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Can It Be Free?

Can It Be Free?

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 0:04 Remembering the “good old days” of fat commissions 0:33 From $200 trades to zero commissions—what really changed 1:18 Free trading everywhere… so how do brokers make money now? 2:37 Robinhood’s explosive growth and the rise of trading culture 3:15 Trading volume triples in six years—what that signals 4:42 Payment for order flow, cash sweeps, and hidden costs 6:21 Are investors actually getting a deal from free trading? 7:13 Why frequent trading and poor returns go hand in hand 8:21 Dopamine, gambling mechanics, and Robinhood’s design problem 9:47 Day trading: the comeback nobody needed 10:57 Why most day traders lose—and taxes make it worse 11:36 Prediction markets: gambling with an investing label 13:16 Listener questions begin 15:55 What is a tokenized stock—and why it’s not investing 17:25 Bucket shops, NFTs, and synthetic “stocks” 18:45 Early retirement withdrawals and the Rule of 55 19:33 Default retirement plans stuffed with annuities—good idea? 21:20 Liquidity risk and why annuities aren’t one-size-fits-all 22:26 Vanguard’s new Core Plus Bond ETF (BNDP) 24:13 Chasing yield vs. using bonds for stability 26:20 Why bonds shouldn’t be your return engine 27:36 Hoping for a calmer 2026 (good luck with that) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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