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Money and funny? Yes, the two can go together. Toss in honesty and transparency, mix with true financial science, and you have the most unique investing podcast in America. Listen as two of the country's top financial broadcasters and educators show you how to stop playing with your hard-earned money and start investing it for YOUR future. Tom Cock was the host of the PBS-TV show “Serious Money” for many years, and Don McDonald hosted a nationally syndicated financial talk show since 1988. Today, Tom and Don are still dishing out simple, straightforward financial advice on one of the most popular investing podcasts in the world..

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TALKING REAL MONEY PODCASTS
Even Bad Ones Worked
Even Bad Ones Worked

Your investment choices don't need to be perfect.

Oracle of Omaha Timing?
Oracle of Omaha Timing?

Is Buffett a Market Timer?

What's in Your Wallet?
What's in Your Wallet?

What your wallet says about you.

Don Answers More
Don Answers More

It's Question and Answer Friday Again

Myth, Lies, and Mistakes Part 2
Myth, Lies, and Mistakes Part 2

More of the biggest money mistakes we make.

Myths, Lies, and Mistakes 1-5
Myths, Lies, and Mistakes 1-5

Ten Bad Ways to Wealth - Part One

Real (Estate) Returns?
Real (Estate) Returns?

Does owning a home actually build wealth?

Safety Specters
Safety Specters

Can any investment be safer than Treasury securities?

More Friday Questions
More Friday Questions

Keep recording your questions at talkingrealmoney.com

Market Melancholy
Market Melancholy

When stocks fall, depression rises.

Bona Fides Fibbers
Bona Fides Fibbers

Beware of pecuniary prowess puffery

Ridiculous Risks
Ridiculous Risks

Sports gambling reducing investing.

Hearing from Haters
Hearing from Haters

We are bound to make some people unhappy.

How Do You Pay 'Em?
How Do You Pay 'Em?

What's in your advisor's wallet?

Advisor Makes More?
Advisor Makes More?

The client is supposed to make more money.

Pension Envy
Pension Envy

Workers craving certainty.

Crypto Creeps
Crypto Creeps

Trump and the "dirt bag"

A Few More Questions
A Few More Questions

Another Friday Q&A with Don

We Want It All
We Want It All

We can't have risk-free wealth.

Bull's Second B'Day
Bull's Second B'Day

Record high markets continue.

Your Qs and Don's As
Your Qs and Don's As

Another Friday Q&A day.

Death Insurance Needed?
Death Insurance Needed?

Who needs life insurance and what type?

Stocks or Hurricanes?
Stocks or Hurricanes?

Easier to predict storms than markets.

Extinction Event?
Extinction Event?

Is AI the end of us?

Four Qs for You
Four Qs for You

Don answers more of your financial queries.

Investing Innovations?
Investing Innovations?

Are new financial products filling a real need?

Strange Return Boosters
Strange Return Boosters

Sometimes expert advice can be of dubious value.

Index Imperfections
Index Imperfections

The problems with market weighted index funds.

Bet on the Best?
Bet on the Best?

Pick the top four out of 10,000+

Another Week of Qs
Another Week of Qs

The questions are pouring in.

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ESSAYS ON REAL INVESTING
Value Has Won
Value Has Won

Value stocks might still make sense.

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Find Lost Retirement Funds
Find Lost Retirement Funds

Do you have forgotten retirement money?

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Just a Normal Market
Just a Normal Market

Markets have never moved straight up.

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Markets Don’t Remember
Markets Don’t Remember
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SPACS, NFTs, and Other Jungle Creatures
SPACS, NFTs, and Other Jungle Creatures
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Stop the Games
Stop the Games

YOLO, Meme, and EMH: What’s Your Investment Style?

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Gauging Market Expectations?
Gauging Market Expectations?

Crazy markets shouldn’’t change how you invest.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Crypto
Everything You Wanted to Know About Crypto

Clearing up a bit of the cryptocurrency confusion.

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On Value Investing
On Value Investing

It can take time for value investing to return.

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All In or Average In?
All In or Average In?

Dollar cost average or pour it all In?

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Finding Your Fiduciary
Finding Your Fiduciary

Some help finding a 100% fiduciary advisor.

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Federal Fiduciary Failure
Federal Fiduciary Failure

Wall Street doesn’t want you to know the truth.

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Healthy Skepticism
Healthy Skepticism

Don’t blindly trust anyone with your money.

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Value Devalued?
Value Devalued?

What’s Up with Valuation Ratios?

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Small in the Squall
Small in the Squall

Can Small Cap Stocks Weather the Storm?

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Getting Better Sooner?
Getting Better Sooner?

Long-Term Investors, Don’t Let a Recession Faze You.

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A Real Investor's Reaction to Coronavirus
A Real Investor's Reaction to Coronavirus

“The Big Bang Theory” Executive Producer is a real (patient) investor.

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Dealing with the Covid Crisis
Dealing with the Covid Crisis

In times like these it helps to see things from a new perspective.

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Market Volatility Anxiety
Market Volatility Anxiety

Extreme volatility is a regular stock market feature.

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Ten Things to Do Now That the Market Has Tanked.
Ten Things to Do Now That the Market Has Tanked.

Ten pearls of wisdom for a market decline.

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Tune Out the Noise
Tune Out the Noise

The market is noisy. Real investing is quiet.

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Don't Fear the Market Revisited
Don't Fear the Market Revisited

The market has tended to recover reasonably quickly.

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A Viral Surprise
A Viral Surprise

The market hates unknowns and often overreacts.

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Bad Name, Big Impact
Bad Name, Big Impact

The SECURE Act: What you need to know.

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The Risks of Playing It Safe
The Risks of Playing It Safe

Seeking Safety Can Sink You

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Six Steps to a Better 2020
Six Steps to a Better 2020

A few simple ideas for the new year

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How Important are Those Big FAANGs
How Important are Those Big FAANGs

How much do the FAANG stocks effect the market?

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Recession Preparation Tips
Recession Preparation Tips

Someday, there will be another recession. We just don’t know when.

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The Demise of Value Investing?
The Demise of Value Investing?

Don’t count value stocks out just yet.

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You Can't Time the Market.
You Can't Time the Market.

It’s an exercise in futility to try and predict the financial future.

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