The End of ETFs?

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Education, Investing, Business, How To

4.5 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Talking Real Money, Don and Tom dive into the latest crypto chaos, pushing back against Ric Edelman’s bold prediction that ETFs will vanish within five years due to tokenization. They explain why that claim is both misleading and premature. Callers ask about tax shelters disguised as life insurance, sketchy “Tax Act 2020” gimmicks, trust issues with advisors, and the realities of Roth conversions and the pro-rata rule. They also revisit the case for holding Bitcoin—and why ...

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0:00.0	Reality Radio for a really great future.
0:08.0	We're talking real money.
0:10.0	Hey there, welcome to the show that's all about this crazy little thing called Doe.
0:16.1	Your money, your life, your job, your spending habits, your plan to save, and often failure to do so,
0:25.8	your investments and your attempts at investing and failing, and all the things, all the
0:35.6	problems that are thrown at you day in and day out that involve money.
0:41.3	We want to help you out of those problems and make more sense of the whole process.
0:46.9	And to do so, you are invited to call us every single Saturday from noon to two Pacific time as we broadcast live on Northwest News Radio in the Seattle area.
0:58.8	And that number?
1:00.3	855-935 talk.
1:02.1	I'm Don McDonald.
1:03.4	My co-host, as always, the lovely and talented Thomas Charles Cock the second.
1:11.6	Taking a break from his vacation schedule to be on the show.
1:15.5	Yeah, when's the next vacation start next week, right?
1:17.8	I'm not going to say.
1:19.2	Isn't it a week or so away?
1:20.7	Isn't it about a week away?
1:21.9	I think it's about a week away.
1:22.6	I think it's about a week away.
1:26.0	I do.
1:26.8	And do you have one plan for right after that?
1:28.8	I don't remember. We have the August vacation then, the September vacation.
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