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Don Sowa's MoneyTalk — 113 episodes

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Title
1

MoneyTalk Soup

2

Tax Hacks

3

Business Entity Breakdown

4

Big Mistakes

5

Sequence of Returns Risk

6

HSA: A Tax Unicorn

7

The Race to Connect America

8

Identifying Your Money Scripts

9

Paying Taxes in Retirement

10

You Asked for It

11

The Struggle to Reform Social Security

12

What Caused the Great Depression

13

Budget Building

14

When to Claim Social Security

15

The Urgent vs The Important

16

Variable Rate Debt

17

What’s Driving Your investments?

18

Last Minute Tax Tips

19

Annuities Within Your 401(k)

20

The Art and Science of Wealth Management

21

Front-Loading Your Retirement Spending

22

Proceed at Your Own Risk

23

Smart Giving

24

Building Your Emergency Fund

25

The Big Three

26

Rethinking the 60/40 Model

27

Timing Medicare & Social Security

28

Umbrella Insurance

29

The Battle for Social Security

30

The Final Approach to Retirement

31

Evergreen Tax Tips

32

Does Your Advisor’s Age Matter?

33

DIY Investing Traps

34

Flaws in Retirement Simulations

35

The Iranian Oil Crisis

36

Active vs. Passive Management

37

Closing in on Retirement

38

Intro to Estate Planning

39

Diversifying with Commodities

40

Why You Should Freeze Your Credit

41

The Hardship Trap

42

Final Year Before Retirement

43

Creating a Social Security Plan

44

Don’t Lose Sleep Over Money

45

Gift Tax Misconceptions

46

How Much Can I Afford to Withdraw?

47

What Is Money?

48

A Retirement Plan for the Rest of Us

49

Breaking Ground on Your Estate Plan

50

The Art and Science of Wealth Management

51

Lessons from the Next Generation

52

Anatomy of a Financial Plan

53

How to Protect Your Estate

54

Final Approach to Retirement

55

Estate Planning Failures

56

A Retirement Well Spent

57

Income Tax Talk

58

You’re Asking For It

59

Seeking Financial Compatibility

60

DIY Investor Traps

61

Redzone Retirement Planning

62

Breaking Ground on Your Estate Plan

63

The 3 Goals of a Roth Conversion

64

Different Taxes for Different Income

65

How to Retire Happy

66

Striking a Balance with Financial Support

67

Annuities: The Cost of Guaranteed Income

68

The Zero Tax Population

69

New Roth Rules & IRA Limits

70

Selling Your Business In-House

71

Playing Catchup Just Got Harder

72

Inherited IRA Withdrawal Rules

73

Longevity Planning

74

Developing Your Business Exit Strategy

75

IRA Mistakes

76

An Open Letter to Millennials

77

Getting Wealthy vs Staying Wealthy

78

Finding the Funding

79

Fairness is Relative

80

The K-Shaped Economy

81

The Work/Life Balancing Act

82

A Stubborn Housing Market

83

New Job, New Plan

84

Bypassing Roth Income Limits

85

Launching Your Estate Plan

86

Dividend Paying ETFs

87

The Home Investment Dilemma

88

Lessons from the Oracle

89

The Eras of Financial Life

90

Paying Taxes in Retirement

91

Playing Offense in the Insurance Game

92

The 3 Phases of Retirement

93

Year-End Checklist

94

Aging Alone

95

Getting a Handle on Bonds

96

The Battle for Social Security

97

Trials of a 1st Year Retiree

98

Business Entity Breakdown

99

Benchmarking Your Retirement Readiness

100

Can Money Buy Happiness?

101

The Adjustable Rate Trap

102

Is it Time For a CPA?

103

Social Security Mistakes to Avoid

104

Financial Prompting

105

Crafting a Roth Conversion Strategy

106

Proceed at Your Own Risk

107

Estate Planning Failures

108

What They Don’t Tell You About Retirement

109

Governing Investor Behavior

110

Retirement Meeting Prep

111

How to Retire Happy

112

Direct Indexing: Scaling Up Your Portfolio

113

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