Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Another Money Quiz
33 minutes Posted Jul 1, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
Quiz Show Kickoff
Spending and Budgets
Inflation Beats Savings
Debt Doubling Trouble
Insurance for Young Workers
Lottery Risk and Reward
Final Advice Question
Beyond the Quiz
Listener Questions Begin
Small-Cap Value Debate
Gold Portfolios and Backtests
Book Plug and Closing
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Can Tom beat the average American on a personal finance quiz? Don puts Tom in the hot seat with eight questions drawn from a financial literacy quiz developed by researchers at Stanford University and TIAA. The topics range from earning, budgeting, inflation, investing, debt, insurance, and risk to evaluating investment advice. Along the way, there’s plenty of good-natured ribbing, a debate over compounding, and a reminder that even financial professionals can stumble on carefully worded ques...