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Crypto Markets Efficient?
In this episode of Talking Real Money, Don and Tom reluctantly return to the topic of Bitcoin, using its recent price spike to explore deeper questions about market efficiency, irrational investor be…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Only Six Minutes?
Don and Tom dive into a new study showing the average investor spends just six minutes researching a stock—most of it just watching the price move. From gut feelings to hometown bias, they unpack why…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Bonds, Bluffers, and Buckets
Don fields a fresh batch of listener questions in this all-audio edition. A longtime fan asks whether a municipal bond ETF (VTEB) is a smarter place than a money market fund for short-term cash—Don e…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Bad Advice the Norm?
Don and Tom roll through Memorial Day weekend with a little heat from the audience, a breakdown of where Americans get their financial advice (hint: it’s not great), and some solid, real-world invest…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
9%? Not a Chance
This episode brings the heat on so-called “financial educators” masquerading as fiduciaries while hawking high-commission indexed annuities. Don and Tom dissect the misleading promises of 9% guarante…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Target Date Truth
Tom takes a break from vacationing to join Don in a deep dive on target date funds—the good, the mediocre, and the fee-loaded ugly. They break down performance data, highlight major fund differences,…
Published on 7 months ago
Queries and Clarity
In this lighter (but still info-packed) Friday Q&A episode, Don tackles a mixed bag of real-world money questions—from Roth conversions and selling the family home to foreign tax credits and the emot…
Published on 7 months ago
Alternative Adversities
Don shares a deeply personal tale from 2007 when, as an HOA treasurer, he dodged a financial landmine involving auction-rate securities—just before the 2008 crisis froze their liquidity. That real-li…
Published on 7 months ago
Downgrade Impact
Tom and Don open the show with tech woes and quips before diving into a serious discussion about the U.S. credit rating downgrade and its implications for borrowing costs and long-term debt. They off…
Published on 7 months ago
$8 Trillion Turnaround
Don returns from a exhausting, comedy-of-errors flight to discuss how the markets pulled an equally wild round trip—plunging, then rebounding to the tune of $8 trillion. He and Tom break down the Apr…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago