Financially Illiterate?

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Education, Business, Investing, How To

4.5 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Now, the rest of the Saturday show: 0:52 The Biggest Heist in History 0:54 Financial Literacy: Are We Really Educated? 2:35 The Three Questions of Financial Literacy 5:10 Disappointment in Financial Knowledge 5:16 Finding a Financial Advisor 7:06 Preparing for Your First Advisor Meeting 10:02 Researching Your Potential Advisor 11:41 Understanding Fees and Conflicts of Interest 13:21 Selling Your Home: Capital Gains Deductions 17:54 Estate Planning and Probate Concerns 19:37 The Importance of Pensions 33:22 Understanding Pensions and Retirement Plans 34:27 The Value of Employer Contributions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.0	We're talking real money.
0:40.4	You know, Tom, I love a good heist film.
0:43.1	You know, those tautly constructed, interesting, tense thriller heist films where they steal a bunch of gold, or they break into a bank and steal a, you know, a million of gold or they break into a bank and steal a you know a million
0:55.7	dollars or they break into the casino like oceans 11 you know oceans eight oceans nine
1:02.1	oceans nine 10 11 12 15 yeah but but but this i this latest big theft of money is going to make for a really boring heist film.
1:13.9	Which I don't know which one we're talking about.
1:16.1	Biggest theft period in history.
1:19.8	Wow.
1:20.1	No, this is the biggest theft in history.
1:22.9	I check my bank account today.
1:24.2	Everything's still there.
1:25.2	$1.4 billion was stolen from a cryptocurrency exchange.
1:31.7	Oh, I saw the headline.
1:33.0	Yeah, I thought of you because I thought it'll be all over there.
1:35.5	$1.4 billion.
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