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MoneyThirty

by Don McDonald

Money and investing are too simple to feel so complicated. Thirty year financial talk radio host, Don McDonald, shares over three decades of money wisdom in this series of short podcasts that get to meat of money matters. Money Thirty brings you the truth about saving, investing, and protecting YOUR money without the pain in the brain caused by listening to most financial “experts.” On Money Thirty, Don will teach you how to save more easily, avoid getting ripped off, and show you how you can invest better based on solid science and decades of experience.

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Episodes

  1. Not The End

    The Money Thirty podcasts may be ending but the content continues as part of Talking Real Money.

  2. Magic Million

    Do you suddenly become a more sophisticated investor once you have a million bucks?

  3. Dave's Delusion?

    Why does Dave Ramsey get debt right and investing wrong? Is he deluded or self-serving?

  4. Not an Index

    The Dow 30. If it's components are actively selected how can it be a real index? Plus, it’s an antique.

  5. 401k Makeover

    It's time to take a closer look at one of your biggest retirement tools, your 401k (or 403b).

  6. Double Time

    How long will it take to double your money and how much risk will you need to take to do it?

  7. Bad Biases O-On

    SPECIAL SERIES - Part 4: More behavioral biases that lead us to make terrible investment decisions.

  8. Bad Biases G-M

    SPECIAL SERIES - Part 3: More behavioral biases that lead us to make terrible investment decisions.

  9. Bad Biases A-F

    SPECIAL SERIES - Part 2: Beware of the behavioral biases can lead to terrible investment decisions.

  10. Killed By Emotions

    SPECIAL SERIES: Why are we such bad investors? The problem lies within our brains behavioral biases.

  11. Real Investing Risk

    What we perceive as risky is often not as risky as we imagine. Speculation is very risky, but investing...

  12. More Life & Money

    Add up to a month a year to your life by hiring someone else to worry about your money.

  13. Buy Low, Sell High

    SPECIAL EPISODE: How proper rebalancing can help you buy securities low and sell them high.

  14. Emotion v. Evidence

    Are you smarter than most? Think you can beat the market? Don't confuse hindsight with foresight.

  15. Financial Wisdom

    Just as age improves fine wine or whiskey, the years can bring valuable wisdom to financial advisers.

  16. What is Rich?

    How much money do you need to retire comfortably or rich and how go about getting there.

  17. Political Markets?

    What impact does politics have on a real investors portfolio? Probably less than you think.

  18. What's it Worth

    How can you determine the value of an asset. It's not what you want it's what you can get.

  19. Emotional Losses

    Most people invest badly. Our feelings cost us money when we buy high and sell low.

  20. Nothing Special

    “Special” people aren’t entitled to special investments. Yet they act as if they are.

  21. Five Facts

    As Don head out on a 3-week vacation, he leaves you with five financial facts to tide you over.

  22. Fee Fibbers

    Another reason to mistrust your financial professional: Are they telling the truth about fees?

  23. Not Real Investing

    The vast majority of what you read, watch, and hear is not investing. It's gambling or worse.

  24. Top Podcast Reviews

    You'd think that the top 20 investing podcasts would be about investing, but you'd be wrong.

  25. Double Time

    Here's a simple way to approximate how long it will take your money to double at a certain rate.

  26. Falling Short

    Not only do vastly underestimate our retirement needs, we have dramatically under saved.

  27. Fear Beats Greed

    Our fear of loss is stronger than our desire for gain even when the odds are identical.

  28. Actively Failing

    Does it make sense to pay more and get less? That's exactly what active money managers offer.

  29. Plan for Wealth

    A relatively simple plan is the key to breaking bad investing habits and creating wealth.

  30. CryptoCartel

    If an 11 year-old and former cartel accountant can make a cryptocurrency anyone can.

  31. Learn Perspective

    There's a reason we need to study history, to gain perspective of what is a true crisis and what isn't.

  32. Stop the Deception

    Some of the least trusted professionals work with your money. Maybe they should try truth.

  33. A Bad Week

    Bonus. After a bad week for stocks what should you be doing with your portfolio?

  34. Plan Ahead

    Key Ten. Stop worrying about what you can't control and focus on planning for possibilities.

  35. Stay Focused

    Key Nine. Real investors need to stay focused and ignore most of the financial news.

  36. Control Emotions

    Key Eight. Emotions are an investors worst enemy. So, keep calm and carry on investing.

  37. No Know Future

    Key Seven. The financial future is something everyone wants to know. Yet no one possibly can.

  38. Crypto Crime

    Bonus: Where there's blind greed there is bound to be lots of crime. Be crypto careful!

  39. Go Global

    Key Six. There is a simple way to dramtically reduce the risk of permanent loss in your portfolio.

  40. Crypto Complex

    Bonus. Buying stuff with BitCoin will be far more complicated than most imagine.

  41. Crypto Crazy

    Bonus. It you haven't been watching BitCoin you've missed watching money's wildest ride.

  42. Return Dimensions

    Key Five. Decades of scientific research revealed a few ways to add potential returns.

  43. Wealth Requires Risk

    Key 4. If you want to make money your must take smart risk (that means accepting volatility).

  44. Past Not Prologue

    There's a reason for the disclaimer: "Past performance does not guarantee future results."

  45. Can't Beat 'em

    Key Two. It is unlikely that you or any other active money manager can beat the markets.

  46. Investing Key 1

    Real investing requires understanding that markets are generally efficient.

  47. In or Out?

    On this 9th anniversary of the great bull market what have we learned? It is better to be in or out?

  48. Five Years Wrong

    After being consistently wrong for so long, we would stop looking for "expert" market predictions

  49. Mind Games

    Our brains want to appear smarter than they are, playing tricks that make us bad investors.

  50. Necessary Evil

    Insuring against life's disasters is expensive, so how much protection do you you really need?

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Money and investing are too simple to feel so complicated. Thirty year financial talk radio host, Don McDonald, shares over three decades of money wisdom in this series of short podcasts that get to meat of money matters. Money Thirty brings you the truth about saving, investing, and protecting YOUR money without the pain in the brain caused by listening to most financial “experts.” On Money Thirty, Don will teach you how to save more easily, avoid getting ripped off, and show you how you can invest better based on solid science and decades of experience.

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Don McDonald

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Money and investing are too simple to feel so complicated. Thirty year financial talk radio host, Don McDonald, shares over three decades of money wisdom in this series of short podcasts that get to meat of money matters. Money Thirty brings you the truth about saving, investing, and protecting...

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