{"id":2839,"date":"2015-11-03T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2015-10-15T02:01:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T06:01:21","slug":"filtering-out-good-financial-advice-vs-financial-advice-thats-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/filtering-out-good-financial-advice-vs-financial-advice-thats-good-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Filtering Out Good Financial Advice vs. Financial Advice That\u2019s Good for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Stocks-Crash-When-Interest-Rates-Go-Up.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2823\" src=\"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Stocks-Crash-When-Interest-Rates-Go-Up.png\" alt=\"Filtering Out Good Financial Advice vs. Financial Advice That\u2019s Good for You\" width=\"854\" height=\"482\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These financial \u201cgurus\u201d reach millions of people a day, and for the most part, give pretty good advice. However, that doesn\u2019t mean that their advice is good for you. Why? The financial shows they advise for are geared towards the sound bite; entertaining, generic, broad, and quick.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a common piece of advice given is that a Roth IRA or Roth 401(k) is the best way to go. And, for some it probably is. To know if it\u2019s best for you requires a financial professional to know more background information on your individual situation.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5OP64RVn2JM\" target=\"_blank\">this informative video<\/a>, Brian Fricke explains the kind of background information that is required to make a more informed decision.<\/p>\n<p>Brian\u2019s suggestion? Use advice from media \u201cgurus\u201d as a good source of general information, but keep in mind that your specific situation, values, and goals should drive your final actions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; These financial \u201cgurus\u201d reach millions of people a day, and for the most part, give pretty good advice. However, that doesn\u2019t mean that their advice is good for you. Why? The financial shows they advise for are geared towards the sound bite; entertaining, generic, broad, and quick. For example, a common piece of advice given is that a Roth &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/filtering-out-good-financial-advice-vs-financial-advice-thats-good-for-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[48,18,19,27,55,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianfricke.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}