What is Risk?

Don and Tom explore the difference between smart risk and dumb risk in investing, sparked by new survey data showing younger investors increasingly believe they must take big risks to achieve their financial goals. They discuss the rise in stock trading, options speculation, and meme-stock behavior, contrasting those activities with evidence-based risks such as broad stock market investing, factor tilts, and maintaining efficient use of cash. They also answer a listener question from a recent...

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What is Risk? is an episode from Talking Real Money - Investing Talk by Don McDonald.

This episode is 29:10 long.

This episode was published on Jun 9, 2026.

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