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Why Retire?
Don and Tom tackle the idea that retirement isn’t what it used to be—and maybe shouldn’t be at all. From historical retirement ages (when most people…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Qs and Stuff
A wide-ranging Q&A episode tackles the real-world tradeoffs investors actually face: whether Paul Merriman’s aggressive small/value “ultimate” portfo…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Annuity Tricks
Annuities promise peace of mind—but often at a steep and poorly understood cost. Don and Tom break down when (rarely) annuities might make sense, why…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Start Young
Starting early beats almost everything else in investing—and this episode drives that home with eye-opening math and a brand-new tool for jumpstartin…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
On Your Side?
This episode exposes the misleading language behind “best interest” financial sales practices, using the insurance-backed fight against the Departmen…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Miss a Stock...
A century-long study by Hendrik Bessembinder reveals a stunning truth about investing: while the U.S. stock market produced enormous overall wealth, …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Whole Lotta Questions
This Friday Q&A episode of Talking Real Money features a surge in listener questions, covering key retirement and investing topics including IRA inhe…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Simple Beats "Smart"
Don and Tom tear into Kiplinger’s roundup of “best money advice,” separating the genuinely useful from the obvious, the flawed, and the downright sil…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
What is an Advisor?
This episode cuts through the marketing fog around “financial advisors,” breaking them into three real categories—brokers, insurance agents, and fidu…
7 months ago
Modern Bucket Shops
Don and Tom kick things off with a colorful history lesson on 19th-century “bucket shops,” drawing a sharp parallel to today’s emerging world of toke…
7 months ago