David Littlejohn

What makes you rich? What wrecks you? What holds you back? What looks wealthy but isn’t? We made our picks, built our financial rosters, and compared answers live. Now it’s your turn to draft your financial future.

Everyone waits until January to set goals, fix their finances, and finally get their act together. But why wait? Fall has a natural reset built into it. Vacations are winding down, routines are coming back, and there’s still plenty of year left to make real progress. Forget the New Year’s resolution. Your fresh start might be right now.

Personal information is being passed around like a bag of popcorn, and you may have no idea who has it or what they’re doing with it. Companies are using data to influence what you see, what you buy, and potentially what you pay. Today we’re digging into Flock cameras, AI grocery pricing, the DELETE Act, and what it can mean for your money. Most importantly, how do you become a smarter consumer when the other side may know more about you than you think?

Dave Ramsey says 8% can work in retirement. So we tested it against historical markets, compared it to the traditional 4% approach, and looked at what actually happens when markets go up, down, and sideways. Spoiler alert: the answer isn’t as simple as picking one number and sticking with it.

Run. Jump. Swim. Yellow. Penguins. Hot dogs. Somehow, it all connects to your money. You’ll just have to listen to find out how.