As fees lower on brokerage accounts so do services. So, is a no-fee brokerage account right for you? We’ll talk about brokerage services and a ton more on today’s letters episode…along with a ton of your letters on many, many topics.

Of course, we also have headlines ripped from the biggest news sources in financial planning, throw out the Haven Life Line, feature some hair-raising trivia from Doug, and more.

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• How much money people are really earning from Uber, Airbnb, and 7 more side hustles  (Business Insider)
• How Amazon’s Alexa will upend wealth management (Financial-Planning)

<25:09>Doug’s Trivia

• Can you buy a mutual fund after 3:30 PM eastern time?

<28:18> Haven Life Line

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• Jason thinks he’s found something too good to be true. He wants our take, is it smoke and mirrors?
  • +1 to Jason for being on the lookout.
  • -1 to Jason for asking guys who hang out in their mom’s basement.

<17:30> Letters From the Mailbag

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• Marisa would like to know if it’s a good idea to put after-tax money in a 401k plan. (17:50)
• Nicole is interested in buying stock on her own, but has no experience. Advice? (20:38)
• Chris will be available for pension in a couple months. Should he delay his pension to increase his payout? (22:43)
• Jeff is involved in the FIRE movement. We recently talked about how a lot of math done in the movement is wrong. Do we have any pointers he could use to make sure he stays on track?  (37:15)
• Meech’s company will soon offer index funds. When the opportunity arises, should he rebalance his entire portfolio, allocate future contributions, or do something else?