So Long Silly ETFs

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Education, Business, Investing, How To

4.5 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In very short order, the market sprouted thousands of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). While most were solid concepts with decades of research supporting them, a few were just silly. Thankfully, we are now seeing the demise of these crazy products. We also look at some of the worst ETFs from last year. With so many living with parents, what's the best way to help adult children become financially independent? Don goes back to some comments he has made about the need for homeowners insurance in a...

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0:00.0	Reality Radio for a really great future.
0:08.0	We're talking real money.
0:10.3	Real money is really important, and that is a reality.
0:14.4	We are all required to at least have a few financial skills.
0:22.7	It's not optional.
0:24.0	You have to understand money and probably a whole lot better than you do because most people don't understand it well.
0:30.4	That's why we've got these two old guys on the radio every Saturday since the beginning of time,
0:40.3	pontificating on the best ways to invest, save, spend, retire, that kind of stuff.
0:51.8	I'm Don McDonald over there's Tom Cock.
0:53.8	Our phone number is 855-935 Talk935-8-25-5-8-25-5. And, you know, looking at the phone lines right now, it's, well, it's certainly not a light show. There's no fireworks going on. Oh, I see. Oh, I see the lights are not flexing. Yeah, there's nothing.
1:11.2	There's nothing.
1:11.9	What do you mean?
1:13.3	Me call I'm on already. No, not you call because I don't like the questions you asked.
1:15.2	You looked right at me and he said call.
1:17.1	No, I thought you'd like me.
1:18.1	Call, call, call, call.
1:18.9	And next week, program note, Don will be on his own because I will be in Las Vegas
1:23.8	celebrating my birthday, so call then, too. Yeah, happy birthday or whatever.
1:27.7	Thank you.
1:30.4	But the fact of the matter is, you duck out on the show.
1:31.5	A sentimental guy.
1:34.5	You are always ducking out on the dang show.
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