Scott’s Personal Finance | Prof G Markets

In a sweeping conversation, Scott shares the source of his anxieties around money, how he thinks about money and marriage, his approach to spending, and his financial plan for his death. Finally, he answers one big question: is wealth worth the work?
Timestamps:
00:00 - Number of the Week
01:22: What do you consider your greatest strength and weakness as an investor?
15:10 - From a purely financial perspective - how should you approach marriage?
20:18 - When did you first feel financially secure?
25:38 - Have you ever taken on debt?
27:42 - When did you buy your first house?
28:19 - Should young people buy homes?
32:35 - How do you view alternative investments?
38:23 - How did you get to a position where you have access to high-return investments?
44:41 - What is your approach to spending?
51:43 - How do you think about planning for your death?
54:49 - Has being rich lived up to your expectations?
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[@d1ffer]

The thing i love most with Scott is how humble he is, and how honest he is with his mistakes.

[@platoscavealum902]

I agree

[@Username_CC_]

Having 9 figures negates that I'm sorry

[@ViktorFerenczi]

Yeah, humbe-brag

[@scottgould]

He's frightfully arrogant

[@aaronrey2658]

Ed, thank you for a fantastic interview! Your other career should be interviews... This is one of the greatest personal interviews on the value of time, investing, honesty Ive ever watched or listened to.. Thank you Scott ...Go Bruins! Go Qs bar Mafia..

[@AjayPoriya]

Scott's unfiltered insights on money, marriage, and wealth are a must-watch!

[@farbodba]

I love and appreciate how honestly Scott was answering every question with no politics and no bullshit around it. Respect!

[@abbyready5481]

One of my favorite Prof G shows to date. Thanks for sharing, Scott.

[@mauriciojimenez1979]

I never take the time to comment on anything- good or bad- but this was too good to not take the time to do so. It’s without a doubt the best episode yet. Looking forward to reading your next book.

[@justinewert2166]

I really appreciate the open and honest information you provide in this interview Scott. Thank you both for working on these podcasts. A good source of learning for me personally.

[@rezam87]

I deeply enjoyed this talk! Thanks for sharing! 🙏

[@MrWetube87]

Glad I found this channel. Great interview.

[@drmkiwi]

Thank you for great episodes every week and this one topped the lot. Essential listening for late teens and early twenty somethings. Cheers, David

[@ZoffPhx]

Fantastic interview. I feel like at age 54 I have made so many mistakes that it be tough to recover from before I go to the other side. Scott I enjoy your insights they motivate me to be better and work my out of this hole I created. My father always said life isnt a dress rehearsal. So you better live it in my eyes

[@vreneli79]

This is Scott's greatest work! What a service to humanity. Thank you for your candor and insight.

[@philopapos]

This is a goldmine of an interview! Tnx for being direct, candid and informative!

[@sarasas5631]

Great episode and quests team! Scott thanks for sharing!

[@thejudgeholden]

It takes balls of steel to be this vulnerable for the good of the public and talking about issues once faced so openly, offering great advice and being a role model. I always see Scott as he's become the father he never had and I'm happy that he's living the shit out of life and shares what he learned so openly.

[@mikert89]

This is the best episode I’ve ever heard from Scott

[@JoalexerIsrael]

Really quality answers for how to handle personal finances

[@-Gramps]

Thanks for being so open & honest about your personal knowledge and experience! I, too, realized I needed to get serious about investing after my first child was born. Unfortunately, I grew up with a father that had absolutely no impulse control with spending & gambling. Consequently, I had absolutely no role model regarding money management. I wish your information had been available 40 years ago.

[@kenmurray2765]

so glad this link got posted on Reddit! Great 1 hr.. so worth it!

[@erik8186]

Appreciate the candor. Helpful.

[@vvolfbelorven7084]

I love this. What Scott is doing is bringing down the knowledge to the rest of us - common folk at the moment. The best part is 38:30 and 44:48: "Elbow your way into the position"

[@amylee9]

Loved this interview.

[@DaveCadoff]

Well done, gentlemen. Well done.

[@nickalonso1227]

Just refound you today on KZbin was a avid watcher of your L2 content, glad I found you again your advice in your recent videos couldn’t have come during a more relevant time, thanks Scott

[@gsershhs]

This is so informative. Thank you, everyone behind the show.

[@mrjvc]

Wow, this was one of the best ones. Thanks

[@fabianalangdemattos7110]

Great interview!! Scott, I love the way you think and how honest you are at yourself.

[@dhpdaedalusStudio]

Wow, amazing episode. Thanks!

[@kapdolkim1914]

This one was great. I am a similar age and a lot hits home.

[@eliphino12]

Love hearing the nitty gritty from Scott. A question about charitable giving- How do you select good causes to give to? I know there are services like charity navigator but these seem to be orgs that just give a rating based on how good the charity is at paperwork and admin tasks, not necessarily correlated to impact. How does Scott make this selection?

[@realdeal139]

Scott is the best!

[@ReasonableHuman1]

Great interview

[@stockplan]

Scott thank yo for your advice and giving me financial hope, not doing good$$, you give me hope , thank you

[@ZeeWatcher1000]

I love this content. I was so heartbroken when the L2 episodes stopped.

[@JP-om3ou]

Great content and insight. Love the honesty; love the generosity

[@77magicbus]

Love this interview. Great questions and great answers and honest conversation with Scott being very honest and forthright about his mistakes and the consequences of those mistakes. Lots of wisdom here. thanks

[@chukkaemmanuel]

Usually not a fan of videos over 20mins but this got me hooked especially being young though not too young but just fresh out of uni. A lot of wisdom in this interview really

[@gordonsteen8415]

Great questions.

[@hopefully2224]

Prenup should be required. I hate how men always say they were financially ruined. It should not be that way. However the true monetary value of a womans contribution, if she stays at home, needs to be acknowledged when they still love each other.

[@MattHayek]

Great video, definitely sending this to some friends.

[@jeriboxx4331]

Great one! Who ever pitched this gets a gold star for the week! ⭐️

[@mattwooddc]

stopping by to say that this episode was really good. thanks, @ed, thanks, @scott

[@sammysway1765]

Great pod 👌

[@11FBA11]

great show. lots of insight.

[@leevesterthemolester7889]

Great content

[@steveng8727]

Awesome interview, appreciate the thoughtful conversation, hello from the Philippines.

[@JazzyBee12]

I love this guy man, he gets it. Shit ain’t easy out here and you need to put in the work to get results. But make sure you take care of #1.

[@nigelhsenior]

Love the brutal honesty :)

[@bobbyb7568]

yet he will tell you to cut emissions and go green while he drinks Champagne from diamonds and flies private all over the world!?

[@pullups2759]

Great interview and great interviewer

[@mrb6309]

Can't believe this kind of content only has 140K subscribers. This is GOLD

[@DanieleO.]

What I admire of you, is that with your money you bought such a freedom that you can say whatever you think it is worth saying, and often even aginst your same interests in stake.

[@user-dm7xb7ji1h]

Prof G, Great financial advice. You clearly know how to make money and your teaching and experience is much appreciated. And very helpful true-life stories to make the points. I also appreciate the transparency about your personal life.The advice about how money allows you to solidify relationships is clearly not expert advice. Maybe I'm wrong. I'd love to hear specifically how you use money to solidify your relationships. I think an expert would say that using money to solidify relationships is akin to putting all of your financial assets in a single, very risky investment. I don't think it's a very healthy (or true) message. I particularly felt a little bad for your young co-host. I say that respectfully. Love, which is what all good relationships are built on, transcends money by orders of magnitude. They barely belong in the same conversation, except maybe in a very narrow scope. I don't want to take away from all of the good stuff and good intentions in this episode. Just thought it important to challenge the part about solidifying relationships with money. It doesn't work.

[@Orange949]

I recently came across your content and unbelievable how much valuable information you provide for free. Thank you Sir!

[@aaronrey2658]

I do think if someone has enough wealth in their lifetime that creating intergenerational wealth in a family across time matters. Building trusts that have rules for support, success. So that the next generation can start off solid but still needs to work for success. Example: Trust that has following support rules,, For Kids, grandkids, great, great-great grand kids.. For Kids 0-15 yrs old supporting their life basics+, being a good kid, thoughtful, good to others, sports, scouts, lifeguard etc.. 16-26 yrs old Focus on schools, work, trade skills, military or public service, basic used car, performance driven outcomes for them 27-35 yrs old getting life organized, basic home, career launch, becoming a good steward of the trust & basic+ support for the next set of kids.. rinse, repeat..

[@kjetilwasteson6204]

Great episode, thank you! One thing tho; Does he ever smile?😅

[@jessetrott2549]

Wow guys. This episode is so good. Great interview.

[@flavingp]

Thanks for being transparent Scott, you will help a lot of peeps!

[@ZatWarrior]

I’ve been watching your videos, Scott, since I was 16, about 7 years ago with Gartner L2. Between the podcast, interviews, book ‘The Four’ (I bought it but it is in my closet mostly unread) I’d like to say, thank you. I don’t agree with you on everything, but I appreciate you striving to make engaging and valuable content for the masses.

[@BodyByBenSLC]

16:00 I worked at a ritzy gym, it was for upper and upper middle class people. 11am gym was packed with stay at home moms, some were my clients. I was shocked at what I was told and/or overhead, they would give each other tips on how to hind and steal money from husbands. One woman I was training told me she had stopped taking birth control and did not tell husband because she needed his money for another 18 years. Money changes people and not for the best.

[@BodyByBenSLC]

Love is for teenagers, poor people and gay dudes.

[@may-maytanymaytany_s3417]

Wow, subscribe.he’s super kind and super honest. Got so much from listening to his life experiences and investing journey.🙏

[@Freakagomy]

This guy is a national treasure and massively inspirational. Thank you both so for this content.

[@HOWARD963_]

57:00 ♥️

[@dosesandmimoses]

This is sound financial advice.. it can even be as easy as $250.00/mo beginning at 24.. with a little luck with timing and recognizing certain market patterns with the help of an advisor.. you can at least use the advantages of time and dollar cost averaging upon reinvesting returns.

[@abcdefghijklmmm930]

What do you think of the concept techno feudalism teem used by yanis Varufakis

[@tecala1]

This was an excellent session. Great questions from aspirational relative youth to middle age success.

[@David-xb1ji]

Holy shit. 9 figures and still not feeling financially secure

[@jackjack4412]

He's full of it.

[@sparrowhk]

SG: I passed 9 figures a long time ago, and to this day I still have huge financial anxiety Me: Ok you're ill

[@mmm-cake]

👏👏

[@jasn010]

47:30. When you have worked so hard your whole life and saved like crazy, now you just want to finally enjoy it. You deserve it Scott

[@Username_CC_]

Bro he has 9 figures thats insane

[@mykatton]

Exceptionally great video. I think it is important not to downplay passive index investing. $100k x 50yrs x15% per year is $100,000,000. - Granted that is at the high end of the return range - (the S&P 500 is about 10% per year). But please remember $0.02c (two pennies), doubled every day for the month of August returns $10 million on the first day of September. Use, covered calls and +25% leverage, judiciously along the way as you decide.

[@jackiechan8840]

This is like therapy for us all.

[@platoscavealum902]

👍

[@Lightgatha]

The young guy looks like the unbroken version of Prof G

[@jamesd6717]

Truth bombs all over that first 10 mins! Great

[@dollarette]

From the standpoint of an impoverished Canadian, Prof G's complaint of only making 300K US per year is a slap in any toothless Canadian's face. The compounding wealth of the US is just astonishing relative to hinterland countries like Canada and Mexico. Our currency alone automatically gives us a 30% kneecapping.

[@TravisRiver]

It's actually a slap in any NY'ers face in 2023 as wel. He's talking about levels of wealth (like they're attainable) that only 1% will see. In reality, capitalism has us all believing we're a bunch of temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

[@craigcruz8206]

If the exchange rate is Canada’s knee capping then private healthcare in America is their gang beating. In Canada we make life-saving choices in America they make life savings choices. Further, there is less disparity between the haves, and have nots.

[@henrikwakman7776]

Complaining keeps you poor. Think upwards, don't relish bad circumstances.

[@oldschoolpanels]

Then move.

[@nocareernofear]

If 5% of this advice becomes relevant to me, I'll be doing much better than I am now

[@robdogglbc]

Incredible, the last about 8 mins is some of the best advise I've heard

[@DS-nv8bi]

how much for jab injuries

[@joeaaronsen]

Spending money is not the road to happiness.

[@johnhogan5766]

This guy must be fun at parties

[@ericwood3709]

I wish I had known about this channel before I started playing around with investing, but I'm glad I know about it now :) I have been learning the hard way of the value of being diversified and investing in safer instruments. The Vanguard index funds look great, for example. Now I'm going for a nice mix of those and government treasury bills, bond/treasury-based ETFs, and a selection of companies that seem like either a safe bet or something worth gambling a little on based on various factors. It is also a challenge learning not to panic-sell and not to buy into hype. I don't recall if he said it here or in another video, but the good professor did mention that once you're hearing about it, it's probably too late.

[@casual_designer]

4 mil investment. I see. Let me take a note of that!

[@willowgarth]

Spending $400k a month is some going, even by Prof G standards!

[@GasMart623]

De-risk by selling early. Exactly act like an adult!

[@claymelton]

The divorce comments are caught in my filter of things to ignore. I think that is a dangerous filter we all carry! We should listen to your advice!

[@polish2x91]

How to buy a home in Brooklyn: step one, move out of Brooklyn. Step two if you work remotely: move to Ohio.

[@iancoleman5555]

Please speak to some climate scientists, you're living in a totally different world to them

[@kenklak]

"you're in the top 1% of whatever you are, 14-year-olds, " ... Ed didn't even flinch. I love this show.

[@mrplatink]

What are some of the amazing things the world offers? Could you write a book on the ways you've spent sh*** tons of money?

[@manzo31]

How old is Ed?

[@boroditsky]

I'm sorry now that I watched this video. I had had a higher opinion of Scott before watching it. I guess I had been projecting my own hopes for you being a more enlightened and evolved individual.

[@paulbernard2094]

Great show today.

[@GasMart623]

Gail force winds (Lucky)

[@jjohnson2912]

I’m very curious as to the advice that would be given to those not born white male with gale force winds at their backs? Because they’re already at a disadvantage according to this point.

[@barriehep1759]

It’s incredibly generous of you Scott to tell folks all this. Because I’d heard to do it before, I’ve tried to copy you in explaining to others some of the stuff that people just never explain to you. (Like you get wealthy from assets, not from your salary….) I hope I do it as humbly* as you do here (*not a word normally associated with Prog G 😂)

[@Username_CC_]

He has 100 mil and you think his words are generous lmao fool

[@thomas6502]

Wow, ignore Scott's advice on not being in the room when your children are born. ;-) (Learned nothing... makes me wonder about the other stuff. Sigh.) That said, really appreciate the discussion. Thanks Ed (and co.) for the great questions, and thank you professor for the candid talk.

[@browser703]

Your watery eyes are proof that you are sincere about what you say Scott, thanks.

[@GasMart623]

Wow - "Need a million a year."

[@richardkule9384]

RangeRover & Cocaine habit? Lets roll.

[@andrewyoung7712]

Die With Zero….Bill Perkins

[@gotgear01]

can i be your friend?