Her Mom Got a Devastating Diagnosis. Now What?

8/6/26: Jill and Mark discuss the spectacular collapse of the Situational Awareness hedge fund and what it reveals about today's AI-fueled investing boom.

They help a caller fighting back tears figure out how to balance three competing priorities: saving for retirement, paying for her children's college, and preparing to care for her mother following the diagnosis of a degenerative illness.

Plus: a reaction to billionaire Jeremy Grantham's outrageous advice that investors should ditch U.S. stocks altogether.

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