Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Money Game?
38 minutes Posted Jan 21, 2026 at 6:50 pm.
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A chaotic but revealing game-show-style opening leads into a sharp lesson on why market trivia doesn’t matter nearly as much as discipline. Tom and Don walk through eye-opening 2025 market stats, including the real impact of the Magnificent Seven, international stocks’ outperformance, and a surprising Bitcoin result, before pivoting to listener calls on risk aversion in retirement, tax drag in fixed income, ETF vs. mutual fund structure, pensions as “bond substitutes,” and the fear of poorly ...