Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Five Questions, No Magic
23 minutes Posted Aug 7, 2026 at 8:00 pm.
AI Jingles and Fridays
Q&A Kicks Off
Charitable Giving Dilemma
Dividend Reinvestment
Pension or Lump Sum
Warning on Student Loan Notes
Withdrawal Strategy Debate
Disclosures and Sign-Off
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Don opens with a spirited defense of AI as a creative tool—especially when it makes ideas possible that would otherwise be too expensive or time-consuming. Technology changes the jobs around us, but learning to direct it responsibly can expand what one person can make. Then it’s on to listener questions: how charitable giving from a retirement account might work better through an IRA and qualified charitable distributions, whether dividends and bond interest should be reinvested, and why mon...