
Retirement Straight Talk With Paul & William
Hosted by Paul Barreca and William Barreca and William and Paul and Paul Merriman and William Bengen · West End Wealth Planning
5.0from 2 ratings
- 92
- Episodes
- 46
- Transcribed
- 2
- Ratings
- 2022
- First episode
About Retirement Straight Talk With Paul & William
Welcome to Retirement Straight Talk with hosts Paul & William Barreca. A retirement planning podcast for Canadians who want to spend more and pay less in taxes. Paul is an award winning Wealth Advisor at West End Wealth Planning, IPC Securities Corporation, and celebrated radio personality, most recently as host of the Sunday Money Show on Newstalk 1010. William adds a fresh perspective to Paul's more than 3 decades of experience. In this podcast, we will break down and simplify complex retirement topics so you can make smart decisions with your money and enjoy the next chapter. Join us as we inform and empower you with real facts so you can avoid common money mistakes and build a worry-free retirement. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast may not necessarily reflect those of IPC Securities Corporation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- West End Wealth Planning
- Category
- business · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Oct 2022
- Latest episode
- 16 Dec 2025
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Popular Investing Beliefs That Just Aren’t True (Part Two)
Published 16 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And there's a six or seven of mutual funds ETFs doesn't matter. And we go, you're not very diversified. And they'll say things like, what do you mean? Look at I got all these funds, but they're all essentially similar. And what that they own similar holdings, not exactly the same things, but similar. So what that means is you don't know oftentimes well over concentrated in certain industries, sectors, geographic reasons, people will realize what you're actually doing there is often significantly increasing your risk without the diversification. So you'll tend to have a lot more volatility. Having more investments isn't needed. […]
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Paul Barreca and William Barreca and William and Paul and Paul Merriman and William Bengen host the show. Published by West End Wealth Planning.
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