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Chargeback to the Future
Chargebacks were built to protect consumers from stolen cards and crooked merchants. Now they’re increasingly used when a subscription surprises some…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Three Funds, One Risk Dial
VT, DFAW, and AVGE all promise global diversification—but they take different roads to get there. Don and Tom compare cost, holdings, factor tilts, a…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Money by the Decades
From your 20s to your 60s, the priorities change—but the basic job doesn’t. Don and Tom walk through emergency savings, Roth IRAs, 401(k) matches, re…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Gravity Loses, Eventually
Rule Four of Financial Physics says everything eventually rises—not every stock, not every year, but human productivity and global economic output ov…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Another Day of Q and A
Can 21 funds deliver useful global diversification—or mostly camouflage overlap, cost, and complexity? Don opens the Friday Q&A by giving one listene…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Index Ate Their Homework
Active fund managers have a new explanation for years of underperformance: index funds have made their old job harder. Don and Tom examine that award…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Big Question Pile
Listener questions take over the studio as Don and Tom work through a very big pile without sacrificing any more forests than necessary. The quick to…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Bubble Trouble?
AI stocks are booming, valuations are stretched, and capital spending is surging. Does that add up to a bubble—or just another story investors cannot…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Fluctuation Is the Feature
Markets fluctuate. That sounds obvious—until a favorite stock climbs for years and investors start treating gravity as optional. Tom and Don revisit …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Brakes, Balance & $5 Million
Bonds are supposed to be the brakes in a portfolio—but should those brakes be BND, a shorter-term fund, CDs, or a Treasury ladder? Don explains why d…
1 month, 3 weeks ago