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Feb. 9, 2023

Volatility or Bad Market?

It seems that most investors are expecting continued volatility for the stock market. Yet, the stock market is always volatile. So, it it really volatility they're concerned about? In today's question time: Are CITs more risk...
Feb. 8, 2023

ESG is Hard to Do

Investing "responsibly" is harder to do it might appear. What makes a compmnay environmentally or socially responsible? Does everyone agree with your definition? You know they don't. These terms elude a business definition and even a sonsensus opinion. Then we take questions: Is there a downside wi…
Feb. 7, 2023

Talking Death is Better?

We are more comfortable talking about death than money. Yet, financial planning is an critical part of an estate (and even, life) planning. Then, a school district employee gets us talking about using the tool at 403bWise to ...
Feb. 6, 2023

The Rise and Fall of Trading

Nothing stops the excitement of trading your way to wealth in the stock than the inevitable bear market. You claim to follow our advice, but many of you seem to be hearing something else. Callers want to know: How to get reti...
Feb. 3, 2023

TGIFQAD

Another potpourri of great questions: Should the cost basis in an IRA be documented? Is M1 Finance a decent brokerage service? How do we determine which funds are likely to outperform in the future? Do mutual funds offer an a...
Feb. 2, 2023

Is it Really Passive Income?

The term "passive income" has been used to refer to everything from buying houses to selling stuff on Amazon. Funny how most of those ideas pitched as providing passive income are actually a lot of work. Usually, the only one making a lot with little effort are the folks teaching you how to do it. …
Feb. 1, 2023

Adding Insult to Injury

Watch out for this year's tax mutual fund tax forms. Many actively managed mutual funds have a surprise for you. Despite losing money in 2022, you might find you owe taxes on a distributed capital gain. Then, we take your que...
Jan. 31, 2023

Ramsey, Orman, Kyosaki, or...

From whom should you get you financial and investing advice? Robert Kyosaki, Suze Orman, Dave ramsey, economists? We look at the various mainstream financial education providers. Plus, why is Tesla rising so fast? We hear fro...
Jan. 30, 2023

Investing Near the Ceiling

The news can be disconcerting and push us to react emotionally. What should you do just in case the US government defaults on its debut? Why do you keep making horrible investing decisions? What is driving the huge disparity ...
Jan. 28, 2023

Weekend Special: Tom with Bill Conerly

Tom loves interviews. Now that he's figured out the technical aspects of creating them, look for more weekend specials featuring prominet money guests. This weekend, Tom spends time with Bill Conerly, PhD discussing the possi...
Jan. 27, 2023

Q (and A) Day

In today's Q&A session: Is earned income needed to roll 529 money into a Roth IRA? Where is the best place to park emergency money? Are Wisdom Tree core portfolios sensible portfolio additions? After going to cash in 2019, wh...
Jan. 26, 2023

Destructive Overconfidence

The vast majority of people believe themselves to be above average. That is statistically impossible. One area in which you are dangerously overconfident is investing, and it shows. Then, a listener wonders if he should use s...
Jan. 25, 2023

Few Worthwhile Innovations

While Wall Street would like you to think that there are new financial products, being created, all the time, real financial innovations are few and far between. In fact, the last significant change happened exactly 30 years ...
Jan. 24, 2023

Expensive Lessons

Most of us don't know what we don't know about money and investing. That lack of knowledge can be more costly that you can imagine. Getting financially educated is hard and yet essential for your future. How much do you pay for investments? Do you really know? Listeners want to know: Does an indivi…
Jan. 23, 2023

How Should You Invest in a...?

Everyone wants to know how how to invest for the next... whatever. Many, included one of the most famous "stopped clocks" of all time, Robert Kyosaki, want you to believe they know. In fact, we do know how to invest for a rec...
Jan. 20, 2023

Q&A: Broker Fees, ETFs vs MFs, CDs vs. Ts

Today, Don starts the Q&A edition with a powerful follow-up from a past caller. Then, it's on determining a brokers fees, the differences between exchange-traded funds and mutual funds, a portfolio allocation check, and the b...
Jan. 19, 2023

The Best Retirement Age?

The French are rioting over a proposal to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64. The US may need to raise the full retirement age beyond 67. When should you retire and how should you plan for it? A listener wants to...
Jan. 18, 2023

How to Dump Debt

Is the avalanche better than the snowball? Paying off debt can be challenging. What's the best way to get out? Plus, a listener finds that giving up control is hard to do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
Jan. 17, 2023

Their Best Advice?

The SEC claims that all "financial advisors" are supposed to act in your best interests and fully disclose any conflict of interest (including high fees, commissions, and expenses). Yet, high-cost, dangerous financial products are still being offered by the many billions of dollars. What can be don…
Jan. 16, 2023

Dangerous Dreck

Stop deluding yourself. As much as you want them, there are no higher returning, lower risk investments. Yet, far too many investors are are falling prey to impossible promises from purveyors of high-priced, illiquid investme...
Jan. 13, 2023

Your Lucky Q&A Day

This Friday the 13th is your lucky day as Don answers some important questions that could help you build wealth better: How much can an employee contribute to a 403b? Can money in 529 education plans be rolled over into a Rot...
Jan. 12, 2023

Your Advisor Expectations

Today, Tom and Don share what they believe those who provide financial and investing advice should do for you, their clients. Plus, we hear from two listeners asking: Does his strategy get around wash sale rules for tax loss...
Jan. 11, 2023

Magical Thinking?

A few mutual funds turned a profit in 2022. Are the managers magicians? Investors need to face reality. No one has a secret (legal) way to make you lots of money in good markets and lose you nothing when they turn bad. Plus, ...
Jan. 10, 2023

Higher Yields Help

The demise of the 60/40 portfolio appears to have been short-lived as sharply higher rates on bonds have lifted the returns for the 40% invested in fixed income funds and ETFs. Listeners want to know: What happened to Vestory...