Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Economic Exaggeration

Episode Summary

The media needs to make the news sound worse.

Episode Notes

Did the U.S. economy really lose a third of it's value? Don share the reality of the latest GDP report.

Why do younger bloggers continue to insist that the stock market and the economy are one in the same?

Another investment firm claims to be a fiduciary on one hand, but their disclosure documents tell a completely different story. How do the get away with lying?

A caller wonders if the election will impact the stock market and why have DFA  funds done so poorly recently?

Another listener has a seven-year-old indexed annuity and discovers not only how much he's paid, but that he is basically stuck paying a surrender charge to gain a better potential return.