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Not Bogle's Vanguard
Don and Tom question whether the investment industry—and increasingly Vanguard—keeps creating new products simply to stay relevant rather than solve …
1 month ago
Stormy Q&A DAY
Don records through a booming Florida thunderstorm while tackling five listener questions. He discusses a thoughtful strategy for using a UTMA accoun…
1 month ago
Worried About Inflation?
Don and Tom tackle investors’ obsession with inflation protection and the financial industry’s willingness to sell expensive products that promise im…
1 month ago
Can You Retire?
Most Americans are far less prepared for retirement than many assume. Don and Tom discuss new Federal Reserve data showing that only about half of Am…
1 month ago
Calculating Your Future
Don and Tom tackle a Wall Street Journal financial decision-making quiz that explores how to prioritize competing goals such as retirement savings, h…
1 month ago
Retirement Mistakes
Don and Tom tackle some of the most common retirement planning mistakes, with a particular focus on taxes and the danger of becoming overly obsessed …
1 month, 1 week ago
Question Feast
Don celebrates the continued success of the Friday Q&A format and the encouraging first week of sales for his novel The Line Uncrossed, including a s…
1 month, 1 week ago
You're Right, Of Course
This episode of Talking Real Money examines why financial advice so often turns into emotional debate instead of productive problem-solving. Don and …
1 month, 1 week ago
Free Money?
Tom and Don dismantle the myth of “free money” from high-dividend stocks and ETFs, explaining why chasing yield often leads to poor diversification, …
1 month, 1 week ago
Infinite Bubbles?
Tom and Don tackle the impossible task of spotting market bubbles in real time, leaning on insights from Jason Zweigand Eugene Fama to argue that if …
1 month, 1 week ago