It’s Time to Get STACKED—For Real! Here in Mom’s basement, we’re again opening the doors to our top group coaching program: the STACKED Book Club. This is where a small group of Stackers like you will dive deep into the lessons from STACKED: Your Super Serious Guide to Modern Money Management to design and refine your personal financial plan. And let us tell you—the results have been phenomenal. When we asked last year’s group how confident they felt about their finances on a scale of 1-10,...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Listen To The Podcast Welcome to a special edition of The 201! Our highly anticipated annual board game podcast episode just dropped, and in case you missed it, we’re sharing our Top 30 favorite board games right here. As always, we love combining fun and education—because building financial skills should never be boring! Check out the list, discover some new favorites, and let the games begin. Enjoy!– Joe & Kevin File footage from Joe's mom's basement Top 30 Board Games About Money & Holiday...
4 months ago • 5 min read
Listen To The Podcast “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower Big news in financial planning this week! Michael Kitces, industry thought leader and the guy who probably reads more about this stuff than anyone, just released a well-researched piece that backs up something I’ve always suspected (despite never actually conducting a scientific study myself). Turns out, the debate between fee-only advisors versus those charging assets under management (AUM) fees isn’t...
5 months ago • 8 min read
Hey, Stackers! As you know, with Milton raging, there's lots to worry about right now. I'm forwarding a newsletter from our friend Hannah Cole (you heard her on episode 1532 of the Stacking Benjamins Show this summer -- listen here). Hannah is an accountant and artist. Her entire studio in Asheville, North Carolina (including her life's work) was wiped out. As I mentioned on Monday's show, sometimes the best thing you can do is to use your competitive advantage to help your community. If...
6 months ago • 4 min read
Listen To The Podcast “The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” - Abe Lemons We always love having Christine Benz from Morningstar join us! She's been helping people make smarter money decisions for years—whether it's retirement planning or managing portfolios. In this conversation with the Stacking Benjamins crew, Christine walks us through some key financial strategies, shares her take on handling market ups and downs, and offers practical tips that can help you reach...
7 months ago • 10 min read
Happy Thursday! Are you in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area this coming week? You've heard him on the show, and now Don McDonald from the Talking Real Money podcast is joining us for a cookout this coming Monday night at 6:30. Find details and snag your ticket at our Eventbrite page here. We'd love to see you. If you're in Minneapolis/St. Paul, come join our local SB community. It's a great group of people who love to have money/more lively discussions. Not in Minneapolis/St. Paul? The rest of...
9 months ago • 5 min read
Happy Thursday! How about that creator economy? I know many stackers are creatives in some form - either at the 9-to-5, or as an entrepreneur. Two of my favorite creators, Joe & Paula Pant, recorded a special episode LIVE at the Craft + Commerce Conference, hosted by ConvertKit. I hope you enjoy reading some of the top takeaways that I got from listening to their conversation. Let me know if you have any best practices as a content creator that I/we missed in our Facebook Group, The Basement!...
9 months ago • 3 min read
Happy Friday! We've become accustomed to hearing the same cookie-cutter advice over and over again: follow the 4% safe withdrawal rule and save 25 times your annual expenses before retiring. While there is value to this advice, how do so many Americans manage to retire when they're nowhere close to having stacked that level of Benjamins? On Wednesday's show, we explored one personal finance writer's counter-argument that the commonly cited one million dollar threshold may not be necessary...
9 months ago • 5 min read
How do you celebrate your Old Man (just don't tell him we called him that)? You know, the one who is part of the team that brought you into this world? The one who is always on standby with the world's "best" dad jokes? The one thought to himself, "Oh $%!&! Am I ready for this?" when he first found out you were on your way. Prepare for Father's Day by grabbing him a gift that will be cherished and can be used to make his favorite child smarter and more successful! Happy Father's Day to all...
10 months ago • 1 min read