The Scholar Wealth Podcast

Episode 24: Family Gifting Expectations, Tech IPO Decisions, and the Capital Call Dilemma

September 29th, 2025  |  22 mins 20 secs

10b5-1 trading plan, adult children financial expectations, capital call dilemma, concentrated stock risk, concentration risk, de-risking at 65, equity allocation in retirement, experience vs cash gifts, family gifting dynamics, financial literacy, gifting strategies, investment dilution, ipo planning, ipo stock concentration, liquidity event, longevity and investing, mortgage and private school planning, multigenerational wealth communication, private deal due diligence, real estate investing, real estate syndication risks, retirement planning, retirement portfolio strategy, rsu liquidity planning, stock option exercise, wedding gift fairness

This episode tackles three wealth questions you won’t find in a textbook. We discuss how families can approach fairness in gifting when children make very different choices around major life events, how tech executives should think about concentration risk and cash flow ahead of an IPO, and what to do when a real estate syndication deal issues a capital call. Plus, in Myth or Money, we ask whether turning 65 really means it’s time to cut back on equities.