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Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Education, Business, Investing, How To

4.5 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Don and Tom tear into Kiplinger’s roundup of “best money advice,” separating the genuinely useful from the obvious, the flawed, and the downright silly. They agree that core principles like living below your means, automating investing, and seeking qualified fiduciary advice still reign supreme, while pushing back on oversimplified takes about debt, life decisions, and self-auditing. The conversation reinforces a familiar truth: personal finance isn’t about clever hacks—it’s about consistent ...

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0:00.0	Your guides to a really great financial future.
0:09.0	Tom and Don are talking real money.
0:12.0	We know why you're listening.
0:13.4	We know why you're listening.
0:15.8	You're looking, seeking, craving, desiring, salivating over the potential for finding maybe somewhere in some little
0:29.3	nook of the information universe out there. The best money advice of all time.
0:39.3	You need an echo chamber there.
0:41.3	The best money advice of all time, ladies and gentlemen.
0:45.3	You don't think I can put an echo on that in post?
0:47.3	Huh?
0:48.3	Oh, I bet you can.
0:49.3	I bet you can.
0:50.3	You don't think I can do it?
0:51.3	19 echoes later, sure.
0:52.3	I am going to be falling into a canyon maybe in post.
0:57.1	So where do you find the best money advice of all time?
1:00.5	Well, probably not on CNBC.
1:04.3	Probably not at your stockbroker's office.
1:08.0	Probably not on most radio shows and podcasts. What about TikTok-tto probably oh definitely not on t-tick
1:14.7	youtube no youtube well maybe you might find it on youtube but instagram now well no facebook
1:20.6	not instagram too short facebook i i who cares really not relevant anymore it's not relevant
1:27.1	anymore sorry unless you're an old baby boomer yeah they're the only ones who care about cares. Really. It's not relevant anymore. It's not relevant anymore.
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