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Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don't Stop Saving

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Investing, Education, Business, How To

4.5810 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Don and Tom take on Elon Musk’s claim that AI will make retirement saving obsolete, pushing back hard on the idea that technology or billionaires will somehow fund everyone’s future. They examine why universal basic income is politically and mathematically unrealistic, remind listeners that past tech revolutions didn’t magically create widespread wealth, and reinforce the importance of steady, diversified investing. The episode also tackles listener questions on HSAs, 529 rollovers, taxable account strategy, and tax efficiency, while weaving in commentary on work, purpose, behavior, and—once again—the ongoing menace of gas-powered leaf blowers. 0:04 Fear of AI and its supposed impact on money and jobs 1:52 Elon Musk’s claim that retirement saving will become irrelevant 2:59 Why billionaires don’t like sharing wealth 4:29 Historical tax rates and wealth distribution 6:21 Business Insider survey: 94% still plan to save 8:45 Why tech revolutions don’t eliminate financial risk 9:59 Work, purpose, and retirement psychology 10:33 Universal basic income math and tax reality 11:54 Luddites and historical job displacement 12:55 Listener questions segment begins 13:18 HSA invested in Fidelity target-date fund 17:38 Overfunded 529 plans and Roth rollover rules 20:45 Taxable account strategy and balanced funds 23:28 Asset location and tax efficiency 24:49 Finding fund returns on Morningstar 25:46 Tom’s Scottsdale meetings 26:45 War on gas-powered leaf blowers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:21.5

Anyone want a song?

0:23.3

No.

0:24.3

Last One Laughing, new series, watch now. Only on Prime Video. Reality Radio for a really great future.

0:38.0

We're talking real money.

0:40.4

Be scared.

0:41.7

Be very scared like Tom is.

0:46.0

What are we scared of?

0:47.8

AI.

0:49.6

That's what we're scared of.

0:52.0

Today we're going to talk about AI, AI and how it might impact your bottom line and some of the weird stuff that people are telling us to ameliorate our concerns about AI.

1:05.5

Hi, hi, AI.

1:09.0

I'm Don McDonald, along with Thomas Charles Cock the second, hanging out in the 90-degree

1:16.4

studio in 20-degree Seattle.

1:19.5

Very weird.

1:21.1

I hope it doesn't open.

1:22.3

The wind's going to blow out, you know, like it does when there's a pressure difference.

1:24.9

Oh, yeah, you've got a pressure gradient.

1:26.3

You got a temperature gradient there.

1:27.6

It'd be crazy.

1:28.4

So, yeah.

1:29.3

Got the son in here and next office about 25 degrees.

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