We examine qualified charitable distributions, Caterpillar, and Comcast on this week's episode.

A special presentation from Morningstar Management Behind the Moat Conference.

This week on the podcast: 3 impressive low-volatility funds; 5 key retiree healthcare trends; opportunity in this wide-moat software firm; Russ Kinnel asks when will active managers feel the pain; we highlight our latest HSA plan grades; and Vanguard’s Maria Bruno talks required minimum distributions.

This week on the podcast: T. Rowe Price’s year of fund upgrades; tips for Medicare open enrollment; Baird’s Tim Steffen discusses year-end tax planning; Alec Lucas analyzes this world large-stock option; Aron Szaprio on the implications of the midterm elections for investors; and dividends in the cereal aisle.

This week on the podcast: Earnings flow in with GE and Facebook in the spotlight; an upgrade for this midcap value fund; Vanguard's Fran Kinniry on portfolio construction amid lower returns; popular target-date funds; funds that could be cash alternatives; and as the Red Sox celebrate their World Series win, Boston Beer looks expensive.

This week on the podcast: Earnings results from 3M, AT&T, Verizon, and Tesla; Dividend opportunities in the energy sector; Christine Benz interviews Vanguard’s Joe Davis; Sarah Bush’s take on this PIMCO ETF; and Russ Kinnel on fund flows.

This week on the podcast: highlights from Christine Benz’s interview with Vanguard founder Jack Bogle; earnings results from Johnson & Johnson, Netflix, and IBM; 3 ETFs for Dividend Seekers; and opportunities in electric vehicles.

This week on the podcast: Four big fund upgrades and downgrades; What you should consider in a “forever home”; Telecom dividends; a fund pick in the nontraditional bond category; market-cap-weighted index funds are not broken; and two undervalued REITs.

This week on the podcast: Three funds that recently joined the Gold-rated fund club; a powerful merger with CVS-Aetna; a foreign large-growth fund on our radar; value in big tobacco; an undervalued narrow-moat utility; and healthcare shocks in retirement.

This week on the podcast: The Fed hiked interest rates this week, and we think banks are fairly valued; David Blanchett says targeting a specific date to stop working may not be an ideal strategy; Coke vs. Pepsi dividends; American Beacon SGA Global Growth is on our radar; wide-moat Mondelez looks undervalued; Jon Hale on his takeaways from recent ESG conferences.