Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Calculating Your Future
38 minutes Posted Jun 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
Quiz on debt and 401k returns
Mortgage payoff versus retirement saving
Listener call on retirement allocation
Stocks, wealth concentration, and market fears
Consolidating TSP into Vanguard IRA
Appella offer, book plug, and outro
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Don and Tom tackle a Wall Street Journal financial decision-making quiz that explores how to prioritize competing goals such as retirement savings, high-interest debt, mortgages, and student loans. The discussion highlights the importance of employer matching contributions, the damaging impact of credit card debt, and the reality that many financial decisions depend on individual circumstances and risk tolerance. They then answer listener questions about retirement portfolio allocation, Fishe...