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Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Education, Business, Investing, How To

4.5 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In the longest Q&A episode yet, Don answers seven listener questions covering everything from concentrated stock windfalls and early retirement asset allocation to Roth vs. taxable contributions, the real 59½ withdrawal date, the dangers of buffered ETFs, and the reality of home affordability. He stresses the importance of security over speculation, the need for actual retirement planning, and the pitfalls of gimmicky Wall Street products, all while weaving in his trademark skepticism and...

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0:00.0	Reality Radio for a really great future.
0:08.0	We're talking real money.
0:10.0	Oh, you're listening and you're asking.
0:13.4	Oh, I'm so touched.
0:15.7	Hi, everybody.
0:16.7	Welcome to another Friday Q&A episode of Talking Real Money the podcast. I'm Don
0:25.1	McDonald and I couldn't be more pleased. Holy mackerel. You know, a couple of weeks ago,
0:33.1	I complained that we didn't have very many called in questions that Tom Tom was getting all the action with the typed in questions, and then all the sudden, holy cow on a bicycle, you guys started calling in or speaking in.
0:50.9	It's not like a phone. It's hard to explain. You've gone to talking real money.com.
0:55.5	You went to the contact form and then you spoke your question into a mic and they're good.
1:02.4	Even after the questions that I have today, which are technically seven, which would be the longest one, longest episode of this kind I've done yet.
1:12.5	I still have another 21 questions to get through.
1:17.8	So we're going to be, just for those of you who sent those questions in,
1:22.5	we're going to be doing some of those on other days of the week.
1:25.6	So this may force you to listen to all the podcasts,
1:28.7	because we're going to do some of those. We already did a couple that'll air, I think, earlier,
1:35.2	that they were maybe aired earlier this week or next. I'm not sure. And then we're going to do
1:38.6	some on Saturday shows that will air on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. And so thank you.
1:47.3	Holy cow, I got 21 more questions to go through.
1:49.0	And we'll probably get some more.
1:49.9	Don't stop.
1:54.1	We'll get through them because the question and answer part is my favorite part.
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