Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Brokers and Models
36 minutes Posted Jul 7, 2025 at 5:59 pm.
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Is your portfolio built by a broker or a model? Don and Tom break down the surprisingly persistent patterns of old-school broker portfolios—loaded with local stocks, overpriced “index” funds, and actively managed everything—versus the growing adoption of model portfolios based on actual research (not just a hunch and a handshake). Along the way, they torch high-fee index fund imposters, answer smart listener questions on global diversification, CD ladders, tax traps in variable annuities, and...