Habits that can add millions to your retirement

In this conversation, Paul Merriman talks with Rational Reminder Podcast hosts Benjamin Felix and Cameron Passmore , about how the right habits and investing approach can add millions to your retirement nest egg. Topics include:

• Paul’s investing philosophy, and how it’s been influenced by the work of Eugene Fama.


• Why Vanguard’s portfolio allocation ensures that clients have the smoothest possible emotional relationship with their investments.


• The benefits of simple vs. complex funds, and how simple funds fit with the preferences of many do-it-yourself investors.


• Why emotion — and not strategy — gets in the way of successful investing.


• The challenges of sticking to portfolios that are heavily weighted in small-cap value stocks.


• The difficulties in working with clients, and the role of financial advisors.


• Top habits and beliefs that lead to investing success; a key focus of his latest book, We’re Talking Millions .


• Target date glide paths.


• How Paul’s foundation educates investors.


• The relationship between money and a life well-lived.

The Rational Reminder Podcast is a weekly podcast on sensible investing and financial decision-making for Canadians. Each week, hosts  Benjamin Felix and Cameron Passmore , Portfolio Managers at PWL Capital , discuss topics related to personal finance, investing, behavior, and financial markets with the intention of making our listeners better, more rational investors. You can watch this interview on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SPAYhKKDDY