Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Question Onslaught
27 minutes Posted Jul 10, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Questions, Questions Everywhere
Emergency Fund Still Needed?
Putting Lazy Cash to Work
Simplifying Taxable Investing
MYGAs Versus CD Ladders
Safe Money for a Home Purchase
Balancing Income and Liquidity
Inherited IRA Roth Backdoor
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Tom’s on vacation, but the listener questions are not. In this packed Q&A episode, Don tackles one of the most common retirement dilemmas: if your Social Security and annuity income already cover your expenses, do you still need a traditional emergency fund? From there, the questions keep coming. Don weighs in on what to do with “lazy money” earning only 3%, whether a MYGA is really a better deal than a CD ladder, how to structure a taxable brokerage account for long-term growth, and wher...