
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
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How prepared are you for living well in retirement?
How are most Americans faring on the road to retirement?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Millenials may have the makings of great investors.
When the markets got rough, thirty-somethings hung tough. Some even doubled down.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Two things Don hates because of what they do to you!
A special hateful edition of the podcast: Find out why Don hates MLMs and EIAsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Active mutual fund managers are about to become the dial-up phones of investing.
"If Passive Funds Are iPhones, Active Ones Are Landlines" -BloombergLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Who's getting rich with hedge funds? Probably not you!
Hedge funds are a wonderful way to get filthy, stinkin' rich. If you run one.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Unlike stocks, cryptocurrencies have been down longer than they've been up.
Bear market records are nothing new for Bitcoin and the rest of the crazy cryptos.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

There is no need to add technology stocks to a diversified portfolio, they're there.
A short show with lots of callers talking technology, liquidity, rebalancing and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Jack Bogle put hundreds of billions of extra dollars into Americans' pockets.
Tom and Don take a look back at some of the best advice from Vanguard founder, Jack BogleLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Bear markets haven't been as bad for retirees as we thought.
Most think that retirees don't have the time to outwait a bear market, but 118 years of past results contradict that belief.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

After years of mistakes, Don is a smarter investor.
The is a big difference between intelligence and financial wisdom. Getting smart takes time.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Jack Bogle: A man who led us to better financial futures
We pay tribute to Vanguard founder, John C. Bogle, a man who put billions of dollars in our pockets.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Guessing right about the future doesn't make you smart, just lucky.
Why do so many of us believe we have special predictive powers when the future must be unknown.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Why are most money talk shows and podcasts giving bad advice?
Good financial advice is hard to find, particularly on the radio. Plus, more on retirement planning.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Even a wise old sage like Jack Bogle can get emotionally swayed
While Barron's made it sound like Bogle was panicking out of stocks (he hasn't) it seems he did let his emotions get to him.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

When do you want to retire and what will you do?
As we are living longer, you should consider when you really should retire and what you'll do with your life.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Don't use the only type of fund that made money last year.
Every asset class lost investors money in 2018. However, funds that sold short(s) did pretty well.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Wow, how quickly stocks go from worst ever to best ever.
2018 was the worst year for stocks since 2008, so far 2019 is a whole other story.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Listen to this before you yell at your financial advice provider.
Okay, so just opened your statement, and your portfolio performed horribly last year, what would you have done differently?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

You're a bad investor when you want what you can't have?
Sure, we all want to make lots of money and hate taking risks. Do you want to make money or not?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

Warren Buffet's indexing bet continues to look brilliant
While Warren Buffet may have lost a fortune on Apple his bet against hedge funds continues to shine.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

TUE: Even in business, death is required for future growth
We tend to hate change, but it's inevitable and often good. The old must inevitably make way for the new.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

If the volatile market is scaring you, you're doing something wrong.
Make sure you're properly invested for dizzying markets and are using the right advisor.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

MON: Of course, my investment advice is in your best interests.
Doctors are always fiduciaries. Lawyers are always fiduciaries. Financial advisors are occasionally fiduciaries (but not often). What's yours?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

FRI: Dumb smart money versus smart dumb money
Special people think they deserve special investments, but how has that worked out for them?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

THU: When markets are scary, know your turbulence tolerance.
Investing isn't scary, markets are (like today's was). So, how wild a ride can you stand?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

WED: If you weren't a loser you did something wrong.
The stock market had a very bad month, did you?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

SEC forces Jordan Goodman to return ill-gotten Woodbridge gains.
You heard it here first: A promoter of high-yielding "investments," Jordan Goodman really was selling a Ponzi scheme. So, will people stop listening?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

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!