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Listeners love our question and and snswer episode, so here a special Monday Q&A featuring Tom and Roxyu Butner answer your written questions:Is a Total World Stock Market Index Fund Enough?Should You Pay Off a Low-Interest Mortgage Early?
On today's FridayQ we discuss:Robin Hood's recent offer of a 3% bonus on IRA rollovers.Avoiding a tax penalty of an inherited annuity.A listener's Talking Real Money Road Trip suggestion.The proper small cap portfolio allocation.Lear
We are innundated with articles featuring lists of the "best" investments. Are they really that good and should you invest in them? Plus, we hear from listeners:What's the difference between two bond ETFs?Upset about the performance of her
Most advisors claim to be fiduciaries and even those who are always required to act in a client's best interests can have conflicts. What makes a true fiduciary financial advisor? We also discuss young investors sources of advice. Callers join
Nobel laureate, Robert Shiller, believes that the U.S. stock market may have run its course for awhile. So, what should you do is he's right? You be shocked (wink) at the answer. Then, aa whole lot of listeners call in:Where should money from
Paying too much for your retirement plan and the investments within can damage your future. Listeners ask:What do we think of direct indexing?Why isn't Don's book available as an audiobook?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho
Submit your spoken questions at talkingrealfmoney.com. This week:What if "messing around" with a portfolio simply means using Avantis and DFA ETFs?Are Avantis ETFs reall worth the extra expenses versus Vanguard index ETFs?What should be d
What is your retirement number? Everyone should have one. Most people's number is too low, so you really need to try and calculate how much money you will need to have invested to create a decent stream of income for thosee post-work years. The
Large-cap, U.S. stocks had a very good first quarter. However, many markets and previously hot stocks lagged far behind. What should this mean for your portfolio? We discuss the powerful research on investing psychology by Daniel Kahneman and D
Every four years investors grow concerned about the terrible impact that "other" presidential candidate might have on the stock market after the election. Yes, the evidence shows that new president's have had no discernable impact on the market
You can probably stumble through most of your financial life. The one money need for which you must plan is retirement. Today, we discuss some of the most important things you must do to retire comfortably. Plus, we answer your questions:How
Don takes on a bunch of your questions again:What can be done about a late required minimum distribution (RMD)?Is there a waiting period before you can withdraw money from a rollover Roth IRA?What's the best way to start properly passivel
For your portfolio to be properly diversified, how many stocks should you own? Is ten enough or do you need ten thousand? We share the Motley Fool's perspective and our own. Plus, listeners ask:What kind of credit card do we suggest for maxim
The latest hot investing craze, thematic funds, are actually a recycled old idea, sector funds. As with any other attempt to nbeat the market, we found that "thematic" fund investors actually for worse than the funds themselves. Individual inve
You need to understand risk to be a successful investor. Most of us already have a very safe investment and should take risk elsewhere in our portfolio. What is risk and how can you manage it?We hear from listeners asking:How should an 80-ye
The financial product industry knows that you want the highest possible retunr with little (or no) risk. Given the amount of money invoiced, they are willing to try almost anything to pull off this illusion. However, no one has EVER been succes
Today's question and qnswer session features:Does a CD ladder work for portfolio protection?Is Robin Hood's Gold account worth the fee?In moving from indicvidual stocsk to ETFs can one stock's loss offest another's gain?Can we focus a p
After interest rates hit 5%, some investors seem content to stick with savings and CDs. Tom and Don discuss the downside oif settling for today's safe money returns. What about other investments that promise "safe", high yields? Listeners want
In this episode, we share several of the biggest blunders that keep us from building the wealth we need for the future. Learn how to be a better investor with some really simple lifestyle and investing tweaks. Plus, we hear from our listeners:
Americans have a lot of money in cash, earning essentially nothing. Others are happy earning a nice, safe 5% on short-term CDs and bonds. Yet, we could be shortchaging ourselves in the future by not investing properly. Don shares more details o
Sometimes the hottest investments end up turning icy cold. Today, we share some of once exciting investments that destroyed much of their investors wealth. Plus, listeners join in to discuss:The positive impact our shows have had on a finnaci
We want to answer everyone's questions, without exception, However, every once in awhile a "trolll" takes advantage of our desire to present all sides of an issues. So, to be fair, I give the same listener three "last words" on crypto, before e
The desire to "keep up with the Joneses" is ingrained in is. However, the result of financial envy can be disastrous. Discover why you need to avoid money jealousy. Plus, listeners ask:How much of a portfolio should be in this particular ETF?
With the stock markets at "all-time highs," should you wait a while before investing? In essence, can you accurately time the market? Then a bunch of listeners call in:What should an older investor do to create a simple retirement portfolio?
After experiencing some radio show technical problems, Tom and Don discuss the shockingly large percentage of your money that goes to Wall Street firms and why should be wary of alternative investments. Then, they bemoan the lack of financial l
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