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Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

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Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Investing, Education, Business, How To

4.5810 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode, Don is asked: Does this "granular" DIY portfolio make sense? Why would he even consider suggesting a reverse mortgage? What should be done with a portfolio that has always lost money? Is there any trick to rescue a Backdoor Roth from ponderous taxes? Does it make sense to build a 5-year income ladder with fixed annuities? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

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0:00.0

Reality Radio for a really great future.

0:08.0

We're talking real money.

0:11.0

Inevitably, every single week, there's a Friday.

0:15.2

And inevitably, every single Friday, I've got a bunch of questions that have been sent in by you for me to answer.

0:22.7

So it all works out really well, doesn't it?

0:25.1

So welcome to today's Q&A session on Talking Real Money.

0:31.0

And we have a lot of them.

0:32.5

These were all set in via the Talking Real Money website by people using the contact form, which is just so easy,

0:40.4

too easy, because almost everybody has a decent mic with their computers, particularly Apple

0:46.2

computers.

0:46.7

They just have great built-in mics.

0:49.2

The iPhone mic, holy cow, I did an audition once on the iPhone mic when I was away, and it actually sounded decent.

0:56.7

Didn't sound like a phone.

0:58.3

So go to your website.

1:00.4

Go to our website.

1:01.6

Go to your device.

1:02.5

Go to our website and ask a question on the contact form at talking realmoney.com.

1:06.9

Just speak it right in there.

1:08.3

It really works well.

1:09.8

And since it's just a Q&A day, let's get to the

1:13.4

Q so I can get to the A. Hey, Ron and Don. This is Joel. I'm calling from Atlanta. And I kind of

1:21.5

have a two-part question for you. First is, does a DIY retiree like myself benefit if my portfolio is a little more granular?

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