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America's Retirement Headquarters — 255 episodes

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The Million-Dollar Myth and What Retirement Really Runs On

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Retirement Rarely Goes as Planned, Now What?

3

The Costly Retirement Mistake That Happens After Tax Day

4

The Five-Year Window That Can Redefine Retirement

5

The Retirement Number Most People Never Write Down

6

What Happens When Markets, Emotions, and Retirement Collide

7

Two Buckets, One Goal: Understanding Risk in Retirement Planning

8

Is Your Retirement Ready for the Next Market Drop?

9

Bonds in 2026: What Retirees Should Be Paying Attention To Now

10

How to Prepare for the Unexpected in Retirement

11

The Retirement Assumptions That Could Cost You!

12

When Income, Taxes, and Healthcare Collide in Retirement

13

When the Paycheck Stops: Rethinking Income, Risk, and Care in Retirement

14

Why Retirement Math Breaks Down in Real Life

15

Are You Ready for the Retirement Curveball Coming in 2026?

16

The Retirement Reality Check No One Sees Coming

17

Why Market Dependence Could Wreck Your Retirement

18

Retirement Isn’t Just About Money; Here’s What You’re Missing

19

Medicare Made Simple? Not Quite

20

The Social Security Myth: What You Need to Know

21

Three Years to Freedom: Planning That Pays Off

22

Spendophobia: The Silent Threat to Your Retirement

23

Is Your Retirement Income Built to Last?

24

RMDs, Annuities, and the Secrets to Financial Security

25

Portfolio Overlap: The Silent Killer in Your Investments

26

The Medicare Mistakes Even Smart Retirees Make

27

Tax Strategies, Automation, and the Retirement Puzzle

28

Beyond the Bell: What Teachers Must Know Before Retiring

29

Roth Mistakes, Bond Myths, and Social Security Shocks

30

The Fine Print of Medicare: Surprises in This Year’s Enrollment Period

31

Tax Moves & Withdrawal Mistakes to Avoid

32

Retirement Reimagined: Nolan Baker on Flexibility, Strategy, and Empowerment

33

Filing taxes is backward looking; planning is forward looking

34

Understanding Medicare: Enrollment and Coverage Explained

35

How to Keep Your Nest Egg Safe When the Market Isn’t

36

Index Funds, Timing, and the Truth About Retirement

37

Annuities, Interest Rates, and the Real Math of Retiring

38

Retirement’s Silent Killer: Poor Tax Planning

39

Buckets, Floors, and Rates: The New Rules of Retirement Income

40

Focus on controllable aspects of your financial future

41

Retirement Tax Traps: What the Media Isn’t Telling You

42

Avoid Hidden Risks & Maximize Your Income Now

43

The Retirement Fee Trap: What You’re Really Paying

44

Mid-Year Money Moves You Can’t Ignore

45

Longevity, Taxes & Tech: A Retirement Wake-Up Call

46

How do you keep your money safe while growing?

47

Is this the year for you to retire?

48

Is a Million Dollars Enough to Retire?

49

Decoding Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D

50

Avoiding Retirement Pitfalls: Social Security and Taxes

51

Strategic selling is more beneficial than panic selling

52

Measuring Investment Performance

53

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Is Your 401k a Risky Tech Fund?

55

What is Social Security going to look like?

56

The unique retirement planning needs of federal employees

57

Understanding Longevity Risk in Retirement

58

The Essential Guide to Estate Planning

59

Spring cleaning your finances

60

Understanding 401k Options During Job Changes

61

Why 2025 Is A Pivotal Year For Financial Planning

62

What is your amount to retire with?

63

Financial Habits for Retirement Success

64

Tax Strategies for Social Security Income

65

Why 2025 Is A Pivotal Year For Financial Planning

66

Should you stay invested in the stock market?

67

The 4% rule is starting to fail in retirement

68

Spotting fees that can add up over time

69

America's Retirement Headquarters

70

Understanding Tax Strategies for Retirement

71

The bills don't stop in retirement

72

Fear of spending after retirement is common

73

Navigating Interest Rate Cuts and Market Fluctuations

74

Navigating Medicare: Your Essential Guide

75

Rebalancing portfolios can help take advantage of market opportunities

76

Understanding Tax Loss Harvesting

77

Understanding the Tax Implications of Receiving an Inheritance

78

Metrics for Determining a Recession

79

The Pitfalls of Checking Stock Prices Daily

80

The Impact of Fees and Expenses in Retirement Portfolios

81

Financial Planning for Small Business Owners

82

Preparing for a Stock Market Bubble Burst

83

Avoiding Guesswork in Retirement Planning

84

Costco's hot dog soda combination price will remain unchanged

85

Identifying Red Flags in Retirement Planning

86

Habits of Wealthy Individuals for Financial Success

87

Learning from Historical Market Downturns

88

Bridging the Income Gap in Retirement

89

The Impact of the Election on Investment Markets

90

Understanding the Risks of Investing in Bonds

91

What Nobody Tells You About Early Retirement

92

What Is A Life Insurance Hybrid Policy?

93

Annuities vs the Four Percent Rule

94

What Fees Should I Look For When Investing?

95

Is There a Way To Create a Personal Pension?

96

Last Minute Tax Savings Tips

97

Is a Market Correction Coming?

98

How Much Crytpocurrency Should I Have In My Portfolio?

99

The Effects Of Emotional Investing

100

The Fed's Impact on the Economy

101

How To Weather The Retirement Storm

102

What Does It Mean To Spend Down Your Money?

103

Tips to Limit Taxes In Retirement

104

How To Focus on Risk Reduction

105

How Do I Know If I Need An Annuity?

106

Where to Invest Money In 2024

107

Is It Time To Talk To a Professional About My Retirement?

108

Why Are Financial Investments Complex?

109

How Valuable Are Roth Conversions If You're Already Retired?

110

How Should We Factor Politics Into a Retirement Plan?

111

Investments That Keep Up With Inflation

112

Properly Timing Your Retirement

113

What Will Social Security Cuts Look Like?

114

The Pros and Cons of Higher Interest Rates

115

How Do Stocks Do During Geopolitical Events?

116

Are Bonds a Good Investment Right Now?

117

Preparing for Future Taxes

118

Don't Miss These Retirement Deadlines

119

The Cost of Health Care in Retirement

120

Should a 70 Year Old Be In the Stock Market?

121

How Do I Replace My Income In Retirement?

122

Changing Your Perspective On Retirement Planning

123

Is My Social Security Income At Risk?

124

What to Know About Catch Up Contributions

125

Should You Keep Working Instead of Retiring?

126

Why Is Longevity Risk Important?

127

What Is the Best Tax Strategy In Retirement?

128

How To Get Back On Track With Retirement Planning

129

Should You Delay Your Retirement?

130

Retirement Planning vs Income Planning

131

How To Keep Up With a Changing Market

132

How AI Can Help Investors

133

What Should I Own Before a Market Crash?

134

What is the Importance of a Diverse Portfolio?

135

Better Options to Help Nervous Investors

136

How To Avoid Buyer's Remorse

137

How to Attack a Decreasing Market

138

What Are the Five Big Retirement Risks?

139

Who Should I Trust When It Comes To My Retirement?

140

Is My Money Safe?

141

Retirement Tax Strategies in 2023

142

Long-Term Planning vs Short-Term Wins

143

What's the Best Way To Invest My Retirement Savings?

144

How to Keep Your Retirement From Falling Asleep

145

How To Have a Tax-Savvy Retirement

146

How To Take Advantage of Higher Interest Rates

147

Hybrid Investments

148

What's Important In a Retirement Plan

149

What To Know About Secure Act 2.0

150

Could 2023 Be a Good Year to Retire?

151

How to Prepare For a Forced Retirement

152

What Does 2023 Hold For the Markets?

153

Is It Good To Retire In a Recession?

154

How To Deal With Emotions When Investing

155

What Is the "Magic Number" to Retire?

156

Are I Bonds Still a Good Deal?

157

What To Do Before the End of 2022

158

Where To Look For Bond Alternatives

159

How to Limit a Recession's Effect On Your Portfolio

160

How To Stop Investing Emotionally

161

What Should You Do During a Market Crash?

162

How to Rebalance Your Portfolio (And How Often)

163

How to Keep Your Portfolio "In Balance"

164

How to Plan Beyond Retirement

165

How To Know When You Can Retire

166

How to Figure Out a Safe Withdrawal Rate In Retirement

167

How to Factor In Inflation

168

How to Have a Tax-Savvy Retrirement

169

How To Determine What You Can Spend

170

How to "Git R Done"

171

How To Put Your Investments Under a Microscope

172

How to Prepare In the Retirement Red Zone

173

How to Handle the Awkward Tasks (Like Financial Planning)

174

How To Invest in a Recession

175

How to Retire In a Crazy Economy

176

How to Prepare For a Financial Hurricane

177

How to Retire Early (and What to Consider)

178

How To Save On Taxes During Down Markets

179

How To Prepare For a Disaster

180

How To Get Involved With Cryptocurrency

181

How To Take the Emotion Out Of Your Retirement Plan

182

How To Use Gold In Retirement

183

How to Plan For The Unexpected

184

How To Use Current Real Estate Trends In Retirement

185

How to Prepare for Long Term Care

186

How to Make Sense of Social Security

187

How To Invest In a Market Crash

188

How To Keep Your Retirement Accounts Up To Date

189

How To Create a Written Income Plan

190

How to Do Medicare Correctly

191

How Short Term Decisions Can Destroy Long Term Success

192

How to Prepare Your Portfolio for Rising Intertest Rates

193

How to Pick a Financial Advisor or Health Insurance Agent

194

How to Prepare For a Financial Blizzard

195

How To (And When To) Rebalance Your Portfolio

196

How (and Why) to Do Estate Planning

197

How To Make Contributions for Last Year (Still)

198

How To Know the "Magic Number" For Your Retirement

199

How To Build the Ultimate Million Dollar Portfolio

200

How To Account For Social Security Taxation

201

How to Avoid Costly Retirement Mistakes

202

How To Make Year-End Moves

203

How to Prepare for Medicare

204

How To Look At Risk In Retirement

205

How To Create an End of Year Financial Checklist

206

How To Ask Your Advisor the Tough Questions

207

How to Navigate Medicare's Annual Enrollment Period

208

How to Save And Pay Less In Taxes

209

How To Know If You Can Retire Early

210

How To Put Together an End Of Year Financial Checklist

211

How To Build an All Weather Portfolio

212

How to Test Drive Retirement

213

How to "Tune Up" Your Retirement

214

How to Withdraw Retirement Savings Correctly

215

How to Survive Bubble Bursts

216

How To Lower Your Taxes For Next Year

217

How to Avoid Retirement Stress

218

How to Adjust Your Investing Style

219

How To Do Roth Conversions (And If You Should)

220

How To Use Life Insurance In Retirement

221

How To "Un-retire" the Right Way

222

How To Plan For the Unknown (Taxation)

223

How To Be an Above Average Investor

224

How to Make Early Withdrawals

225

How to Prepare For Retroactive Taxation

226

How to Address the Biggest Retirement Fear

227

How To Retire Early

228

How To Invest With Rising Inflation

229

How to Pay For Government Programs

230

How to Make Sense of Fees

231

How To Take Advantage Of Your 60s

232

How to Avoid "Analysis Paralysis"

233

Tax Freedom Day

234

How to Plan for Tax Hikes

235

The "How-Tos" of Medicare

236

How to Pick Long Term Care Insurance

237

How To Avoid Cyber Risk

238

How To Avoid Interest Rate Risk In Bonds

239

How To Invest In a Market Crash

240

How to Make the Right Insurance Decision Past 65

241

How to Keep Medicare Costs Down

242

How to Avoid Financial Infidelity

243

How to Avoid Making Retirement Missteps

244

How To Pick a Financial Advisor For Retirement

245

How to Prepare For Higher Taxes, and How to Invest At a Market High

246

How to Determine How Much You Can Withdraw

247

How To Avoid Being Wiped Out By a Health Care Crisis

248

How and When to Claim Social Security

249

How to NOT Retire

250

How To Avoid Being An Emotional Investor

251

Fuzzy Math In Retirement

252

Choosing the Right Advisor For You

253

More Than Income

254

Letting Your Politics Dictate Your Investments

255

Year End Moves