{"podcast":{"title":"Sound Investing","slug":"sound-investing-342834","podcast_index_feed_id":342834,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10bb8090/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://paulmerriman.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2707236/2707236-1620226683552-09d701c1e44b2.jpg","author":"Paul Merriman","episode_count":557,"summary":"Weekly podcasts with Paul Merriman. Strategic planning for investing at every stage of life.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T06:21:30.518216+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sound-investing-342834"},"episode":{"title":"Paul & Chris Tackle 10 of your Investing Questions","slug":"paul-chris-tackle-10-of-your-investing-questions","published_at":"2026-06-10T19:10:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sound-investing-342834/paul-chris-tackle-10-of-your-investing-questions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sound-investing-342834","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sound-investing/episodes/Paul--Chris-Tackle-10-of-your-Investing-Questions-e3kk947","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10bb8090/podcast/play/121299527/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-10%2F59b7841d-3401-7e94-1828-b0d92fab7a23.mp3","summary":"Paul and Chris answer 10 listener questions in one hour — covering asset allocation, investor behavior, funds, indexes, and fund management. They also dig into Daryl Bahls' hot-off-the-press alternative portfolio analysis. CHAPTERS 00:00 — Intro 01:11 — Funds vs. their indexes 06:04 — Which asset can I drop? 10:50 — Buy and hold for a lifetime? 16:04 — Tracking errors 20:24 — How many years to trust a strategy? 27:05 — The impact of 10% cash 28:18 — What's a "good enough" return? 31:57 — The new worldwide 4-fund portfolio 42:29 — Too old for small-cap value? 44:56 — Avantis and DFA 48:27 — AVES for emerging markets value 54:04 — Outro LINKS & FILES Sound Investing Quilt Charts Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns Two Funds for Life Calculator Lifetime Investment Calculator Daryl's 4-Fund Portfolio Analysis (WW 4-Fund) Other Fine Tuning Tables (50/50) 2FFL Fine Tuning Table — Allocations Watch Video Here","meta_description":"Paul and Chris answer 10 listener questions in one hour — covering asset allocation, investor behavior, funds, indexes, and fund management. They also dig…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3431,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sound-investing-342834/episodes/paul-chris-tackle-10-of-your-investing-questions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sound-investing-342834/paul-chris-tackle-10-of-your-investing-questions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}