Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
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Should you invest in scary stocks, scarier crypto, or a bag of air?
To make money you need to take risk, but you need to know yourself and be a smart, REAL investor.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
What Should You Do if a Bear Approaches?
Welcome to another EMERGENCY MARKET edition of Talking Real Money addressing the elephant, er, uh, bear entering the room.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Call us BEFORE you make a major money mistake!
Investing your money is a major financial decision, and like all other major decisions in life, you should do your research.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Take a caller-driven, wild ride through an array of important money issues
We always preach diversification, so in this episode we diversified our topics to cover a wide range of valuable information. HELOCs and crypto and Social Security, oh my!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
How do you decide when and how to take Social Security in retirement?
For most retirees, Social Security will be their future foundation. That's why it is important to have a plan for your future payments.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
What should you do after the stock market has dramatically declined?
The Dow losing over 1,000 points sounds scary, but how bad was the recent decline in stocks prices historically?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
TIme for an emergency market perspective intervention
With the stock market appearing to plummet, it seems like a great time for a perspective adjustment. Here's a short bonus edition of Talking Real Money.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Investing isn't a complicated as you might think
Real investing is pretty simple. It's only made to appear complex by those who want to get their hands on your money.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
That "free" steak dinner could cost you thousands of dollars
Those free steak dinners have a catch and that catch could cost you. In addition, often the pitch is a well-crafted series of lies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
That "free" steak dinner could cost you thousands of dollars
Those free steak dinners have a catch and that catch could cost you. In addition, often the pitch is a well-crafted series of lies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Last-minute steps you can take to reduce your 2018 tax bill
You have a month left to take some steps to reduce this year's taxes. How to be a better investor at any age. Who should you believe?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
How to avoid panicking in bad markets and learn to accept them
The stock market will always fall at times. You will never know exactly when it will happen, nor how far it will fall. So, invest right initially.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Bitcoin: Is it a currency, an investment, or something far more dangerous?
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the cryptocurrency craziness, maybe it's time to face the facts about this economic phantasm.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Stop believing that someone can predict the future direction of your investments
"What is the market doing?" "What will the market do?" The only question that can be answered is "What has the market done?"Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Where do you get your financial advice?
To enjoy a better financial future, you probably need better advice. Find out why most of the traditional sources of investment advice are so horribly flawed.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
What happens to your future if those dividends run dry?
Is dividend investing a sound retirement income strategy? Plus, what is a 529-A plan?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Stock prices have fallen. What should you do about it?
What should investors do about the elephant in the room; the recent declines in the equity markets.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Your wallet is back on the menu at those free steak dinners.
With the demise of the fiduciary requirement, annuity salespeople are back with a vengeance. Plus, we continue the ten keys to real investing with the last five!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Learn the investing strategy that can save your sanity in scary markets.
In this episode, we look back at recent stock at last week’s interesting stock market declines and what they might mean for your investments. We take a historical look back at the US market and consider the effects of different investment strategies over the last century. Don takes calls on college fund investing and portfolio withdrawals. We kick off the ten keys to real investing with the first five and will be doing the second five next week.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
The Ballad of Wade Crook or You Can't Keep a Good Con Down
Wade Cook is back and still selling seminars. What better way to celebrate this dumbfounding news than parody podcast. Then we talk about insurance, stock picking perils and the danger of cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Suze Orman's and Dave Ramsey's Investing Advice is Bad for You
A special episode focusing on why most of the popular financial advice providers – like Dave Ramsey or Suze Orman – give so much terrible investing advice.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
How you can enjoy a brighter future by avoiding active money management
In this episode of Talking Real Money Quick, Don takes a few calls on proper portfolio allocation and whether it is worth having any actively managed funds. We also breeze through some reminders about avoiding speculation and following financial science rather than outdated beliefs.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
What lessons can you learn from a bad financial advisor?
In this short episode of the Talking Real Money, Don was broadcasting live from FinCon 2018 in Orlando. He talks about some of the classes he attended and his surprise encounter with Woodbridge Ponzi promoter, Jordan Goodman.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Gold, BitCoin, Chocolate
On today’s episode, Don answers questions on how to find a reliable fiduciary in your area and the continual, healthy diversification of a portfolio. We also touch on investing intuition and why it is not to be trusted, market foresight, risk management and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Protect Yourself
In this episode, Tom is joined by ConsumerMan Herb Weisbaum in Don’s absence. We talk about pet insurance, free credit freezes and check fraud. In addition, we discuss estate planning and wills; financial advisors, and why you should stick to fee-only fiduciaries.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Sky High Stocks
In this episode, Tom is joined by securities attorney, Lawrence Cock (yes, they are brothers). Today we discuss the Dow’s all-time high at the end of last week, and look back at some of the times in history it plunged. We also talk about financial fraud and avoiding Ponzi schemes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Commodity Games
Don takes calls on small cap investing, portfolios, credit scores and more. Spliced in between these we hear why stocks are still the best place to put your money, the arguments against commodities as investment, and why money and happiness are not actually as disconnected as has often been said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Dialing in Risk
Today on the show we are answering your money questions, about the tax implications of transferring funds from a 401(k), equities versus fixed income investments, student loan refinancing, and why it is so important to understand your risk profile before making your investment choice. We also broach the topic of fiduciaries, and what you should always ask them. So for all the strategies and tips to make your money life a lot better, don’t miss out on this great episode!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Buy Norway?
The long podcast returns, as Don and Tom answer questions on a Roth 401k, disability insurance, and inheritance investments. They also chat about deceitful annuities, the US markets this year and investing in Norway in 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Taking in Slowly
In this episode, Don fields questions on the amount of cash held by index, and the best way to deal with an inherited IRA. Plus, he discusses money and happiness, surrender fees and the problems with some stock brokers and advisors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Conflict Free?
In this episode we discuss investing in ETFs versus mutual funds, why you should stay away from actively managed funds, and understanding that you cannot build wealth without the inherent risk. Finally, we also dig into what to look for when choosing your financial adviser and what questions to ask in making your decision.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Healthy Savings
On today’s pocket-sized episode we tackle health savings accounts and consider low-cost (or no-cost) offerings from Fidelity and Vanguard. Don also packs in a few reminders about the evils of actively managed funds and those who claim to know the future. Finally, we consider the flimsiness of bitcoin investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Designation Decipher
Great calls and valuable information to help you manage money better. Don answers questions on finding a fiduciary advisor and the meanings of various professional designations. He also takes calls of 529 plan allocation and getting a late start on retirement. He also offer some thoughts on global investing, actively managed funds, and why risk so important in growing your funds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Grown Up Bullies
In this episode, Tom and Don are tackling the adult equivalent of those old bullies who stole your lunch money. We hear from one caller who does not know how much commission her advisor is taking even though she has asked him multiple times. We also talk about the myths of actively managed funds and clever ways to think about your Social Security as you reach the age of collection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Collapsing Woodbridge
An update on the now official Woodbridge Ponzi scheme. Many of this episodes calls focus on moving money from one place to another. Don and Tom help a few callers with different variations of this problem from avoiding taxation to finding the right place for an inheritance in the short term.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Quick: Mortgage Inverted
This episode is jam packed with great questions and useful investing information for all listeners. Don answers this week’s queries on reverse mortgages, early retirement and the concept of F.I.R.E. and discusses the recent, long running bull market and the real value of gold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Shockingly Expensive
In this episode, discuss a bond fund with outrageously high fees and extraordinary risk. Listen in as they chat about easily accessible online resources for money management, retirement preparation, and how to invest cleverly from a young age. They also talk about inflation and why silver has not actually increased in value in the last hundred years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Money Media Mendacity
Today’s topics include which investing personalities, on TV and radio, should be trusted, living your life smartly with the constant alerts to impending doom, Jim Cramer and why investing estimates are framed in a particular way.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Quick: Figuring the Future
In this episode of Talking Real Money Quick we explore the evils of stock picking and why investment decisions should not be made from emotional or intuitive areas of our brain, the best retirement calculator, Ponzi schemes and much more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
How Much Risk?
This episode’s topics range from savings accounts to annuities. Don and Tom tackle your questions about IRAs, pensions and bond funds. We also pack in some useful information on the resources available on our website and how to use RisQuiz to help you on your investment journey.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Stick to Debt Talk
Dave Ramsey has helped a lot of people manage their debt and become savers. However, his investing advice leaves a whole lot to be desired because he has a huge financial interest in promoting brokers.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Quick: Pecuniary Puzzles
Bite-sized money bits including: Things the financial industry hides from you. Who is less honest? Stock brokers or insurance agents? The common thread through all the so-called crises of recent history. How the rule of seventy-two can help you calculate future worth. Plus, much moreLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Silver's So Sad
Most of those in the financial services industry are not looking out for you, they’re looking out for themselves. In this episode, Don shows you how to look out for you. He also gets into commodities with a caller who's promoting silver. How has silver done when compared with equities and the growth of the global economy.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
What's the Catch?
Tom's on vacation, so Don talks about fund fee wars. Last week, Fidelity Funds announced two new funds, Fidelity Zero Total Market and The Fidelity Zero International without zero expenses. In other words, Fidelity is going to lose a lot of money on them.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Quick: Home as Investment?
Are homes great investments? The reality of home price appreciation has been far different than we’ve been lead to believe. Why we often feel like we knew what the markets were going to do, when in fact we knew nothing at all. Plus, much more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
No Money Magic
The path to a great future is paved with money. But to have money you have to manage it properly. To manage it properly you need to find somebody that you can absolutely trust to do what’s best for you. Like a fiduciary.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Two Stock Melt
Tom and Don discuss the plunging price of two very well-known companies, Facebook and Twitter. Their message: Avoid individual stocks! In addition we take your calls on a variety of issues from charitable gift annuities to stock allocationLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Quick: More Keys
In this episode of Talking Real Money Quick, we bring you part two of the 10 crucial keys to successful investing. In this episode, we learn why market timing is so foolish and why you’re probably better off ignoring news media. As always, we also answer your calls and questions and today, cover topics such as investing with Swell and calculating taxes on Social Security.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Cost Drag
In this episode, Don and Tom are talking taxes, social security, annuities and take hard look at insurance. Plus a caller shares a terrible experience with their “advisor.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Trading Truths
Trading stocks is no different from gambling and the result usually is the same. Plus we discuss Trivent, Merrill Lynch, fees, market correlation, advisor picking, and much more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!