Joseph Hogue – Let’s Talk Money

Joseph Hogue worked in private wealth management and venture capital for more than a decade before creating his online business. He has self-published 10 books on personal finance and investing. He also runs multiple websites and a popular YouTube channel with over 17K subscribers. Joseph Hogue Vroom Veer Stories What was your experience growing up in Iowa?  Jeff grew up in rural northern Michigan What did you get out of serving in the Marine Corps? Went to college at IOWA and went immediately into a corporate job in Finance; was really bored in a cubical Escaped to Columbia to a work as a consultant while still single; found a wife but not enough income...yet Moved back to IOWA and worked a government job for 5 years while working on his side hustles; websites and freelancing Learned that early retirement is not really what we should be aiming for; because the classic version of retirement is boring to the nth degree Basic investment approach is to have 70-80 percent of your money in boring low fee index funds; and if you want to; explore riskier ideas with the remaining 20-30 percent The riskier ideas fill the emotional desire to "be doing something" and scratches some sort of itch that can be fun Joseph Hogue Connections Here I detail that core-satellite strategy I talked about A post I talk more about that first money mistake and how it's more important to set realistic goals My Work from Home blog Peer Finance 101 Let's Talk Money Youtube Channel