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Feb. 18, 2023

Don Answers Qs Again

On this Q&A episode, listeners ask: Where is the best place to start investing at age 13? Is it better to just have VT versus using VTI and VXUS? Are non-deductible IRAs worthwhile? How should I allocate assets between growth and value? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Feb. 16, 2023

Retirement Regrets

Tom and Don explore Retiree's biggest retirement regrets. Of course, the biggest one is not having enough money. Then, we respond to listeners: One shares a story of an overfunded 529 plan and a new bonus. Another seeks advice on the best way to start spending retirement assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
Feb. 15, 2023

300 Years Later...

"Experts" have been been writing books filled with investing advice for over 300 years. After all of that information, why are we still such lousy investors? Plus, a couple of listeners join in: What impact will rising debt have on the economy and investments? A young investor requests our opinion of his portfolio? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!
Feb. 14, 2023

Forgotten Assets?

Do you have an old 401k or 403b languishing in some bad investments? Maybe it's time to get those rolled over into something better. We hear from lots of listeners: How can the cost basis of multiple funds we determined? Can I-Bond interest be declared annually, even though it's deferred? Where should money from an inherited 401k be parked temporarily? Which is better: Fidelity or Vanguard? Does it make sense to create a T-Bill ladder? Are there long-term bonds that pay a higher rate? ...
Feb. 13, 2023

Cramer Regularly Wrong

Yet another study of Jim Cramer's stock shows just how bad his prediction have been. You would have been better off shorting his picks. Plus, we hear from you: How do you move money from one "advisor" to another? How can you determine the stock/bond ratios of various target date funds? What do we think of a covered call writing ETF? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
Feb. 11, 2023

Few Flying Rights

After a bit of a troubled trip to Hawaii, Tom turns to ConsumerMan, Herb Weisbaum to discuss your rights and protections when travelling by air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
Feb. 10, 2023

Q&A with a Big Finish

Another great Q&A episode with a surprise ending: We start with a question on money market funds. Where can one get more information on Medicare options? Why do people manage active mutual funds when they must know they can't win? A caller with a good mic has a broker who can systematically invest in ETFs. Does it make sense to just add a new investment manager to a 403b account? Finally, a caller shares a story about a promoter of gold IRAs who seems to have vanished with investors...
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 risky than a mutual fund or ETF? Where should money for retirement be parked? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
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 with saving with Bread Financial or other high-yield savings providers? What should be done with a "friend" who is pitching overfunded whole life as a retirement investment? Learn more about your ...
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 look up many school district 403b plan investments. We hear from listeners: How can school district employees get school boards to improve plan investments? You may want to include your actual phone in you estate package. Please explain the process of meeting with one of our...
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 retirement plan trustees to invest more aggressively? What's the best way to invest for a younger beneficiary? Does it makes sense for his wife to take Social Security at full retirement age? Should she invest in a fixed annuity? Can money from household chores be invested in a ...
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 advantage over ETFs for systematic investors? What's the real deal with a Lincoln Financial 403b? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
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. Then, we hear from you about: How do I pick the best funds for my risk tolerance? Why would a fund generating capital gains be a bad thing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
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 questions: How should money from a broker sold portfolio be invested? Is an inherited Roth IRA subject to the 10-year withdrawal rule? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
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 from listeners, too (mostly about banking): Why don't banks pay more on savings? What is the advantage to taking lottery winnings in a lump sum? How do high-yield savings products pay so much more? Will a 72-year old need to take RMD in 2023? Learn more about your ad choices. V...
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 in savings rates? Then a lot of you get in touch: First, the old "...what should I do with this money?" question addressed. How can money be moved from an employer retirement plan? How do you find a safe online bank? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...
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 possible economic future, why highre rates were needed, the future of unemployment, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
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, what should I do now? What do we think of Betterment and how should he get help for his mom? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
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 some extra income to invest for retirement or pay off a car loan? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
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 ago, with the creation of the exchange traded fund (ETF). Then, a listener wonders if it makes sense to keep 30 inherited individual stocks to collect the dividends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
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 individual TIPs ladder make sense for portion of a portfolio? What should a real estate investor do with new money? Why her experience with Social Security benefit delays does not add up to 8% per year...
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 recession and everything else. It's just pretty boring. Listeners want to know: Which Vanguard ETF is the same as the Total Bond Index fund? What changed to make us prefer ETFs over mutual funds? Which site do we use to look up securities? What are our thoughts about SCHD (a Sc...
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 best income ladder building materials: CDs, Treasuries, or TIPS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!
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 know how to get into the financial advice business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Questions? Comments? Click!