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Dev Raga Personal Finance

234 an interview with JL Collins

Season 2, Ep. 34
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Today on the show we are stoked to talk with a special guest who joins us all the way from the States, JL Collins. JL is a financial independence blogger and the author of The Simple Path to Wealth. In this chat Dev talks with JL about:


👉🏾 JL's investing philosophy

👉🏿 why you should avoid debt

👉🏻 "a stock market crash is a gift"

👉 having a 50% savings rate, is that too aggressive?

👉🏼 dollar cost averaging, is JL not a fan?

👉🏽 his journey from active investor turned index fund investor

👉🏿 what is "FU money"

👉🏻 your house being a terrible investment

👉 why Vanguard and the Jack Bogle experience


Learn more about Altus Financial here: https://bit.ly/altusm3m


The Simple Path to Wealth (book)

JL's website

Time Machine and the future returns for stocks (blog post)

Mr Bogle and me (blog post)

The Gambler - F You (original movie clip)

FU Money by J L Collins (edit of the clip from The Gambler)

J L Collins Google talk


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