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Don Sowa's MoneyTalk — 141 episodes

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Title
1

The Final Approach to Retirement

2

Claiming Social Security Early

3

The American Revolution

4

Can We Fix Social Security?

5

The Legacy of Alan Greenspan

6

Dealing with Debt

7

In Gold We Trusted

8

The RI Millionaire’s Tax

9

Rethinking the 4% Rule

10

The Facts on Reverse Mortgages

11

Trump Accounts

12

Why Capitalism Works

13

Americans are Saving

14

Alternative Valuation Date

15

Commodities & Stock Options

16

Rental Property Taxes

17

Brokerage vs IRA

18

Gambling vs Investing

19

Longevity Planning

20

What's Driving Your Investments?

21

Inherited Account Options

22

Understanding Workplace Accounts

23

What is Money?

24

Taxes After Retirement

25

Financial Planning Tips with Nathan

26

The Stages of Retirement Planning

27

Roth Conversions and RMDs

28

Inheriting Accounts

29

Putting Interest Rates in Perspective

30

MoneyTalk Soup

31

Tax Hacks

32

Business Entity Breakdown

33

Big Mistakes

34

Sequence of Returns Risk

35

HSA: A Tax Unicorn

36

The Race to Connect America

37

Identifying Your Money Scripts

38

Paying Taxes in Retirement

39

You Asked for It

40

The Struggle to Reform Social Security

41

What Caused the Great Depression

42

Budget Building

43

When to Claim Social Security

44

The Urgent vs The Important

45

Variable Rate Debt

46

What’s Driving Your investments?

47

Last Minute Tax Tips

48

Annuities Within Your 401(k)

49

The Art and Science of Wealth Management

50

Front-Loading Your Retirement Spending

51

Proceed at Your Own Risk

52

Smart Giving

53

Building Your Emergency Fund

54

The Big Three

55

Rethinking the 60/40 Model

56

Timing Medicare & Social Security

57

Umbrella Insurance

58

The Battle for Social Security

59

The Final Approach to Retirement

60

Evergreen Tax Tips

61

Does Your Advisor’s Age Matter?

62

DIY Investing Traps

63

Flaws in Retirement Simulations

64

The Iranian Oil Crisis

65

Active vs. Passive Management

66

Closing in on Retirement

67

Intro to Estate Planning

68

Diversifying with Commodities

69

Why You Should Freeze Your Credit

70

The Hardship Trap

71

Final Year Before Retirement

72

Creating a Social Security Plan

73

Don’t Lose Sleep Over Money

74

Gift Tax Misconceptions

75

How Much Can I Afford to Withdraw?

76

What Is Money?

77

A Retirement Plan for the Rest of Us

78

Breaking Ground on Your Estate Plan

79

The Art and Science of Wealth Management

80

Lessons from the Next Generation

81

Anatomy of a Financial Plan

82

How to Protect Your Estate

83

Final Approach to Retirement

84

Estate Planning Failures

85

A Retirement Well Spent

86

Income Tax Talk

87

You’re Asking For It

88

Seeking Financial Compatibility

89

DIY Investor Traps

90

Redzone Retirement Planning

91

Breaking Ground on Your Estate Plan

92

The 3 Goals of a Roth Conversion

93

Different Taxes for Different Income

94

How to Retire Happy

95

Striking a Balance with Financial Support

96

Annuities: The Cost of Guaranteed Income

97

The Zero Tax Population

98

New Roth Rules & IRA Limits

99

Selling Your Business In-House

100

Playing Catchup Just Got Harder

101

Inherited IRA Withdrawal Rules

102

Longevity Planning

103

Developing Your Business Exit Strategy

104

IRA Mistakes

105

An Open Letter to Millennials

106

Getting Wealthy vs Staying Wealthy

107

Finding the Funding

108

Fairness is Relative

109

The K-Shaped Economy

110

The Work/Life Balancing Act

111

A Stubborn Housing Market

112

New Job, New Plan

113

Bypassing Roth Income Limits

114

Launching Your Estate Plan

115

Dividend Paying ETFs

116

The Home Investment Dilemma

117

Lessons from the Oracle

118

The Eras of Financial Life

119

Paying Taxes in Retirement

120

Playing Offense in the Insurance Game

121

The 3 Phases of Retirement

122

Year-End Checklist

123

Aging Alone

124

Getting a Handle on Bonds

125

The Battle for Social Security

126

Trials of a 1st Year Retiree

127

Business Entity Breakdown

128

Benchmarking Your Retirement Readiness

129

Can Money Buy Happiness?

130

The Adjustable Rate Trap

131

Is it Time For a CPA?

132

Social Security Mistakes to Avoid

133

Financial Prompting

134

Crafting a Roth Conversion Strategy

135

Proceed at Your Own Risk

136

Estate Planning Failures

137

What They Don’t Tell You About Retirement

138

Governing Investor Behavior

139

Retirement Meeting Prep

140

How to Retire Happy

141

Direct Indexing: Scaling Up Your Portfolio