Play it Safe?

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

After interest rates hit 5%, some investors seem content to stick with savings and CDs. Tom and Don discuss the downside oif settling for today's safe money returns. What about other investments that promise "safe", high yields? Listeners want to know about: The wisdom of investing in a real estate trust? The impact of interest rate changes on pension payouts? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.0	We're talking real money.
0:41.0	It seems like only yesterday.
0:44.5	The best interest rate you could get on pretty much anything
0:48.2	was a fraction of 1%.
0:51.9	You bemoaned the lack of returns on your safe investments.
1:00.5	And a lot of people still kept a lot of money in fixed income investments.
1:09.4	Now, now you can get 5% on your safe money. But can you get 5% over a long
1:22.9	period of time. Can you sustain a return of 5% per year over a period of many years? That, my friends,
1:33.0	is the big question. And the answer is, with some money market funds and high yield savings
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