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Another Day of Q&A
Episode 870
This week Don takes on five of your calls to 855-935-8255:
Is it better to put $6,000 per year in 401k or Roth IRA?Looking for ETFs to replace Vanguard bond funds.What are bond bullet funds?Will there…Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Avoid Portfolio Panic
Episode 869
In a recent Bloomberg article, Professor Wade Pfau, Co-Director of the New York Life Center for Retirement Income (hmmmm, what might his bias be?), suggested that your retirement plan needs a do over…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Crypto to Zero?
Episode 868
Have cryptocurrencies revealed their true risks to you yet? After shedding more than a trillion dollars in made up value, how much fathers can these incomprehensible "currencies" fall? We share a fe…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Dumb "Smart" Money
Episode 867
Since professionals have been wrong about stocks, maybe they can find the the hot stocks on Reddit? Plus, those hot SPACs have turned cold. Later, Tom rants about the way companies handle employyed r…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Vanguard's Big, Bad Surprise
Episode 866
The law of unintended consequences is clearly illustrated by a change that Vanguard made in an institutional fund that caused a cascade of capital gains distributions.
Our listeners want to know:
What …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
6.2.17 – You Charge How Much?!
Episode 865
Can a fiduciary advisor be bad for you? When they charge outrageous fees, they can!
How can you check on an investment advisor? Visit adviserinfo.sec.gov and look them up.
Are marijuana stocks a great …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
6.2.17 – Find the Fees
Episode 864
Brokerage firms are scrambling to comply with the new fiduciary rules.
Edward Jones responds with a new product: Guided Solutions. Looks like a pricey robo advisor.
Fees are the key to successful inves…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Down Day Q&A
Episode 863
What goes up, goes down, and has come back up again. Don talks about the week's market a takes a bunch of listener questions:
What do we think of the portfolio help a listener has for a friend?Another…Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Ignore Future Guesses
Episode 862
Tom and Don take issue with Chuck Jaffe's plan to deal with 2022 market forecasts. We share the things you should to to prepare for unknown eventualities.
A listener wants to know what to make of a "f…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Stock Go Up More
Episode 860
Financial markets fluctuate, but stocks (in aggregate) have always grown more valuable over time. Plus, we finally figure out a previous caller's reference to the "Paper Plane" cocktail.
Plus, we take…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago