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Podcast: Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Episode: Low Risk Fantasies
Description: Don and Tom expose the seductive illusion of âwealth without riskâ by dissecting the explosion of equity-hedged ETFs and mutual funds. They tear into the high fees, low returns, and false promises sold by funds claiming to protect investors from market drops while capturing the upside. With support from recent Wall Street Journal coverage and AQR data, they explain how these âhedgingâ strategiesâespecially options-based onesâoften underperform simple stock/bond portfolios. Listener questions tackle Roth conversions, AVGE vs. GLOV, and the myth of magical investing pills.
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