Final Broadcast - One

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Education, Business, Investing, How To

4.5 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The final live radio episode of Talking Real Money blends nostalgia, listener appreciation, and core investing philosophy. Don and Tom reflect on nearly four decades of broadcasting while reinforcing their timeless message: consistent investing beats prediction. Using a simple S&P 500 example, they illustrate how discipline—not brilliance—builds wealth. They address current market declines with calm realism, urging listeners to ignore noise and stick to a plan. Calls cover everything from...

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0:00.0	Reality Radio for a really great future.
0:08.0	We're talking real money.
0:10.2	Okay, I'm getting a little weepy as an era draws to a close.
0:15.2	Hello, everybody.
0:15.8	I'm Don McDonald, and this is the last day of our radio show.
0:24.9	Yeah, okay.
0:26.8	And the history goes back a couple of years.
0:30.4	Goes back.
0:31.0	Well, actually, Talking Real Money, I looked it up.
0:33.0	First episode of Talking Real Money was in...
0:35.8	On the radio.
0:37.0	On the radio, on Como Radio in Seattle
0:39.5	I'm gonna predict Northwest News Radio I'll say 2014 exactly January of 2014 our first
0:50.2	program that was not no one gave me he Don didn't give me that in advance.
0:54.4	So that was the beginning of talking real money.
0:56.3	Prior to that, there was investor radio.
0:58.4	Prior to that, there was sound investing.
1:00.6	That's right.
1:01.2	Prior to that was the Don McDonald's show.
1:04.1	Prior to that was the Ways and Means Committee.
1:06.3	And by the way, the Ways and Means Committee started in July of 1988.
1:10.3	And just to put this in financial
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