About this episode

Don addresses a variety of listener questions on topics ranging from credit cards to retirement strategies.

This week Don tackles seven excellent listener questions covering everything from credit cards and emerging markets to covered-call ETFs, annuities, retirement buckets, and whether investors should worry about new additions to stock indexes. 00:51 Summer surge in listener questions 01:15 LitReading success and thanks 02:01 Are credit cards really evil? 05:09 Emerging markets inside international funds 07:44 Paying kids for chores to fund Roth IRAs 10:58 Covered-call ETFs (JEPI and others) 15...

People in this episode

Host: Don McDonald

Topics covered

• listener questions
• credit cards
• emerging markets
• covered-call ETFs
• annuities
• retirement planning

Keywords

• credit cards
• emerging markets
• covered-call ETFs
• annuities
• retirement buckets
• stock indexes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JEPI, Roth IRAs

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