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Podcast: Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Episode: Extra Qs
Description: A year-end Boxing Day Q&A covering realistic downside expectations for global portfolios, the marginal value of adding international small-cap value, details for RetireMeet 2026, and a deeply skeptical look at Medicaid-compliant annuities. The common thread: diversification helps, simplicity usually wins, and when complexity shows up early, commissions are often lurking nearby.
0:04Â Boxing Day confusion, goodwill, and a short-format holiday Q&A
1:07Â Why this is a shorter, four-question episode to wrap the year
2:17Â How much can a globally diversified stock portfolio really fall
3:06Â Limits of global market data and why 2008 still sets expe...