Carl Stuart takes on topics including the Austin real estate market, using home equity (or HELOC) to open a yogurt shop, capital gains taxes, diversifying an investment portfolio into bond funds, and moving out of state during retirement. And much more on Money Talk.

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Carl Stuart takes caller and text questions on topics like the pros and cons of passive and active investing, also what to do when inheriting property, and whether to use home equity loans to pay off high-interest debt – and more!

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Carl Stuart dives into several personal finance questions, including required minimum distributions from retirement accounts, gifting money to adult children, investing in bonds and bond funds, transitioning to retirement, and more.

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Are target-date retirement funds worth it? How aggressive should you be in the stock market after retirement? And is the market capitalization of S&P 500 overconcentrated? Just a few of many questions Carl Stuart helps answer. Plus one texter gets some inadvertently gets some marriage counseling and another nominates Carl for the Medal of Freedom.

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Carl Stuart takes on several topics from callers and texters, like the right ratios for your asset allocation, drawing down pre- and post-tax retirement accounts, Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), planning for the future even at an advanced age, and more.

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Carl Stuart talks to callers and texters about whether there are downsides to drawing a pension early, the relationship Federal Reserve interest rates have with U.S. “T-notes” or treasury bonds— and their effect on banking interest rates. He also talks about managing multiple houses as investments and other topics.

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Carl helps several callers and texters, like one trying to figure out what percentage of an inheritance to invest in markets and in her Austin home, what happens when the federal government requires minimum distributions from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), and weighing how long to wait to take Social Security benefits — and more.

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Carl Stuart takes your calls and texts on a lot of questions, including from the treasurer of a Home Owners Association about managing their reserve funds, a retiree who moved to the Austin area and wants advice on what to look for in a financial advisor here, and from an investor looking to push his luck on under-performing Russell small-cap funds.

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Carl Stuart takes your questions including why fees for advisors are set the way they are. He chats with someone over a question he’s never received in 30 years regarding the sale of a rental property years after the woman’s husband died. Plus questions about individual retirement accounts, college savings, and more.

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Carl Stuart takes a variety of questions, mainly texts, on how to minimize fees associated with making investments, why you should not see your home as an investment you’ll cash out of one day – because you have to live somewhere, learn about step-ups in value “basis points” when inheriting a property, and more on this week’s show.

The full transcript of this episode of Money Talk with Carl Stuart is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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