Mailbag! Maximizing Dividends, Spending in Retirement, Managing a 529

In this occurrence of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool idiosyncratic concern adept Robert Brokamp is joined by Motley Fool contributor Dan Caplinger to reply fiscal readying questions sent successful from listeners, including:

• How bash ETFs impact the proposal to ain 25 to 50 stocks?

• How tin a caller retiree power from redeeming to spending aft decades of frugality?

• Since banal prices driblet aft a dividend payment, is it a "nothing-burger"?

• How to negociate a 529 arsenic a kid gets acceptable to spell to college?

• Should you automatically reinvest dividends oregon usage the currency to put successful thing else?

• What to bash erstwhile you're getting a precocious commencement connected redeeming for retirement?

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Missed Nvidia successful 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" awesome flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the archetypal clip successful years, that aforesaid "Total Conviction" awesome is flashing for a institution 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »

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Missed Nvidia successful 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again

In 2009, a "Double Down" awesome flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. If you'd invested $5,000 then, you'd beryllium sitting on $2,499,895 today.*

Now, for the archetypal clip successful years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a institution 1/100th the size of Nvidia. It's a cardinal subordinate successful the $1.8 trillion abstraction race, and with the banal precocious sitting 20% disconnected its highs, the model to get successful aboriginal is closing fast.

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*Stock Advisor returns arsenic of June 29, 2026

This podcast was recorded connected June 20, 2026.

Robert Brokamp: Merry Weekend, Fools, and invited to the archetypal Mailbag occurrence of the Personal Finance Edition of the Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing Podcast. I'm Robert Brokamp, though my nickname astir The Fool is "Bro," which you'll perceive astir today. My colleagues who big the weekday shows person been soliciting questions from our assemblage for the past fewer months. As it turns out, y'all person plentifulness of fiscal readying questions. I yet give an full occurrence to answering immoderate of them, and to assistance maine arsenic my longtime spouse successful crime, Dan Caplinger. Dan is simply a erstwhile fiscal planner and spot attorney. For much than six years, Dan and I person been answering questions for Motley Fool Premium members during 2 unrecorded shows each and each week. I asked Dan to articulation maine for this inaugural Mailbag episode. Welcome to the show, Dan.