Whether your flipping channels or browsing through a magazine, at some point you’ll come across snippets of financial advice. By itself, the advice isn’t dangerous, but how you choose to apply it can be. At the New York Times we’re discussing how relying on general financial advice can be dangerous to your financial health. How do you decide what you need to do?

Special thanks to Dylan Ross at Swan Financial Planning for his suggestion on how to improve this sketch.

Ignore Generic Financial Advice (New York Times)