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Comments

  2. Jim, loved the book and earned my F-You money at the age of 41 and stayed home to participate in my kids formative years; now they are in or approaching college. That brings me to my comment. In your book in the topic of DEBT (page 29) you say “Here’s the real kicker: Unlike other kinds of debt, as truly awful as they are, you can never walk away from your student loans. They survive bankruptcy…. Your wages, and even Social Security, can be garnished to pay them.” I hear many stories and news reports to the contrary, including government forgiveness plans after making minimum payments for a set period of years. Many “experts” say that our country’s growing student debt that likely will never get paid off and leave tax payers holding the bag suggests that the claws you mention are not true or there are loopholes that escape us readers.

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  3. Mr. Collins,
    Your book is phenomenally simple & specific. The best financial guidance book I have ever read. I’m 32 now and plan to invest in VTSAX as soon as possible and add more over the upcoming years.
    Quick question about the investments apps such as Acorn or Stash – what is your opinion on them?

    Warm regards,
    Elmir

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    • Thanks Elmir…

      That would make a great 5-star review on Amazon if you are so inclined.

      I am unfamiliar with Acorn or Stash, but have handled my investments just fine without them in my life. 🙂

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  4. Dear Mister Collins,

    Greetings from Belgium, and thank you for getting back to me on my twitter post! I was hoping to get in touch with you on behalf of our investment club (10 lovely people putting the Fun in Funds), to possibly arrange for a meetup. Thank you in advance!

    Kind regards,

    Ann-Sophie

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  5. Hi, I’m new to your site but have heard about your writing many times. I’ve clicked on the link above for Personal Capital (also on other pages from other sites) and their website never comes up? can you suggest why this maybe. Just a note I reside in New Zealand, is that a possible reason?

    Regards Ivo

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    • Hi Ivo…

      It’s probably a problem on your side. Probably an Adblocker. The links seem to be working fine.

      Regards

      jlcollinsnh.com tech team

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  6. So just checked out your blog again after a long hiatus. Political ads on here now – I don’t have any issue with it, but I find it quite interesting who “the algorithms” think I need to see an ad from!

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  7. Thank you for your user friendly investment advice! Your blog has been a tremendous source of hope for me to envision retiring next year. Since reading your site a few week ago, I m ready to fire my American Funds broker who’s a good friend but I’d rather he make money off someone else.

    So my husband and I were laid off last Feb and have 90k in Fidelity 403B.
    We also have 235k in American Funds, 150k in banks.
    How would you advise us to invest these?
    I am 59, my husband is 51.

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    • Thanks Pia…

      I appreciate you pointing this out.

      It doesn’t fit on this page, but I’ll Tweet and FB it.

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  10. Have you seen the Index Fund Cheat Sheet out there from Next Level Finance? It looks like it matches up with what you are saying in your book and your site but since I am brand spanking new to all of this, I wanted to make sure. I am afraid of being swindled and don’t want to believe everything I read. Thank you for your time.

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