The Rational Reminder Podcast

Episode 295 - Home Country Bias, Seg Funds, and Todd Rogers on Writing for Busy Readers

Episode 294 - Dan Harris: 10% Happier

Episode 293 - Eric Balchunas: Spot Bitcoin ETFs

Episode 292 - Rob Copeland: Ray Dalio and Bridgewater

Episode 291 - The Quant Winter, and is Canada Pension Plan a Scam?

Episode 290 - Morgan Housel: Same as Ever

The podcast features Morgan Housel, author of "Same as Ever," discussing the importance of understanding what doesn't change amidst constant forecasting failures. Housel emphasizes that while technologies and industries evolve, human responses to greed, fear, risk, and uncertainty remain stable. He argues that focusing...

Episode 289 - Retiring Retirement Income Myths with the Retirement Income Dream Team

The podcast episode critically examines Dave Ramsey's claim that an 8% withdrawal rate from retirement portfolios is safe, a claim the hosts and guests strongly dispute. Financial experts Michael Finke, Wade Pfau, and David Blanchett debunk this by highlighting sequence of return risk, market volatility, and the unlike...

Episode 288 - Scott Rick: Navigating the Money Minefield in Real Relationships

Episode 287: A Practical Look at Private Equity w/ Steve Balaban & Epic Life w/ Justin Breen

Episode 286: Errol Morris: Tuning out the Noise

Episode 285: A Year in Review

Episode 284: Prof. Scott Cederburg: Challenging the Status Quo on Lifecycle Asset Allocation

Episode 283: When Volatility is Risk, and Introducing The Money Scope Podcast

Episode 282: Dr. Jim Grubman: The Psychology of Wealth

Episode 281: Lifecycle Asset Allocation, and Retiring Successfully with Justin King

Traditional lifecycle investment advice, which advocates for shifting from stocks to bonds as retirement approaches, often relies on flawed assumptions regarding volatility as a measure of risk. Empirical data indicates that an all-stock portfolio—comprising 50% domestic and 50% international equities—consistently outp...

Episode 280: Shane Parrish: Clear Thinking in Everyday Life

Episode 279: Stock Returns in Recessions, and FSRA's Approach to Regulation

Episode 278: Juhani Linnainmaa: Financial Advisors, and the Cross-Section of Returns

Episode 277: The Cash Wedge w/ Phil Briggs, and and the Four Ds of Tax Planning

Episode 276: Darin Soat: The Problem with Finfluencers, and Why it Won't Get Better Anytime Soon