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Retirement Radish?
Just when you thought America had invented every possible retirement account, along comes the Radish. Don and Tom dig into the proposed employer-fund…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Worst Case, Ready
Financial Physics rule five asks the uncomfortable question every investor should answer: what is the worst that could happen? Don and Tom revisit le…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Five Questions, No Magic
Don opens with a spirited defense of AI as a creative tool—especially when it makes ideas possible that would otherwise be too expensive or time-cons…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
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…
2 months, 4 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months ago