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Cover Your Assets KC Podcast — 296 episodes

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Mailbag: Two Huge Decisions Before Retirement

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Mailbag: Inheritance Without Guardrails

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Protecting Your Heirs from Themselves

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Don't Waste Your Annual Financial Review

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Mailbag: Out Of the Market Too Long & Taxes in Retirement

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Broker or Fiduciary – Does It Really Matter?

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Mailbag: Investing Extra Income and Handling an Inherited IRA

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Retirement Gray Areas That Matter a Lot

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Inherited a House — Are the Taxes Really That Bad?

10

How Much Life Insurance Is Enough at Each Stage of Life?

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5 Steps To Take If You’re Behind On Your Retirement Savings

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5 Major Events From 2025 That Impacted Retirement Plans

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Better Retirement Questions (Part 2): Five Smarter Ways to Think About Your Future

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Why Better Questions Helps Build Better Retirements

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Do Your Feelings Belong in Your Financial Plan?

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Is Now the Time to Invest More in Bonds?

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5 Signs You’re Richer Than You Think

18

Mailbag: Setting Your Teen on the Right Financial Foot

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Mailbag: Should You Fund Your Business With IRA Money?

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Big Beautiful Bill Myths Debunked

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The New Tax Law - What’s In It For Me?

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The 4 Things You Can Control in Retirement

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3 Financial Planning Essentials for Father’s Day

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The 6 Things Everyone Should Know About An HSA

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Mailbag: What to Focus on When You’re Nearing Retirement

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Mailbag: Smart Estate Planning & Tax Strategies for a Secure Legacy

27

What to Do (And Not Do) When the Market Drops

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Mailbag: Should I Set Up a Trust to Save My Kids Inheritance Taxes?

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7 Things To Know About Required Minimum Distributions

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Inside the Advisor’s Office: What People Are Actually Concerned About

31

Financial Planning Essentials: Social Security and Life Insurance

32

Retirement Lessons from Andy Reid: Super Bowl-Worthy Financial Strategies

33

Is It Time to Fire Your Broker? Let’s Discuss That and Social Security

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Am I Ahead Or Behind On My Retirement Savings?

35

2024's Best Stocking Stuffer: Financial Freedom (PART 2)

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2024's Best Stocking Stuffer: Financial Freedom (PART 1)

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Trump's Victory & YOUR Portfolio

38

Mailbag: How Does a Trust Work?

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Review These 5 "To-Dos" Before Year-End

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Fed Rate Cuts are Good for Stocks…Right?

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Mailbag: How To Handle An Unexpected Layoff

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Retirees In Their 70s Regret These 5 Things

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Are Target-Date Maturity Funds Right for Your Retirement Plan?

44

Mailbag: Roth IRAs and 401(k)s

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Avoiding Procrastination in Your Financial Life

46

Roth IRAs as an Inheritance Strategy

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Should Wealthy Taxpayers Make Roth Contributions?

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Sequence of Returns: The Largest Risk You Haven’t Considered

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Mailbag: Can I Retire Spur Of The Moment?

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Taking the Retirement Income Literacy Quiz

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Retirement Savings: Am I Ahead Or Behind?

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Millennials: Retirement Questions That Every Generation Is Asking

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Gen X: Retirement Questions That Every Generation Is Asking

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Baby Boomers: Retirement Questions That Every Generation Is Asking

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Mailbag: Should My Dad Gift Money Now to Later Avoid Estate Tax?

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4 Financial Lessons From The Chiefs' Super Bowl Victory

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Mailbag: Should I Sell My Rental Property to Pay Off All My Debt?

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3 Reasons You Should Use Life Insurance in 2024

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Making Your 2024 Count

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Mailbag: Is It Bad To Be In Debt?

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Mailbag: What Should I Do With My Raise?

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What To Do About Your Pension Buyout Options

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”I Just Inherited An IRA! Now What?”

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Will I Owe Taxes When I Sell My Home?

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Mailbag: Should I Pay Cash for My House in Retirement?

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Are There Universal Retirement Truths?

67

Understanding RMDs: A Guide For Retirees & The Soon-to-Retire

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Mailbag: Do I Really Need a Trust?

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What Ever Happened to the Stretch IRA?

70

Too Young For A Roth IRA?

71

Countdown Clarity: Timing Your Retirement Preparations

72

Are Clients Saving ”Too Much” For Retirement?

73

Don’t Wait To Claim Ex-Spouse Benefits From Social Security

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Common Financial Questions from the Office

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Tax-free Gifts To Your Beneficiaries

76

Episode 221: Mailbag- How Does Inheriting A Roth IRA Work?

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Episode 220: 4 Big Beneficiary Mistakes You Do NOT Want To Make

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Episode 219: 5 Things That Affect Your Credit Score

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Episode 218: 6 Reasons NOT To Do A Roth Conversion

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Episode 217: 5 Annuity Myths to Know About

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Episode 216: Does Age Matter in Financial Planning?

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Episode 215: Mailbag - What Makes an HSA Getter Than My Roth IRA?

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Episode 214: 5 Important Tax Questions for Retirees

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Episode 213: 7 Myths About Social Security

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Episode 212: The Basics of Retirement Savings

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Episode 211: What Golf Teaches Us About Financial Planning

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Episode 210: What You Might Not Know About The S&P 500

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Episode 209: It’s Not Too Late For Your 2022 Roth Contributions... 5 Things You Should Know

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Episode 208: Should I Consolidate My Orphaned 401(k)s?

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Episode 207: Mailbag – Withdrawal Woes, Rental Properties, Tax Hassles & More

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Episode 206: 10 Point Checklist For Retirement Preparedness, Part 2

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Episode 205: 10 Point Checklist For Retirement Preparedness, Part 1

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Episode 204: 2023 Financial Resolutions, Part 2

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Episode 203: 2023 Financial Resolutions (Part 1)

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Episode 202: The Secure Act 2.0

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Episode 201: Mailbag - Maxing Out My Retirement Contributions

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Episode 200: Stock Market Knowledge

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Episode 199: Running the Retirement Planning Marathon

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Episode 198: Making Good Decisions Amidst Major Life Events

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Episode 197: Mailbag: How Do I Use the Rule of 72?

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Episode 196: The Positive Side of Inflation

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Episode 195: Why You Should Care About RMDs

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Episode 194: Financial Year-End Checklist

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Episode 193: Retirement Income Challenges You Might Not Expect

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Episode 192: How Bonds Work: What Retirees Need To Know

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Episode 191: Is the Market Overvalued or Undervalued?

107

Episode 190: What Hurricanes Teach Us About Saving for Retirement

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Episode 189: Financial Rules of Thumb

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Episode 188: Investing Outside Of An IRA or 401(k)

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Episode 187: Irreversible Financial Decisions

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Episode 186: Life Insurance After 65? Three Good Reasons...

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Episode 185: Planning For Retirement’s Uncertainties

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Episode 184: Mailbag: Should I Convert My IRA Rollover Into a Roth?

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Episode 183: Do You Concur? Picking Sides In Important Financial Debates

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Episode 182: Financial Jargon

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Episode 181: Are You Too Old for a Roth Conversion?

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Episode 180: Is It Too Late to Sell My Stocks?

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Episode 179: Mailbag: When Can I Offset Gains with Losses?

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Episode 178: Roth Conversions in a Bear Market?

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Episode 177: Making Investment Losses Work FOR You

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Episode 176: Advice for the Almost Retired

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Episode 175: 5 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make With Your IRA

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Episode 174: Common Questions About Your Home

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Episode 173: Recent Financial Statistics

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Episode 172: Mailbag: Should I Use My 401(k) to Pay Off my Consumer Debt?

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Episode 171: The Accidental Retiree

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Episode 170: Understanding Financial Jargon

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Episode 169: 5 Things to Know About Qualified Charitable Distributions

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Episode 168: The Most Important Birthdays In Retirement Planning

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Episode 167: 8 Key Steps to Organizing Financial Records

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Episode 166: Financial Documents Needed Through Your Life Stages

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Episode 165: Understanding Financial Designations

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Episode 164: Mailbag - How Much Can I Spend Yearly and Not Run Out of Money?

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Episode 163: Mailbag - Should I Care About What the Fed is About To Do?

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Episode 162: The Most Important Part of Retirement Planning

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Episode 161: Updates to Rollovers and Required Distributions

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Episode 160: Planning for Things You Can’t Predict

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Episode 159: What’s Behind the January Stock Market Swoon?

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Episode 158: What It Takes To - Lose 100 Pounds or Achieve Your Financial Goals

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Episode 157: Mailbag - Life Insurance, Budgets, and More

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Episode 156: 2022 Financial Resolutions, Part 2

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Episode 155: 2022 Financial Resolutions, Part 1

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Episode 154: Best Of 2021 Listener Questions

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Episode 153: One Easy Way to Simply Your Retirement

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Episode 152: 7 Roth Conversion Misconceptions

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Episode 151: 3 Ways to Reduce RMDs

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Episode 150: Mailbag - Retiring Early, Risk, and Social Security

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Episode 149: Retirement Planning as a Jigsaw Puzzle

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Episode 148: 5 Opportunities for Late Bloomers

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Episode 147: Who Pays the Gift Tax?

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Episode 146: Should Your Trust Be Your IRA Beneficiary?

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Episode 145: Tax Consequences

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Episode 144: Mailbag - How Can I Convince My Husband We’ve Saved Enough?

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Episode 143: Do the New Infrastructure Bills Impact Your Financial Plan?

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Episode 142: Financial Matters You Don’t Want to Put Off

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Episode 141: Mailbag - Should I Contribute to a Roth 401(k)?

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Episode 140: 401(k) Millionaires

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Episode 139: Happy Birthday, Social Security

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Episode 138: 3 Questions to Ask Before You Buy An Annuity

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Episode 137: Is Inflation Transitory or Here to Stay?

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Episode 136: Mailbag - How Much Money To Set Aside for Medical Care?

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Episode 135: Mailbag - What Should I Do Now To Reduce Future RMD Taxes?

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Episode 134: The 3 Things You Must Understand If Retiring in 3-5 Years, Part 3

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Episode 133: The 3 Things You Must Understand If You're Retiring In 3-5 Years, Part 2

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Episode 132: 3 Things You Must Understand If You're Retiring In 3-5 Years, Part 1

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Episode 131: 5 Things Grandparents & Parents Need to Know About 529 Plans

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Episode 130: Only 1 in 4 Americans Have Done This

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Episdoe 129: Mailbag - Why Aren’t My IRAs Making Much Money?

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Episode 128: How To Find And Buy Term Life Insurance

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Episode 127: The 3 Worlds of Money

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Episode 126: What’s Your Retirement Income Literacy?

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Episode 125: Mailbag - Should I take Social Security Early?

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Episode 124: 4 Terms from the Financial Dictionary

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Episode 123: Do Retirees Really Need Life Insurance?

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Episode 122: How To Claim Social Security Benefits of an Ex-Spouse

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Episode 121: How Much Should You Invest in One Stock?

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Episode 120: What’s Changed with Inherited IRAs?

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Episode 119: Basketball and Financial Planning

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Episode 118: Things You Should Never Assume In the Financial World

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Episode 117: Where Can I Find Mutual Funds with 10 Percent Returns?

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Episode 116: 4 Steps to Help You Plan Ahead for Taxes in Retirement

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Episode 115: 5 Keys to a Strong Financial Foundation

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Episode 114: Mailbag - Save Up for Rental Property or Pay Off House?

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Episode 113: 5 Things to Know About Capital Gains

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Episode 112: Types of Financial Risk to Watch Out For

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Episode 111: The Story Behind GameStop Stock

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Episode 110: Financial Resolutions - Answering Your Questions

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Episode 109: SLY - Safety, Liquidity, and Yield

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Episode 108: 5 Important Retirement Statistics

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Episode 107: 2021 New Year's Financial Resolutions, Part 2

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Episode 106: 2021 Financial New Year’s Resolutions, Part 1

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Episode 105: No Democratic Sweep? Some Final Tax Strategies Of 2020

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Episode 104: Are You Counting On Social Security?

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Episode 103: Things Nobody Says About Their Financial Plan

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Episode 102: When’s a Good Time for a Roth Conversion?

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Episode 101: End-of-Year Financial Planning

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Episode 100: How Much Can You Afford to Spend + More Mailbag

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Episode 99: Understanding and Implementing Wills & Trusts

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Episode 98: Can You Pass This Social Security Quiz?

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Episode 97: Can I Claim Ex-Husband’s Social Security Benefits + Other Questions

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Episode 96: Would My Taxes Go Up If Biden Becomes President?

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Episode 95: 3 Things Your Heirs Should Know

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Episode 94: Millennials In Retirement

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Episode 93: Stuff You Should Know In The Financial World

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Episode 92: Mailbag - Should You Be Rebalancing?

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Episode 91: What’s the Future of Social Security?

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Episode 90: 3 Reasons to Review Your Tax and Estate Plan Now

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Episode 89: Which Presidential Outcome Will Be Best for Your Portfolio?

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Episode 88: Building a Financial House

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Episode 87: 3 Listener Questions about Retirement Planning

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Episode 86: What Your 401(k) Rollovers Options Are

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Episode 85: Dealing with the Death of a Spouse

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Episode 84: How to Prepare for Early Retirement

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Episode 83: What To Know About The 4 Types Of Annuities

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Episode 82: Not Your Father's Retirement

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Episode 81: How The SECURE Act Changed Inherited IRAs

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Episode 80: What Is The Strategy Behind A Roth Conversion?

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Episode 79: Uncommon Sense in Financial Planning

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Episode 78: How to Spot and Avoid Scams

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Episode 77: 3 Worst Financial Decisions You Can Make Near Retirement

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Episode 76: Understanding Non-Correlated Income

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Episode 75: Financial Lessons from the World of Medicine

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Episode 74: Do You Really Need Life Insurance?

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Episode 73: Coronavirus & the Economy - Navigating Through Turmoil

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Episode 72: 3 Key Provisions in the CARES Act

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Episode 71: Financial Planning Wisdom and Quotes from Will Rogers

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Episode 70: Are These Financial Views Fact or Fiction?

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Episode 69: Financial Strategy On and Off the Court

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Episode 68: Coronavirus - 3 Steps to Take as the Market Continues Downward

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Episode 67: Coronavirus & Market Volatility - 3 Key Reasons Stocks Are Down

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Episode 66: Everything You Need To Know About Roth Conversions

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Episode 65: 4 Simple Strategies to Increase Your Net Worth

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Episode 64: Don’t Make These Retirement Assumptions

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Episode 63: The Dirty Little Financial Secrets

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Episode 62: SECURE Act Changes - Part 2: Inherited IRAs

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Episode 61: Six Key Changes in the SECURE Act, Part 1

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Episode 60: How To Plan For Long Term Care Needs

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Episode 59: The Good News and Bad News In Financial Situations

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Episode 58: 5 Financial New Year's Resolutions If You're Over 60

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Episode 57: 5 Financial New Year's Resolutions If You're Under 50

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Episode 56: Understanding The Gift Tax

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Episode 55: Financial Things That Drive You Crazy

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Episode 54: Top 5 Social Security Misunderstandings

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Episode 53: Things Nobody Says To Their Financial Advisor

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Episode 52: 3 Things To Know About Inherited IRAs

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Episode 51: Keys to Diversifying Your Portfolio

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Episode 50: Variables That Shape Your Retirement Plan

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Episode 49: Are You Working With The Right Financial Advisor?

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Episode #48: I've Got A Will, Isn't That Enough?

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Episode #47: Answering the Most Common 401k FAQs

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Episode #46: 4 Important Tax Strategies To Implement Before The End Of The Year

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Episode #45: Are You Missing Out On Contributing To A Roth IRA?

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Episode #44: The 7-Step Retirement Plan You Can Build Yourself - Part 2

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Episode #43: The 7-Step Retirement Plan You Can Build Yourself - Part 1

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Episode #42: Saying One Thing But Doing Another With Your Investments

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Episode #41: 4 Reasons Why You Might Benefit From Roth Conversions

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Episode #40: What It Means To Invest Like A Genius

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Episode #39: 2 Tax Strategies To Implement Now In Case Of A Future Tax Rate Increase

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Episode #38: Managing Your Money In A Marriage (or Divorce) + Mailbag

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Episode #37: The Battle Between Mutual Funds And ETFs

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Episode #36: Why Should You Get Life Insurance?

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Episode #35: How to Plan For Receiving An Inheritance In Retirement

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Episode #34: Which Ages Are Most Important When Planning For Retirement?

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Episode #33: Should You Contribute To A Roth or Traditional IRA?

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Episode #32: Mailbag - 401(k) Rollovers & Leaving An Inheritance

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Episode #31: 3 Critical Estate Planning Mistakes To Avoid

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Episode #30: Following The Voice Of Greed

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Episode #29: 3 Things To Know About Stretch IRAs

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Episode #28: How To Save For A Wedding

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Episode #27: Social Security Is Taxable? Oops...

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Episode #26: Why You Should Hire A Financial Advisor

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Episode #25: In The News: Federal Spending & IRA Contributions

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Episode #24: Top 4 Financial Values In Retirement Planning

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Episode #23: The Little Missed Details Of Retirement Planning

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Episode #22: Market Crash Hall Of Fame

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Episode #21: The Foolproof Way To Retire Well Off

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Episode #20: Know Thyself and Thy Finances

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Episode #19: Know that buzzword: Risk Tolerance

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Episode #18: Financial Crisis And Opportunity

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Episode #17: Are You Asking The Wrong Financial Questions

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Are You Flirting With Disaster?

282

Real Advising Is Problem-Solving

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Episode #14: The Double-Edged Sword

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Episode #13: Good Or Bad - Annuities

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Episode #12: Guessing Gone Wrong

286

Episode #11: Good Or Bad - Term Versus Permanent Life Insurance

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Episode #10: Cutting Financial Corners

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Episode #9: Debt & Retirement

289

Episode #8: Retirement Uncertainties

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Episode #7: 401(k) Rollovers

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Episode #6: Unhealthy Financial Foods

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Episode #5: Taxes In Retirement

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Episode #4: Cracking The Financial Code

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Episode #3: Traditional Versus Roth

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Episode #2: Achieving Financial Satisfaction

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Episode #1: What's The Deal With RMDs?