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Jan 2024
46m 36s

Legal Loan Sharks

Don McDonald
About this episode

We're all over the fiscal place today. After an ad during our radio show we look at the horrible and yet perfectly legal predatory predatory short-term loan business. Then, we try to understand why experts are still advising investors to try to find the right time to buy stocks and consider the psychological effect of bad markets. Plus, we compare whether it makes more sense to buy gold bars or freeze-dried emergency food at Costco.

A listener looks for advice on taking a lump-sum distribution or a monthly pension.

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