1 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: It's time for the b a q a A. The 2 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: b a q A what to say? The b a 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: q A with Manday although she's out sick today, the 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: b a q A with him today, the b a. 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 2: Q a A. 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: It is time for Brianna Vision Questions and answers. You 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: have some questions, We have some answers. Well today is 8 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: just me because maybe have the nerve to have lost 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: her voice, honey. But I'll be the voice for both 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: of us. So although we have some answers, I don't 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: have all the answers. 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 3: Right. 13 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: I'm not your auntie, I'm not your mom, not your 14 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: financial advisor, your attorney, but I am a smart brown 15 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: girl when it comes to some money, career, business, etcetera. 16 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: So we have a guest today on b a q 17 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 2: A with day Shante. 18 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: To be exactly, she's be a listener and she has 19 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: a really great question. 20 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 2: So we invited her. Come on. 21 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: If you want to be invited to come on, and 22 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: you know you don't do go head on to Branna 23 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: Vision podcast, especially on Instagram. Leave us a voice note, 24 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: like a message voice note. When you do that, our 25 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: producer MANI will listen, and you know she might invite 26 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: you on okay, just like you won't be like you 27 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: know you do. 28 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: Welcome Sante. How are you? I'm good and you I'm 29 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 2: good good. Where are you from, Santa? I am from 30 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: the West Coast. I think I put that in the message. 31 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 4: I don't know why I had to go so hard 32 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 4: for it, but I've been born and raised in California. 33 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, West Coast Okay. So Sata, you have a 34 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: question for me? 35 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 2: What does that? 36 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 5: My question is when it comes to emergency savings, should 37 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 5: you be putting your emergency savings in a high deal 38 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 5: savings account or should you invest it into ETFs? 39 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: So, first of all, great question. 40 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: I'll say this, So one, emergency savings is a safety 41 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: net right, meaning that it is there to protect you 42 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: in case of loss of income or in case you 43 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: experience some sort of financial trauma or drama, to protect you. 44 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: The purpose of savings is not to make you money. 45 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: So I think that, like I want to like it's 46 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: almost like and some people be mad at me when 47 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: I talk about insurance, right, because you have like whole 48 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: life which I'm like boom right, Because the purpose of 49 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: insurance is not to make you money, is to protect 50 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 1: your assets, so emergency now, because we confuse emergency savings 51 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: with just money in general. Yes, we love our money 52 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: to make money, but emergency savings is literally a safety net. 53 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: So you don't want to put in a position not 54 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: to be there to protect you. Right, So, if you 55 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: put it in a high yield savings account like Allline 56 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: Only Bank or whatever, as long as I only only 57 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: bank is FDIC insured, meaning that you get your money 58 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: back up to like two fifty if you if the 59 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: bank should go under, then you can be pretty much 60 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: assured that when you need this safety net, the money 61 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: will be there. Now, the reason why we like high 62 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: yield savings is because although the perfect purpose of savings 63 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: is not to make you money, we don't want to 64 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: lose so much to the inflation. You know, right now 65 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: inflation is super on the high side, but back in 66 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: the day, inflation was like two or three percent. Emergency 67 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: savings accounts for yielding like you know, one or two percent, 68 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: so you were basically net net even it was there 69 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: ready for you in case. 70 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 2: Of and emergency. I want you to think about this, 71 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 2: like let's. 72 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: Just say you're on a on a like a flight 73 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: and the you know, like the air the mask comes down, right, 74 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: So the purpose of like the air mask coming down, 75 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: it's not for fashion, like girl, we're not looking turning looks, 76 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: is to save you in the in the case of 77 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: emergen Can you imagine like if you were like, but 78 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: it would be cute if it was like, you know, 79 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: giving a look or whatever. It's like, that's not the purpose. 80 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: So like, so that so the reason that's why so 81 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: I like ETFs. But the problem with putting your emergency savings. 82 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: So let me, I always forget what like ETF stands 83 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: for e TF, right, so at ETF, I always forget 84 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: the name. I just could I just call them ETFs 85 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:08,119 Speaker 1: all the time? 86 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 2: Right me? ETF is an exchange traded fund. 87 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: So what that is is basically, it's a basket of investments. 88 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: Typically it could be stocks, bonds, and some other investments. Right, 89 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: It's a basket that is traded like a stock a 90 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: mutual fund. The difference is just it's a basket, but 91 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: it's not traded back and forth like a stock during 92 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: the day. You can only buy mutual funds after the 93 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: market is closed. You can buy it like you know, 94 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: you can purchase a mutual fund, but it's not traded 95 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: back and forth. 96 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 2: So an ETF is almost like. 97 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: A love child between a stock, which you can buy 98 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: and sell all day, but it's one singular piece of 99 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: a company and a mutual fund, which is a basket 100 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: of stocks. 101 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 2: You know, So at ETF is like. 102 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: The love child between those two things because it's also 103 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: a basket, but it could also be traded. Hold that 104 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: thought before we continue. Let's go to break because you know, 105 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: we got more to talk about and we're back. And 106 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: what I what I do like about ETFs too, is 107 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: that the more hands on someone is on the other 108 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: side to help you manage that money, the more you're. 109 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: Going to be charged. So i'll tell you what that means. 110 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: Meaning then with a mutual fund, there is typically a 111 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: person that is picking the fund, and that the so 112 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: mutual funds the expense ratio, meaning the cost to invest 113 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: is higher because there is somebody typically actively choosing the fund. Okay, right, 114 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: so you have to pay more money because that person's like, oh, 115 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: I need to get. 116 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 2: Paid to this. 117 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: ETFs are typically like electronically generated and so there is 118 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: still an expense ratio. There's still there's still a cost. 119 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: But because it's not this person picking it, the cost 120 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: is less. And with stocks, it's you picking it, it's 121 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: not a person behind the scenes. So oftentimes there is 122 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: no expense ratio, There is no no, no fee for 123 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: trading a stock except for, like, you know, whatever the 124 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: platform is charging you. You see, the further way you 125 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: get away from human intervention, the less and less money 126 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: you pay to actually play. 127 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: Does that make sense? It makes perfect sense, you know. 128 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: And so I just say all that to say that 129 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 1: I do want you to invest he but not with 130 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,679 Speaker 1: your emergency fund, because now that you've worn your face 131 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: masks for fashion, the plane is going down. What you're 132 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: gonna breathe with? You know what I mean. So it's like, 133 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: so I, at the very least, what. 134 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 2: You could do? Do you like, do you have an 135 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: emergency fund? Do you have money set aside? 136 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 5: Now? 137 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 2: I sure do? Okay? Good. 138 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: So what you might consider tay is say, once I 139 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 1: get to three months, anything excessive over three months, I. 140 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: Can invest, okay, or. 141 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: You might say any depending on Now three months is 142 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: the bare minimum, depending on how quickly you can replace 143 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 1: your income if necessary. So like three months for a 144 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 1: nurse is more than enough, three months for a teacher 145 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: probably more than enough. 146 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 2: Three months. 147 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: For maybe an engineer, they might need six months. So 148 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: whatever your bare minimum is that you would need months 149 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: to replace your income. Once you get to that, then 150 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: anything outside of that, absolutely you ought to invest it. 151 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: Okay, that makes sense. Okay, it's hard sense, yes, right. 152 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: So I just want you to I want you to 153 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: visualize when you're like, oh man, this money's not making 154 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: money for you. I want you to visualize someone walking 155 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: down the street with their air masks from the airplane, 156 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: turning a look. Meanwhile, someone's up in the sky, like 157 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: I need my mask. Who took the mask from the plane? 158 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: You know they want the stunt and now we need it, Like, 159 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: you know, you don't want to take that money that 160 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: you need. The purpose of emergency savings is protective. There's 161 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: some money that's meant to earn, there's some money that's 162 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: meant to grow, and there's some money that's. 163 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 2: Meant to protect. And that's protective money. Okay, protecting money, Yeah, 164 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 2: that's protecting money. 165 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: Is there to protect you in the case of emergency 166 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: at least three months, more and more if you feel 167 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: more comfortable. 168 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 2: But I will say it is possible to save too much. 169 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: I think that's what you're thinking about, because there might 170 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: be people who have five years worth to save. 171 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: I'm just making that up. That's too much. That's too much. 172 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: You know, once you get to whatever that thresholders, you're 173 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: three months or six months. Anything above that, you're right 174 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: that money is being wasted. 175 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 2: And I have been there. I'm sorry. 176 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 4: I just think like I have to switch my mind 177 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 4: from like you said, it's not meant. 178 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 2: To make you money, it's meant to protect you. I 179 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 2: have to switch my mind to that. 180 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: You know, it's like your warm winter coat versus your 181 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: cute winter coat. 182 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 2: Right, you're like, it's really gold out. 183 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: Well, you wouldn't know because you're in California or whatever. 184 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: It does get a little cold, right, But don't you 185 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: have some things where you're like, this is my big, old, 186 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: ignorant coat, where it's not about cuteness, it's just because 187 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: it's cold out. 188 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 2: And then I have like something else. 189 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 1: It's like it don't really keep me warm, but it's 190 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: really so I could be cute when I go out. 191 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 4: Yes, like I got the jacket I would buy versus 192 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 4: the jacket my mama brought me exactly. 193 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: So I want you to be like, this money is 194 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: saving that's my mama bought jacket. 195 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 2: Right, It's like, all right, this is. 196 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: My responsible you know, and anything above that then I 197 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: can start looking at jackets that I'm purchasing for myself. 198 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 2: Okay, So just like you know, yeah, that's really good. Okay, good? 199 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 2: Well was it helpful? 200 00:08:58,800 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 5: Yeah? 201 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 2: It was so much like I'm wanted to change my 202 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 2: whole game plan. So thank you. Good, I appreciate it. 203 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 5: Good. 204 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 2: Now you're welcome. 205 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 3: I talked to you though, because oh my god, I 206 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 3: cannot wait. 207 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: I will tell you mom, what's your mom? 208 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: You bet? 209 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: What's her name? Help woe. 210 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 1: Over here to ask you a good, smart and relevant 211 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: financial question. 212 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 2: You did a good job to Sevet. Oh she'd let 213 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 2: me hear that. 214 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 5: So thank you so much. 215 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 2: I appreciated so much. 216 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 3: Here we go, bye bye, Hey ba fan, we could 217 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 3: not do this show without your support or the support 218 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 3: of our team behind the scenes. The Brown Emission Podcast 219 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 3: is produced by Cumulus Podcast Network. It's edited by the 220 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 3: wonderful Emani Crosby and produced by Tanya Bustos. 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