Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
The Big Question Pile
38 minutes Posted Jul 29, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Q&A Kickoff
Life Insurance Necessity
Floating-Rate Fund Risks
Bonds in Roth Accounts
Rebalancing Retirement Mix
Spending More, Saving Less
Brokerages as Banks
Social Security Cap Debate
Retiring on Too Little
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Listener questions take over the studio as Don and Tom work through a very big pile without sacrificing any more forests than necessary. The quick tour runs from life insurance in retirement to the seductive yield on floating-rate bank-loan ETFs—and why extra income usually comes with extra risk. Then a live call turns asset allocation into an actual retirement plan: how a couple can move from 90/10 to 70/30, use Roth space intelligently, and rebalance without guessing what the market will d...