Paul Merriman – What You Do When You Are Young, Is Golden

<p><strong>BIO: </strong>Paul Merriman is a nationally recognized authority on mutual funds, index investing, and asset allocation. After retiring in 2012 from Merriman Wealth Management, which he founded in 1983, Paul created The Merriman Financial Education Foundation, dedicated to providing investors of all ages with free information and tools to make better investment decisions.</p><p><strong>STORY:</strong> Paul has had a series of bad investments, and they were all driven by emotions. It wasn’t until Paul got the emotion out of that process that his money started to grow.</p><p><strong>LEARNING:</strong> The first five years of the money you put away can, theoretically, represent 40% of the value of your portfolio over the long term. Start investing early so that you can benefit from the compounding effect.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote class="ql-align-center"><strong>“It was not until I got the emotion out of the investing process that I started to get the money to truly grow. And to realize that the greatest success in this process is time.”</strong></blockquote><blockquote class="ql-align-center">Paul Merriman</blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Guest profile</h2><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmerrimandotcom/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Paul Merriman</strong></a> is a nationally recognized authority on mutual funds, index investing, and asset allocation.</p><p>After retiring in 2012 from Merriman Wealth Management, which he founded in 1983, Paul created <a href="https://paulmerriman.com/the-merriman-financial-education-foundation/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Merriman Financial Education Foundation</a>, dedicated to providing investors of all ages with free information and tools to make better investment decisions.</p><p>Paul is the author of eight books, including <a href="https://paulmerriman.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Were-Talking-Millions.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>We’re Talking Millions! 12 Simple Ways to Supercharge Your Retir