out what it is! Please subscribe to the Be Wealthy & Smart podcast and get new episodes as soon as they are added.

Learn the 6 things about millionaires you may think are true but aren't. We learned in Be Wealthy & Smart podcast #286, that $2.4 million is what most American's consider "wealthy". See that podcast for other interesting facts about millionaires. Link to the Business Insider article is here: http://www.businessinsider.com/fascinating-facts-about-american-millionaires-2017-11/#theyre-not-all-filthy-rich-in-fact-95-have-a-net-worth-between-1-million-and-5-million-1 The link to the Millionaire Next Door book is here: http://amzn.to/2D31rWE Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn what regions/countries are the best performers on a 1, 3, 5, 10 and 15 year average annual return basis. Chart from Investor's Business Daily is posted on my website at http://lindapjones.com, podcast 364. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn which asset classes have performed the best on a 1, 3, 5, 10 and 15 year basis. Review of U.S. Diversified Stocks like the S & P 500, Large-cap growth, Large-cap core, Multi-cap growth, Midcap growth, Multicap core, Large-cap value, Multicap value, etc. Chart from Investor's Business Daily is posted on my website at http://lindapjones.com, podcast 363. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn the top performing global equity sector funds of 2017. The chart from Investor's Business Daily is posted on my website with the bonus chart of top performing Fixed Income funds. You can find them on my website at: http://www.lindapjones.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=13352&action=edit Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn the best performing ETF's for 2017 that are the 10 Largest ETF's by assets. The article is posted on my website at http://lindapjones.com. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.