Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Robot Advisor, Human Judgment
31 minutes Posted Jul 23, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
AI and Advisor Jobs
What AI Can Actually Do
Human Edge in Advice
Too-Long Questions
Active Fund Reality Check
Bitcoin in a Roth
Inherited IRA Strategy
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AI can crunch a portfolio, harvest losses, and explain an investment concept in seconds. But can it stop a nervous investor from selling at exactly the wrong moment—or understand the life behind the spreadsheet? Tom and Don test the robot-advisor promise, even asking ChatGPT to weigh in. The verdict is a useful division of labor: let technology handle repeatable mechanics, while human judgment, fiduciary responsibility, and behavior coaching remain hard to automate. Then the questions get w...