Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Looking Back
28 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2025 at 6:39 pm.
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This episode of Talking Real Money digs into recency bias—our human tendency to expect the future to look like the recent past—and how it’s quietly reshaping retirement portfolios. Don and Tom examine rising stock allocations in 401(k)s and target-date funds, even among older investors, and why this performance-chasing is dangerous. They highlight the risks of target-date fund managers pandering to investors, the importance of rebalancing, and the need to stick to long-term allocation plans b...