Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Have worked with Tom quite a bit over the years and have called in several times. Can't recommend them highly enough. I have done their free portfolio review and there is no hard sell, nothing shady... completely professional. They are one of the few TRUE fiduciaries that are not only required to work in your best interest, they seek out the opportunities to do so and that is rare and refreshing. They have started doing a podcast almost every day, a huge benefit to the audience and what has to be taxing on already stretched resources, but that is just more testament to their quality, integrity and commitment to their audience. Would love to hear more collaboration with Paul M. and maybe see if your Stacking Benjamin or Clark, want to reciprocate and come be a guest one Saturday. Keep up the great work... and maybe give the conservatives a break :) Honestly it's gotten to where I just have to fast forward through Don's Trump bashing and barely veiled conservative jabs, but the content is worth the eye roll.

Old Guys You guys talk all over each others. I think the podcasts will be better than the radio show because you won’t have live callers. Can’t believe you have to obsess about moving to a podcast.

I usually enjoy Talking Real Money, but the latest Bitcoin segment replays the same tired arguments. The hosts claim Bitcoin fails as currency because it’s volatile and therefore unusable. That sounds sensible—until you remember money has three jobs: medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value. They focused on the first and ignored the most important one for savers. Fiat currencies work for spending—but they reliably lose purchasing power. Inflation isn’t a bug; it’s policy. Bitcoin, on the other hand, has a fixed supply. No printing press, no dilution. Volatility is real, but so is Bitcoin’s long-term track record of preserving value better than nearly any fiat currency. Calling Bitcoin tulip bulbs or Beanie Babies also misses the mark. Tulips weren’t scarce. Bitcoin is mathematically scarce, globally transferable, and runs on a decentralized network no government controls. That’s a completely different animal. And here we are again hearing the same criticism after Bitcoin fell from around $120k to $70k—just like in 2022 when it dropped from $69k to $15k and the hosts confidently predicted it was headed to zero. Instead, it climbed from $15k back to $70k within a few years. A 4-plus-fold return in that timeframe would be celebrated in almost any other investment discussion. Bitcoin keeps recovering while the commentary keeps recycling. Yes, Bitcoin isn’t yet a dominant payment method—but strong money is saved before it’s spent. People spend weak money and save strong money. That’s economics, not failure. Bitcoin isn’t perfect, but dismissing it as a fad ignores the fact that it’s the first truly global, non-inflationary monetary system. That deserves more serious analysis than recycled punchlines..

Been listening for about 3 years now. They have really great advice and are willing to help people that call or write in with questions.