Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

To enjoy a better financial future, you probably need better advice. Find out why most of the traditional sources of investment advice are so horribly flawed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

Is dividend investing a sound retirement income strategy? Plus, what is a 529-A plan? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

What should investors do about the elephant in the room; the recent declines in the equity markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

With the demise of the fiduciary requirement, annuity salespeople are back with a vengeance. Plus, we continue the ten keys to real investing with the last five! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

In this episode, we look back at recent stock at last week’s interesting stock market declines and what they might mean for your investments. We take a historical look back at the US market and consider the effects of different investment strategies over the last century. Don takes calls on college fund investing and portfolio withdrawals. We kick off the ten keys to real investing with the first...

Wade Cook is back and still selling seminars. What better way to celebrate this dumbfounding news than parody podcast. Then we talk about insurance, stock picking perils and the danger of cryptocurrencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

A special episode focusing on why most of the popular financial advice providers – like Dave Ramsey or Suze Orman – give so much terrible investing advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

In this episode of Talking Real Money Quick, Don takes a few calls on proper portfolio allocation and whether it is worth having any actively managed funds. We also breeze through some reminders about avoiding speculation and following financial science rather than outdated beliefs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

In this short episode of the Talking Real Money, Don was broadcasting live from FinCon 2018 in Orlando. He talks about some of the classes he attended and his surprise encounter with Woodbridge Ponzi promoter, Jordan Goodman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

On today’s episode, Don answers questions on how to find a reliable fiduciary in your area and the continual, healthy diversification of a portfolio. We also touch on investing intuition and why it is not to be trusted, market foresight, risk management and more!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

In this episode, Tom is joined by ConsumerMan Herb Weisbaum in Don’s absence. We talk about pet insurance, free credit freezes and check fraud. In addition, we discuss estate planning and wills; financial advisors, and why you should stick to fee-only fiduciaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

In this episode, Tom is joined by securities attorney, Lawrence Cock (yes, they are brothers). Today we discuss the Dow’s all-time high at the end of last week, and look back at some of the times in history it plunged. We also talk about financial fraud and avoiding Ponzi schemes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

Don takes calls on small cap investing, portfolios, credit scores and more. Spliced in between these we hear why stocks are still the best place to put your money, the arguments against commodities as investment, and why money and happiness are not actually as disconnected as has often been said.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

Today on the show we are answering your money questions, about the tax implications of transferring funds from a 401(k), equities versus fixed income investments, student loan refinancing, and why it is so important to understand your risk profile before making your investment choice. We also broach the topic of fiduciaries, and what you should always ask them. So for all the strategies and tips t...

The long podcast returns, as Don and Tom answer questions on a Roth 401k, disability insurance, and inheritance investments. They also chat about deceitful annuities, the US markets this year and investing in Norway in 2009.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

In this episode, Don fields questions on the amount of cash held by index, and the best way to deal with an inherited IRA. Plus, he discusses money and happiness, surrender fees and the problems with some stock brokers and advisors.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

In this episode we discuss investing in ETFs versus mutual funds, why you should stay away from actively managed funds, and understanding that you cannot build wealth without the inherent risk. Finally, we also dig into what to look for when choosing your financial adviser and what questions to ask in making your decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? C...

On today’s pocket-sized episode we tackle health savings accounts and consider low-cost (or no-cost) offerings from Fidelity and Vanguard. Don also packs in a few reminders about the evils of actively managed funds and those who claim to know the future. Finally, we consider the flimsiness of bitcoin investments.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments?...

Great calls and valuable information to help you manage money better. Don answers questions on finding a fiduciary advisor and the meanings of various professional designations. He also takes calls of 529 plan allocation and getting a late start on retirement. He also offer some thoughts on global investing, actively managed funds, and why risk so important in growing your funds.  Learn more about...

In this episode, Tom and Don are tackling the adult equivalent of those old bullies who stole your lunch money. We hear from one caller who does not know how much commission her advisor is taking even though she has asked him multiple times. We also talk about the myths of actively managed funds and clever ways to think about your Social Security as you reach the age of collection.  Learn more abo...

An update on the now official Woodbridge Ponzi scheme. Many of this episodes calls focus on moving money from one place to another. Don and Tom help a few callers with different variations of this problem from avoiding taxation to finding the right place for an inheritance in the short term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

This episode is jam packed with great questions and useful investing information for all listeners. Don answers this week’s queries on reverse mortgages, early retirement and the concept of F.I.R.E. and discusses the recent, long running bull market and the real value of gold.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

In this episode, discuss a bond fund with outrageously high fees and extraordinary risk. Listen in as they chat about easily accessible online resources for money management, retirement preparation, and how to invest cleverly from a young age. They also talk about inflation and why silver has not actually increased in value in the last hundred years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Today’s topics include which investing personalities, on TV and radio, should be trusted, living your life smartly with the constant alerts to impending doom, Jim Cramer and why investing estimates are framed in a particular way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!

In this episode of Talking Real Money Quick we explore the evils of stock picking and why investment decisions should not be made from emotional or intuitive areas of our brain, the best retirement calculator, Ponzi schemes and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!