We get it: Managing your personal finances isn’t easy. And that’s not just because modern life is expensive or because the math gets complicated. It’s also because anything involving money can be inherently adversarial — other people and organizations want a piece of yours, and if they can acquire more of it, they’ll try to.
In the “What’s Up, Bro?” segment of the Motley Fool Answers podcast, Robert Brokamp shares three stories in that vein with co-host Alison Southwick. The first illustrates why even if you can get low-cost health insurance, you might not want to. The second concerns the unpleasant fact that even if investors don’t sell their mutual funds, they can still wind up paying capital gains taxes. And the third is a reminder that your broker could sometimes be steering you into investments…
