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Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Bad Advice the Norm?

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Don and Tom roll through Memorial Day weekend with a little heat from the audience, a breakdown of where Americans get their financial advice (hint: it’s not great), and some solid, real-world investing guidance. They take a couple of strong listener calls—one on geopolitical market fear and another from a small business owner unsure how to save for retirement. Plus, Don flaunts a ridiculous cash stash and his new Rodecaster Pro II. Yes, it’s that kind of show. 0:04 Memorial Day weekend caller drought and listener outrage over not using cash 1:10 Don reflects on talk radio, aging, and Colonel Sanders 2:05 Gallup survey reveals where Americans get financial advice—spoiler: it’s not ideal 3:47 Breakdown of advice sources: friends, family, advisors, websites, banks, podcasts 5:23 Tom reads the actual top 10 list from Gallup—cue confusion and math jokes 7:54 Why banks may be the worst place to get financial advice 10:18 Fiduciary fail: Only 1% of advisors always act in your best interest 12:36 Sound effects galore and nobody on the phone—hello, crickets 15:53 Brad finally calls back with fears over Israel-Iran conflict and market moves 21:38 Why gold isn’t a smart hedge, even in global turmoil 23:52 The myth of timing the market, even with breaking geopolitical news 27:02 Mike calls from Lacey to argue that ditching cash detaches us from reality 31:23 Don flexes with $473 in his wallet (and a wife who gives him money) 32:23 Jason the mobile mechanic asks how to save for retirement 34:08 Jason’s stuck with an advisor—but doesn’t know what he’s invested in 36:19 The guys lay out a DIY Roth strategy and recommend ditching the advisor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:01.7

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0:26.4

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0:34.9

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0:37.9

We're talking real money.

0:40.5

Well, we may not be getting very many callers at 855-935-935-8-25-8-25-5-8-25-5 on this Memorial Day weekend,

0:49.1

but we are doing a fine job of ticking off those that we do have listening and calling in.

0:57.0

Oh, we got somebody angry at us?

0:58.6

Oh, my gosh.

1:00.4

And it's about a thing you would have never expected.

1:03.0

Oh, okay.

1:03.6

So I thought this was fascinating.

1:06.0

No, no, no.

1:06.9

This was about my mention of the fact that I don't spend cash.

1:13.4

I don't either.

1:15.0

You don't, wait.

1:16.5

I said it too.

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