Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
ETF Showdown
27 minutes Posted Sep 29, 2025 at 4:48 pm.
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Don and Tom tackle the “big three” global equity ETFs—Vanguard VT, Dimensional DFAW, and Avantis AVGE—breaking down their diversification, costs, risk/return assumptions, style tilts (small/value vs large/growth), and geographic/sector weights. They highlight how DFA and Avantis add microcaps and factor tilts that Vanguard’s index omits, why fees are “pennies” but differences in construction matter, and why “rules-based” is more accurate than “active.” Listener questions cover lottery winning...