2 Frugal Dudes Podcast: Personal Finance In Layman's Terms To Simplify Investing, Paying Off Debt, Student Loans, Taxes, Frug

  Ever heard the term FIRE? The FIRE (Financial Independence and Retired Early) community has a large online presence of experts answering questions to help more people achieve their financial goals. There is a good chance that someone else in a similar situation as yourself has already asked questions that you [...]

Do you tell people that you’re planning for Early Retirement? Justin from http://RootOfGood.com/ joins us to share how discussions of Early Retirement went down with co-workers, family members, friends and in random talks. After losing his job, Justin realized that he could retire a lot sooner than his original plans [...]

Thinking about Early Retirement? Early Retirement Dude from http://EarlyRetirementDude.com/ has joined us to share his experience of early retirement since he left the system almost 12 years ago at the age of 36. How will you know when to pull the trigger and get through the turmoil that will happen? [...]

Do you understand the different types of assets you can invest in and where to place them? Holding different types of assets in your portfolio is critical to help minimize the downside and for creating an asset allocation that works for your lifestyle. There is no magic calculation to determine [...]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we knew the common investment principles amongst all successful investors? Tony Robbins shares insight into the key principles to success after studying famous investors. Protect the downside in your investments with asymmetric risk calculations for the highest returns. Even the big guns aim for years with [...]

Do you understand what exactly your financial advisor is doing for you and how they get paid? Tony Robbins sheds some light on the requirements of financial advisors and the difference between the two types. 90% of advisors are brokers that earn commissions based on sales and special interests could [...]

When was the last time you looked at the costs your financial advisor or mutual funds are charging you? Many times as Jack Bogle says “Investors are taking 100% of the risk for 33% of the return.” Don’t let your retirement suffer because you’re not getting the best rates at [...]

Are you scared of the stock market? Some of us need facts, math and history examples to build confidence in making decisions and Tony Robbins provides us that with his Freedom Facts in Chapter 2. Your biggest danger is being on the sidelines and letting inflation eat away at your [...]

Credit Cards can hurt a lot of people… But a select few can responsibly take advantage of the credit card rewards system to spread their dollar even further. Join us with our special guest Tom Marsden (@TommyboyCAN) to learn how he’s gaming his credit card rewards strategy to pay for [...]

We started a book study! Follow along with us as we read through Tony Robbin’s new book Unshakeable. Hear our thoughts about the content in chapter 1 from the self-help guru talking about financial freedom. Tony goes over the concept of being Unshakeable and how the book is a summation [...]

Choosing the right insurance can be confusing. Big players in the market make it hard sometimes to really understand your insurance choices and interfere with finding the best price for the right policy for you. Join us and our special guest Kevin Curry from Comparity to learn how the insurance [...]

Kevin took his first cruise! And he’s back to talk about his awesome experience and share some lessons learned. He even met people that cruise 24×7 because of the cost advantages! Tune in to hear about what he’d do differently looking back and where the deals were. Cruises have many [...]

Getting random money is awesome! But deciding on how to use that money can be tough. The two options basically boil down to spending or saving it. It’s best to just brainstorm the different ways to use the money and then sit on it before the right mix comes to [...]

The military has some awesome, well deserved, benefits! But you have to know how to use them… Join us and our special guest Russ Gates, an active military service member, talk about the options available to our military. The military offers some of the greatest benefits that you’ll never see [...]

So you have goals, but do you have someone to talk about with them? Having an accountability partner is important to turn your words into actions and also to share ideas and success with. Knowing you don’t want to let someone down can be enough motivation to kickstart your savings. A [...]

We all seem to have great business ideas! But there are a lot of questions on how to start a business while keeping startup costs to a minimum. Many business fails and you want to learn quickly if you have a product or service that people want before you spend too [...]

Energy is all around us.. But we usually have to pay money to consume it. The quickest way to start saving some extra money is to be mindful of where you are using the energy you have to pay for in your everyday life. Most utility companies offer budget billing [...]

Vacations are awesome! But are you paying for your vacation after you got home? Don’t take it home with you and do the planning up front to leave the stress behind you. Learn what the best vacations for you are and learn from the stories we’ll share about our experiences. [...]

Life happens. But you don’t want unexpected changes in your life to wreck you finances. This is why having a backup plan is important but what is the best plan for you? It’s important to routinely evaluate your money risk in life and build a plan based on the variability [...]

Kids and money can be a serious matter. We love our kids and would do anything for them but knowing the boundaries of teaching and giving can be a tough game to play. Join us and our special guest Erik Olson as we share some insight into his life and [...]