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Podcast: Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Episode: ETF Showdown
Description: Questions? Comments?Don and Tom tackle the ābig threeā global equity ETFsāVanguard VT, Dimensional DFAW, and Avantis AVGEābreaking down their diversification, costs, risk/return assumptions, style tilts (small/value vs large/growth), and geographic/sector weights. They highlight how DFA and Avantis add microcaps and factor tilts that Vanguardās index omits, why fees are āpenniesā but differences in construction matter, and why ārules-basedā is more accurate than āactive.ā Listener questions cover lottery winnings (lump sum vs annuity), the collapse of Publishers Clearinghouse payouts, and Ameripriseās pricey SMA accounts. The theme: investing lives in the middle groundābalancing...