Latest Low-fee Podcast Episodes
Consider the Source
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - October 13, 2020 21:50 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHow can a fixed annuity afford to pay more than 3% per year for five years and still be considered "safe?"
Past Tense Market
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - October 09, 2020 21:37 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe markets aren't ever doing something. They have already done it.
Impoverished in Retirement
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - October 06, 2020 21:14 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Covid crisis has put the retirement millions of Americans at risk at the worst possible time. What can you do to prepare for the worst?
Elections and Stocks
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - October 05, 2020 20:22 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe have enough to worry about without being concerned about the election's impact on our investments.
Seven Investing Rules
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - October 02, 2020 21:06 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsInvesting isn't complicated. Just follow Don's seven simple rules to investing success without stress.
Trader Theft
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 30, 2020 21:50 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAnother major Wall Street brokerage firm gets caught illegally manipulating markets. This time they even admitted it. Another lesson on the impotence of the average investor.
Active Keeps Failing
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 29, 2020 21:30 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe latest SPIVA Scorcard is out and it shows what it always has. Active utual fund managers fail to beat the market by huge margins. So, why do we keep trying to pick winners?
Easy Financial Protection
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 22, 2020 20:36 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhere there is money there will be bad advice or outright fraud. Take a small step to protect yourself by vetting your financial "advisor" at: investor.gov and brokercheck.com Look for "disclosures" in the records avoid those who have misled clients in the past.
Stop Cold Calling
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 18, 2020 22:14 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe financial industry is changing and the old brokerage forms need to stop interrupting us at work or during dinner. Who will be the first to publicly eliminate cold calling?
Ignore These "Top" RIAs
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 17, 2020 21:58 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFocusing more on size, Barron's 2020 Top RIA list fails to find fee-only 100% fiduciary advisors.
Find Out Fees
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 11, 2020 21:27 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAbout half of all financial advisors charge more than 1% per year. Here are some questions to help you find the right advisor at the best price.
It's Different This Time
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 10, 2020 20:47 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThere will always be surprises that cause us to worry about the financial future. Yet, time and time again, we have overcome disasters and stock values rise again.
Is Crypto Currency?
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 08, 2020 22:03 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOne of the most important traits of a currency is stability. No one wants their currency to fluctuate wildly from day to day, yet that's just what crypto "currencies" have done.
Gold Bugs Back
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 03, 2020 20:59 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsYou need to understand one simple fact: Gold is not and never will be an investment. It fluctuates, yet over time has made nothing. So, any money you put in gold is a "bet" that it will rise. That is gambling.
Annuity Exit Issues
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 02, 2020 21:13 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor most annuities are best avoided. If you already have one, be wary of those who are trying to get you out.
A Different 529 Isn't Better
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - September 01, 2020 21:50 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsActive management. Commissions. High fees. With so many inexpensive 529 education plans is there any need for Scholar's Choice from Legg Mason?
But He Was So Nice...
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 28, 2020 21:02 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAnother group of investors falls prey to a smooth talking salesman who promised more than anyone can ever deliver.
Fees, Returns, and Risk
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 25, 2020 21:55 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHigh fees can reduce already small returns to less than nothing.
The Right Time to Bail
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 24, 2020 20:57 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHow will know if Tesla to too high? There's a better way to own hot stocks with less fear: Diversify!
Don't Be the Last One In
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 21, 2020 21:13 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTwenty years ago the NASDAQ (remenber the "QQQ"?) was all the rage. Then it fizzed for fourteen years. Is history about to repeat itself?
Stock Market Clueless
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 19, 2020 20:49 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMany believe that the stock market is supposed to reflect the current state of the economy.
Brokers Being Bad
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 14, 2020 22:07 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsDon shares just a few sad headlines from a recent newsletter about financial advisors. No wonder people don't trust brokers.
Panicking Doesn't Pay
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 13, 2020 21:18 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsVanguard studied the results for those investors who panicked and caseh out of stocks in March.
Where's My Check?
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 11, 2020 19:53 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStill don't have your government stimulus check? Don shares a couple of ways to get help.
A Kodak Trading Moment
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 10, 2020 21:05 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAfter a news report, Kodak's stock went on a wild and crazy ride that made a few people richer and many more poorer.
More Respectable Gambling?
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 06, 2020 22:33 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIsn't it time to be honest with yourself. Betting on stocks is gambling, not investing.
I'll Need How Much?
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 05, 2020 20:33 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsDetermining how much money you'll need in retirement can be tricky. It's not an exact science. However, the longer you wait to invest the harder it will be to save enough.
Virtual Steak Dinners
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 04, 2020 20:29 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratings...brokers can now bring the sales dinner to you.
Deciphering Dollar's Dive
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - August 03, 2020 19:50 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsDon explores a few of the effects that a cheaper dollar might have on you and your investments.
Gold Can't Grow
Talking Real Money Minute - Investing Advice and Money Musings - July 31, 2020 18:58 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsGold is not, and never will be, an investment. Yes, it's price does fluctuate, but it pays no dividends, can't get larger, and there are no magical fowl laying eggs of gold.
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