Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Now Spend It
32 minutes Posted Jan 20, 2026 at 7:46 pm.
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Most retirees aren’t spending anywhere near what they safely could — often barely 2% of their savings — and that hesitation may be costing them the very retirement they worked for. Don and Tom make the case for permission to spend, walking through why flexible withdrawal strategies beat rigid rules, how the “go-go / slow-go / no-go” years actually play out, and why fear of future healthcare costs often leads to unnecessary deprivation today. Listener questions cover tilted portfolios ins...