Paul Merriman: ‘This Is Not Just a Problem with Retail Amateur Investors’

<p>Our guest on the podcast today is financial educator and author Paul Merriman. He founded Merriman, a fee-only investment advisory firm, in 1983. He retired from Merriman in 2011 and started The Merriman Financial Education Foundation, which is dedicated to providing comprehensive financial education to investors. Merriman has written several books on investing. His latest released in November 2020 and is called <em>We're Talking Millions! 12 Simple Ways To Supercharge Your Retirement</em>. He writes a weekly column on <em>MarketWatch</em>, and he also hosts the weekly <em>Sound Investing</em> podcast.</p></p><p><h2>Background</h2></p><p><p><a href="https://paulmerriman.com/about-paul-merriman/" target="_blank">Bio</a> </p></p><p><p><a href="https://paulmerriman.com/books/" target="_blank">Books</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://paulmerriman.com/marketwatch-articles/" target="_blank"><em>MarketWatch</em> columns</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://paulmerriman.com/sound_investing/" target="_blank"><em>Sound Investing</em> podcasts</a></p></p><p><h2>Financial Education</h2></p><p><p><a href="https://paulmerriman.com/welcome/" target="_blank">The Merriman Financial Education Foundation</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.ngpf.org/about-us/" target="_blank">Next Gen Personal Finance</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.ngpf.org/blog/advocacy/ngpf-documentary/" target="_blank">NGPF Documentary: <em>The Most Important Class You Never Had</em></a>, by Tim Ranzetta, ngpf.org, March 20, 2020.</p></p><p><p>"<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/my-wild-ride-owning-gamestop-stock-11612989690?mod=paul-a-merriman" target="_blank">Opinion: My Wild Ride Owning GameStop Stock</a>," by Paul Merriman, MarketWatch, Feb. 12, 2021.</p></p><p><h2>Investments </h2></p><p><p>"<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ultimate-buy-and-hold-strategy-2013-07-17?pagenumber=1" target="_blank">The Ultimate Buy-and-Hold Strategy</a>," by Paul Merriman, <em>MarketWatch</em>, July 17, 2013.</p></p><p><p>"<a href="https://www.marke