--- title: What if the Financial Gurus Have Led Us Wrong Just Like the Conventional Diet Gurus Have? description: What if the Financial Gurus Have Led Us Wrong Just Like the Conventional Diet Gurus Have? --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2012/04/12/what-if-the-financial-gurus-have-led-us-wrong-just-like-the-conventional-diet-gurus-have#) # What if the Financial Gurus Have Led Us Wrong Just Like the Conventional Diet Gurus Have? Apr 12, 2012 11:00:02 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) [![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png "money_pit")](http://catholicmom.com/2012/04/12/what-if-the-financial-gurus-have-led-us-wrong-just-like-the-conventional-diet-gurus-have/money_pit/)For almost *twenty five *years, Kent and I have been listening to all the mainstream financial gurus.  We’ve been good little children and dutifully **funded our retirement accounts** by investing in **mutual funds **through **401-Ks **and ** IRAs**.  We’ve continued through all the **stock market highs and lows**, beginning when we were married in our early twenties... 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