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Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
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Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
@mbontrager5
Promoting pursuit of continuous improvement & financial education. | Dislike IULs, theft, & financial scammers. | RT/Likes ≠ Endorsement. | Views are my own.
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Nov 9, 2023
    From the Ramsey Show (November 2, 2023): This disturbing video rant from Dave Ramsey demonstrates an ongoing ignorance of safe withdrawal rates and sequence of returns risk, plus a combative insistence on using 12% average linear returns assumptions over decades. Dave publicly
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Jun 4, 2022
    The guy has 1.5 million followers on TikTok. This is what it looks like giving financial advice with no accountability or fiduciary requirements, versus what actual financial advisors are subject to.
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Apr 18, 2024
    Why invest in index funds at all when you can just pick the top individual stocks?
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Jun 8, 2022
    Replying to @danielcrosby
    Coke Zero is what you need.
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Jul 31, 2022
    If TikTok didn’t exist, nobody would know about these secrets of the wealthy.
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Aug 9, 2022
    Make it stop. Please.
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Nov 10, 2023
    Wow. In 24 hours, this tweet video got 2.3 million impression views and has been trending all day. The snowball method really works.
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Nov 9, 2023
    From the Ramsey Show (November 2, 2023): This disturbing video rant from Dave Ramsey demonstrates an ongoing ignorance of safe withdrawal rates and sequence of returns risk, plus a combative insistence on using 12% average linear returns assumptions over decades. Dave publicly
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Nov 14, 2023
    Supernerds Unite Against Dave Ramsey’s 8% Safe Withdrawal Rate Guidance by @davidmblanchett @WadePfau @FinkeonFinance
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    Supernerds Unite Against Dave Ramsey's 8% Safe Withdrawal Rate Guidance
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Apr 18, 2024
    Replying to @MarkTeerlinck
    selling courses probably accounts for 4.6mm
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Jan 30, 2023
    The IUL is a complex permanent life insurance product causing a widespread epidemic of financial misinformation, promulgated by novices whose knowledge of financial planning concepts is as limited as their ability to act as a fiduciary.
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Nov 9, 2023
    Replying to @murphywealth_
    It's his daughter
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Oct 26, 2023
    Guru declares he will live to be 144 years old.
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Feb 9, 2023
    Been seeing permanent life insurance reps use statistic that 99% of term policies never pay out. Exactly, that’s the point.
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Nov 9, 2023
    It's trending, ya'll
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    Marvin Bontrager, Ph.D.
    @mbontrager5
    Nov 9, 2023
    From the Ramsey Show (November 2, 2023): This disturbing video rant from Dave Ramsey demonstrates an ongoing ignorance of safe withdrawal rates and sequence of returns risk, plus a combative insistence on using 12% average linear returns assumptions over decades. Dave publicly
    28K
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