Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Clickbait Investing
38 minutes Posted Jul 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
Clickbait and Market Volatility
Clickbait and Market Volatility
Bad Financial Headlines
Bad Financial Headlines
Five Volatility Picks
Five Volatility Picks
Trustworthy Research Sources
Trustworthy Research Sources
Trust for Grandsons
Trust for Grandsons
Listener Questions Return
Listener Questions Return
Measuring Advisor Performance
Measuring Advisor Performance
Final Thoughts and Outro
Final Thoughts and Outro
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Don and Tom take apart a clickbait Kiplinger piece touting the “five top buy-and-hold investments to manage market volatility,” arguing that the list is a random grab-bag of recent winners rather than a coherent portfolio. They explain why the suggested mix—VOO, VXUS, a healthcare sector ETF, Apple stock, and gold—does little to reduce volatility and instead layers on concentration risk, sector bets, and performance chasing. From there, they broaden the discussion into a more useful question:...