The Rational Reminder Podcast
Benjamin Felix, Cameron Passmore, and Dan Bortolotti
A weekly reality check on sensible investing and financial decision-making, from three Canadians. Hosted by Benjamin Felix, Cameron Passmore, and Dan Bortolotti, Portfolio Managers at PWL Capital.
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Episodes (428)
Episode 405: Timothy Edwards - Inside S&P DJ Indices
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Episode 404: The Finance Paper that Changed Everything
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Episode 403: Patrick Adams - When Stock Crashes Matter for Long-Term Investors
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Episode 402: The Problem with Private Markets
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Episode 401: Eduardo Repetto & Caitlin Ebanks - Opening the Avantis CAGE
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Episode 400: The Evolution of Index Fund Investing
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Episode 399: James Choi - Portfolio Theory in a Spreadsheet
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Episode 398: Tom Hardin - Ethics, Financial Crime, and Redemption
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Episode 397: Hendrik Bessembinder - Constant Leverage & Measuring Investor Outco...
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Episode 396: Theresa Ebden - Protecting Investors at the OSC
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Episode 395: Charles Chaffin - The Psychology of Financial Planning
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Episode 394: Equal Weight vs. Market Cap Weight Index Funds
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Episode 393: Engineering Financial Outcomes
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Episode 392: The Rise of ETF Slop
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Episode 391: How Assumptions Shape Financial Planning Outcomes
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Episode 390: The "AI Bubble" and Stock Market Concentration
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Episode 389: How the Rational Reminder Podcast is Made
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Episode 388: AMA #11 - Your Parents' Advisor, 100% Equity Portfolios, and Invest...
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Episode 387: Lessons from The Wealthy Barber (2025)
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Episode 386: Is anyone doing dd? with Aravind Sithamparapillai
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Episode 385: A Case Study on Pension Benefits vs. Commuted Values
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Episode 384: Mamdouh Medhat - A Profitability Retrospective, and Private Fund Pe...
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Episode 383: AMA #10 - Dollar cost averaging & mutual funds vs. ETFs
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Episode 382: Ted Cadsby - The Power of Index Funds, and Being Human
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Episode 381: Investing 101
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Episode 380: John Y. Campbell - Fixing Personal Finance
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Episode 379: AMA #9: Covered Call ETFs, Currency Hedging, and Bond Misconception...
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Episode 378: Learning from Market History
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Episode 377: Investing in Your Health
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Episode 376: Climbing The Wealth Ladder
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Episode 375: Covered Calls: A Devil's Bargain
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Episode 374: The Underperformance of Target Date Funds
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Episode 373: Asset Allocation in Practice
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Episode 372: Elie Hassenfeld - (Approximately) Optimal Philanthropy
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Episode 371: Banks Sell Products, Not Advice
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Episode 370: Dave Chilton (The Wealthy Barber): Timeless Financial Advice
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Episode 369: The Most Important Quotes in Investing
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Episode 368: Jim Rowley & Andy Maack - Implementing Index Funds at Vanguard
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Episode 367: AMA #8 + Insurance Needs Analysis with Louai Bibi
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Episode 366 - Avoiding Investment Scams
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Episode 365 – Rob Carrick's Eight Lessons Learned in 27 Years of Covering Person...
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Episode 364 – Martijn Cremers: Is the Conventional Wisdom on Active Management W...
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Episode 363 - The (Underappreciated) Risk of Individual Stocks
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Episode 362 – AMA #7
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Episode 361: Alex Edmans - Finding "The Truth" in Economics, Finance, and Life
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Episode 360 – Gerard O'Reilly: The Components of Net Returns
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Episode 359 - The Most Controversial Topics in Personal Finance
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Episode 358 – Dr. Eli Beracha: Renting versus Buying a Home
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Episode 357 – AMA #6
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Episode 356 – Abby Davisson: How to Make Decisions About Money and Love
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