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We're talking real money.

Yeah, look, it's a Friday.

I think it's, yes, it's a Friday.

I'm pretty sure it's a Friday.

If I sound a little echoy, it's because I'm recording this Friday edition of the Talking

Real Money podcast from a hotel room in Asheville, North Carolina, which was where I had to record it based on my schedule.

So we're going to be doing the thing we do every Friday, and that is taking your questions that were sent in at Talking RealMoney.com on the contact form that you recorded and spoke,

and then answering them on the podcast, which is one of my favorite podcasts.

So send those questions in, Talking RealMoney.com.

Also remember every Saturday, you can call us on the radio when we talk about money on our program

at 855935-Tac-5-935-8-25-5.

Do that on Saturdays at 3 p.m. Eastern Time.

But most of the questions just send in through TalkingRealMoney.com.

You can type them. Can't tell you for sure when we're going to answer those.

Or if you speak them,

I'm pretty confident those are going to get answered on a Friday in the next couple of weeks,

next few weeks. So let's get to our first one for today, which is, well, look, there it is right there.

Hi, Tom and Don. I really enjoy your podcast. Your wisdom has helped me be prepared for my retirement, which I recently pulled the trigger on in my late 50s. I'm comfortable with my retirement plan as I have good

control of my spending, and I built what I think is a comfortable safety factor into my projections

of inflation and investment growth. I'm also quite analytical and enjoy tracking my spending

and investments annually, which brings

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