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How to Retire on Time — 491 episodes

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1

How the Widow Tax Changes a Retirement Plan

2

What a Financial Advisor Can Offer That You Can't Get Yourself

3

How Your Social Security Timing Can Affects Everything Else

4

Tax Planning for Retirement Accounts Under $1 Million

5

Is the Stock Market in another Bubble Right Now?

6

Three Common Leaks in a Retirement Plan

7

A Retirement Plan That Ran Out of Money Doing Everything "Right"

8

How to Plan for a Big Expense in Retirement

9

What's Changing with Medicare This Year

10

Can Anyone Time the AI Bubble?

11

Why Tax Planning Starts with Where to Put Your Savings

12

Which is better, lifetime income from an annuity or a bond?

13

Why the Surviving Spouse Carries More Risk

14

What If It Takes Year To Recover From a Market Crash

15

How Retirees Plan for Healthcare Before Medicare Kicks In

16

Why Complicated Doesn’t Mean Better

17

How to Retire on Time, 9/1/26

18

What Happens to Your IRA After You're Gone

19

When Roth Conversions Might Not Be the Right Move

20

When Your Advisor Fees Are More Than Your Tax Bill

21

Tax Brackets Matter Less Than People Realize

22

When Roth Conversion Don’t Apply in Retirement

23

The Tax Bill Landlords Don't See Until They Sell

24

Why Income Order Matters More Than the Amount

25

Two Risks Retirement Calculators Don't Warn You About

26

Why "I'm Comfortable With Risk" Is the Wrong Answer

27

Planning For When One Spouse Passes First

28

Why There's No Flowchart For Your Annuity Taxes

29

We Asked AI About Long-Term Care Insurance

30

The Retirement-Income Ad That's Actually Two Red Flags

31

The Biggest Retirement Mistake Isn't About Money

32

Is There Really A Safe Retirement Withdrawal Rate?

33

The Long-Term Care Decision Most People Get Wrong

34

The One Thing Nobody Tells You About Annuities

35

The Retirement Planning Order Almost Nobody Actually Follows

36

How to Tell If Your Financial Advisor Is Actually Planning or Just Managing Your Money

37

RMDs, Inherited IRAs, and Roth Conversions: The Questions Nobody Explains Clearly

38

The Nobel Prize Winner Who Didn't Follow His Own Portfolio Strategy

39

The One Tax Number That Should Decide If You Convert to a Roth

40

Every Way to Lower Your Portfolio Risk Without Buying a Single Bond Fund

41

The Order You Pull Money From Your Accounts Could Cost You Six Figures

42

Is the AI Bubble About to Pop? Here's How Retirees Should Actually Think About It

43

The Bread Line Conversation That Reveals Why Confident People Are Usually Wrong

44

Mike Pushes Back on His Own Listener Over Annuity Riders

45

How One Retiree Turned a Market Crash Into a Tax Win

46

Mike Admits Too Much Guaranteed Income Can Actually Hurt You

47

The Free Steak Dinner Invite Is Secretly a Sales Pitch

48

The Retirement Word Mike Says Everyone Gets Wrong (And Why It's Costing You)

49

Three Reserve Strategies That Keep You From Selling at the Worst Possible Moment

50

What Happens to Your Spouse's Taxes, Social Security, and Healthcare the Day You Die

51

The Dividend Strategy That Looks Safe Until It Isn't

52

The Asset Class Everyone Abandoned Might Be the Smartest Thing in Your Retirement Right Now

53

What Michael Burry Sees Coming That Most Retirement Plans Aren't Built For

54

The 4 Things Retirement Steals From You (And How to Get Them Back)

55

Your Retirement Plan Is Built for Markets That Go Up. Here's What Happens When They Don't.

56

The Subtle Things Slowly Draining Your Retirement Plan (And How to Stop Them)

57

When Tax Planning Matters

58

Can You Retire With $250,000?

59

At 55, How Much Should I Have Saved?

60

Why Warren Buffet Isn’t 100% in Stocks

61

Can AI Build My Retirement Plan?

62

How to Plan for Future Unknown Tax Brackets

63

The Difference Between Mutual Funds and ETFs in Your 401(k)

64

Mistakes People Make When Selling at a Loss

65

World War III: Should I Hold My Stocks?

66

$2 Million Retirement. How Long Will It Last?

67

How Income Planning Affects Healthcare Planning

68

A Better Way to Sell My Rental: Vacant or Occupied

69

Planning for Rising Healthcare Costs

70

Why Are My Friends Getting Better Annuity Rates Than Me?

71

Responding to an Angry Commenter About REITs

72

I’m Behind on My Retirement: What Should I Do?

73

How to Fix Your Missed RMD

74

How to Buy Your Retirement Home

75

What to Look for on Your Tax Return

76

Tax Minimization Strategy Often Overlooked

77

How to Compare Your Retirement Income Options

78

What to Use for Laddered Income in Retirement

79

Should You Move to a Tax-Free State in Retirement?

80

Why Annuities Lower Their Rates Mid-Contract

81

DIY Retirement Portfolio Ideas

82

Different Ways You Can Create Income in Retirement

83

What Many People Miss When Preparing for Retirement

84

What to Do If You Lose Your Job Right Before Retirement

85

Why Healthcare Before 65 Needs Tax Planning

86

Understanding Different Types of Buffered ETFs

87

The Truth About Filing Early and Investing Your Social Security Benefits

88

There’s More to Tax Planning Than Just IRA to Roth Conversions

89

How to Handle Retirement Regret

90

When to Pay Off Debt Before Retirement and When to Keep It

91

How to Mix Lifetime Income with Portfolio Growth

92

What to Consider Before Starting a Business in Retirement

93

The Basics of the Bear Market Protocol

94

A Quick Guide to Your Last 10 Working Years

95

Should You Include Private Equity/Credit in Your Retirement Portfolio?

96

Why The Plan Is Not as Important as the Strategy

97

What Happened to Gold and Silver?

98

Retirement Planning Regrets from 2025

99

Why Your Financial Plan Comes Second

100

Does the 60/40 Portfolio Still Work for Retirees?

101

What Financial Professionals Won’t Admit

102

If an Annuity Guarantees a High Payout, Why Wouldn’t You Take It?

103

If You Have Less Than $1,000,000 Saved, Build Your Retirement Plan Differently

104

Are 529 Plans Really the Best Way to Fund a Grandchild’s Education?

105

Ways to Invest in Real Estate Without Becoming a Landlord

106

How Lower Returns Can Actually Grow Your Money More

107

Why Building a Retirement Plan Around Your Portfolio Is Backwards

108

Annuities Sold Under Different Names

109

Indexed Annuities Explained: How They Work and When They Make Sense

110

Where to Shop for Fixed-Rate Retirement Products

111

How to Plan Around IRMAA and Medicare Surcharges

112

How to Respond to a Chaotic Start to the Year in the Markets

113

Starting Retirement Savings at 50: Strategies to Consider

114

What to Watch for When Filing Your Taxes This Year

115

Should You Take Social Security Early and Invest It?

116

What Should You Do With Extra Cash Flow in Retirement?

117

How a Financial Plan Really Works (And What to Expect)

118

How to Spend Your Money in Retirement

119

Should You Ever Keep Debt in Retirement?

120

Should You Still Invest in Growth 2–5 Years Before Retirement?

121

What Your 1040 is Telling You About Your Financial Future

122

Planning Retirement With Aging Parents and Helping Kids

123

Does Living Off the S&P 500 Really Work in Retirement?

124

Alternatives to Traditional Long-Term Care Insurance

125

How to Figure Out What You Will Likely Spend in Retirement

126

From Where Should You Pull Your Retirement Income First?

127

A Big Mistake Many People Make When They Retire

128

Don’t Look for the ‘Perfect’ Withdrawal Rate. Do This Instead

129

Why Pensions and Annuities Look Similar, but Are Different

130

Why Your Portfolio Should Change When You Retire

131

Why You May Not Want to Roll Your 401(k) Over, Yet

132

The Problem With Many Social Security Optimization Strategies

133

Start With Income Needs, Not Account Balances

134

The Counterintuitive Calculation with Lifetime Income

135

How to Retire on $500,000

136

Hidden Tax Traps You Need to Know About

137

Why Your Annuities May Be Under Performing

138

When Diversification Makes Sense, and When it Can Hurt

139

Which is Better: Buffered ETFs or Bond Funds?

140

How to Handle Healthcare Insurance in This Ever-Changing Environment

141

The Benefits and Detriments of Using AI to Plan Your Retirement

142

Can You Retire With $700,000?

143

Why You Don’t do Your Income Planning First

144

Is Limiting Your Income Worth the Deduction?

145

When Helping Your Kids Can Actually Hurt Them

146

Tips on How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

147

Why Tax Planning is More Than IRA to Roth Conversions

148

What Has Worked May Not Continue to Work

149

What Comes First When Planning Retirement

150

When You May NOT Want to Manage Your Portfolio in Retirement

151

How Buffered ETFs Are Different Than Fixed-Indexed Annuities

152

When to Start Lifetime Income

153

Why You May Want the Market to Crash When you Retire

154

What Are the Giving Machines? With Tammy Reid

155

Charitable Giving Special Episode (With Tammy Reid)

156

Different Ways to Gift While Minimizing Your Taxes

157

Why You May Want to Diversify by Strategy, not Just by Positions

158

Breaking Down Senior Healthcare Options

159

The Problem with Average Annual Returns

160

An Introduction to Kedrec Wealth’s Bear-Market Protocol

161

Is the Fed Cutting Rates a Good Thing?

162

How to Balance Purpose-Driven Work and When you Should Retire

163

Different Markets to Consider When Putting Your Portfolio Together

164

Which Comes First: Social Security Optimization or Tax Minimization?

165

Why a Looming Potential Crash Should not Prevent You From Considering the Stock Market as a Part of Your Portfolio

166

Be Cautious of Alleged Tax Loopholes

167

Why Plans Could Change if You Saved More for Retirement

168

Why Your 401(k) Growth Strategy May Not Work as Well in Retirement

169

Why the Tax Qualification of Your Dividends Matter

170

Year-End Planning Strategies Many Miss

171

What to Know About Roth IRAs

172

Ways to Create a Retirement Plan with Liquid Investments

173

Ways to Approach a Tax Efficient Real Estate Exit

174

What are the Potential Risks in Today's Market?

175

All of my Money is in a Savings Account. How do I Fund my Retirement?

176

Ways to Help Your Kids and Grandkids Outside the 529 Plan

177

What to Know About Lifetime Income From an Annuity

178

Is the 4% Rule Still Valid?

179

When IRA to Roth Conversions May Not be Beneficial

180

An Explanation of Buffered ETFs

181

Ways to Protect Older Adults Financially

182

More Important: Growth or Tax Minimization?

183

What to Know About Long-Term Care Insurance Through an Annuity

184

What to Consider About IRA to Roth Conversions

185

Are Advisors Able to Grow Assets Better Without any Downside Risk?

186

Are There Options if you Want Less Risk but Still Want Growth Potential?

187

Is Being a Landlord Still Worth it?

188

Are Buffered ETFs and Indexed Annuities the Same Thing?

189

Is Tax Planning Important in a Retirement Plan?

190

Is the Market Overvalued?

191

Retirement Planning If You Live Longer (or Shorter) Than Average

192

How to Plan Income from Different Tax Buckets

193

How to Make Life Insurance Cash Value Work for You

194

Should Couples Keep Finances Separate in Retirement?

195

How to Keep Income Flowing During a Market Crash

196

What to Know Before Open Enrollment 2025

197

The Truth About Annuity Bonuses

198

How to Get Out of a non-qualified Variable Annuity (Without a Huge Tax Bill)

199

Fixed vs. Index vs. Variable: What’s the Difference?

200

What the Fed’s Rate Cuts Could Mean for Your Money

201

How to Leave an Inheritance Without Ruining Your Kids

202

Private Equity in 401(k)s: Opportunity or Risk?

203

What to Expect When Working with a Financial Advisor

204

Tax-Efficient Retirement Income from a Brokerage Account

205

What to Know Before Retiring in Your 50s

206

Your Encore Years - A Special Episode

207

Breaking Down the Self-Insure Option

208

How to Get on the Same Page as Your Spouse When It Comes to Risk

209

Dynamic Indexes vs. Static Indexes

210

A Difficult Conversation Around Commissions

211

When Broad Diversification May Not Make Sense

212

Why Lowering Interest Rates Could Mean Several Things

213

When Even Fiduciaries Have a Conflict of Interest

214

Two Parts to Retirement Planning: Financial and Non-Financial

215

Buffered ETFs vs Fixed Indexed Annuities

216

It’s Time to Change Your Definition of Risk

217

An Unconventional Look at Your Advisor’s Services

218

There’s More Risk Than Market Risk to Consider

219

How to Plan for the Last 10 Years of Your Career

220

Ways to Adjust a Non-Retirement Portfolio

221

Don't Make This Mistake as You Prepare for Retirement

222

Why You Should Assume Everything Affects Everything Else in Retirement

223

Why It Is Hard to Sell Your Best Investments, Even When You Know You Should

224

How to Retire When Kids are Still Living at Home

225

“Hey Mike, when is someone ‘retirement ready’?”

226

There’s No Such Thing as a Riskless Retirement

227

What Are Buffered ETFs and Are They Right for You?

228

How Much Should You Plan on Spending in Retirement?

229

Are Deductions Still Worth It?

230

The Risks You Have When You DIY Your Retirement Management

231

Flat-Market Warning Signs You Need to Know

232

How to Approach Your Portfolio in Retirement, Even When Markets Crash

233

How to Sell Your Investment Real Estate Before Retirement

234

Why You May Not Need a Death Benefit in Retirement

235

Why You Need to Pay Attention to Your MAGI in Retirement

236

How to Figure Out Your Cash Flow Amount in Retirement

237

Different Living Situations for Retirees

238

Why You May Not Want to “Plan and Invest Like the Rich."

239

Why You May Not Want to Convert All Your Money to Roth

240

How Social Security Taxes Have Changed

241

Different Ways to Get Funds into Roth or Other Tax-Free Accounts

242

Benefits and Detriments with “Fixed-Income” (Income from Bonds)

243

Why the Market, Politics, and Other Concerns Should Not Delay Your Retirement

244

The Problem with Filing for Social Security Early with the Intention of Investing Your Benefits

245

Why More Risk Doesn’t Necessarily Mean More Reward

246

Renting or Buying: Which is Better in Retirement?

247

How Your Social Security Taxes are Calculated

248

Income Strategies for the First Five Years of Your Retirement

249

What Are Your 401(k) Fees?

250

How War Can Affect the Market

251

What does “Self-Insuring” Really Mean?

252

Ways to Give to Your Kids and Grandkids

253

What to Do Once You Receive a Large Sum of Money

254

Why the 4%, 6%, or Even 8% Withdrawal Rates Could Be Consider Dangerous

255

Fees and Where to Find Them

256

Why Social Security Is More Secure Than You May Realize

257

Why Inflation May Not Be Under Control

258

What College and Professional Athletes Need to Know About Money

259

Why Financial Advisors Make Money When You Don’t

260

Why Cash May Not Be as Safe as You May Think

261

Risks Associated with CDs and Treasuries

262

What to Consider Doing Now Incase the Dollar Continues Loses Value

263

How to Big Beautiful Bill Could Affect Your Retirement

264

Why All Cash May Be Riskier Than You Think

265

The Problems with Marketing in Financial Services

266

Non-Financial Tips That Can Help You Stay Sharp and Healthy

267

How to Handle Risk Differences In a Relationship

268

How to Address Loans Against Your 401(k)

269

A Brief History of “AI” Running Investment Models

270

Stock Picking vs Buying Indexes

271

How to Align Your RMD with Your Income Strategy

272

What to Consider When Planning to Retire Abroad

273

Why You May Want to Lower Risk as You Approach Retirement

274

Why Lifetime Income from Annuities May Sound Better Than It Is

275

Reasons Why the Future (and Market) Looks Bright

276

What You Can Do if You Want to Maintain Liquidity

277

How to Plan Your Retirement While Preparing to Help Support a Parent

278

Research Ideas for Those Looking for Investment Opportunities

279

How to Turn Your 401k Into a Retirement Plan

280

Is Debt OK In Retirement?

281

When It Makes Sense to Delay Your Retirement

282

The Difference Between Buffered ETFs and Structured Notes

283

Why You Shouldn’t Plan Solely on a Withdrawal Rate

284

Why You May Not Want to Blindly Follow An Indicator or Signal

285

How to Prepare for RMDs so They Don’t Become a Problem Later

286

Tips on How to Vet Investments and Products

287

How to Optimize for Survivor Benefits (Social Security, Pension, and Other)

288

Tips on How to Determine Your Retirement Cash Flow Needs

289

Should You Do IRA to Roth Conversions at the Beginning or End of the Year?

290

What to Do During Turbulent Market Conditions

291

The Reason Social Security Should Not Be Optimized by Itself

292

What to Do With Old 401(k)s

293

If You Want Lifetime Guaranteed Income, Make Sure You Understand Your Options Before Buying an Annuity

294

Why You Can’t Separate Growth Potential and Risk

295

When it Makes Sense to Work in Retirement

296

When Does an ETF or Mutual Fund Make Sense

297

Which is Worse, Taxes or Inflation?

298

Why Your Generic Diversified Portfolio May Not Be as Good as You Think

299

How to Decide Where to Put Excess Income in Preparation for Retirement

300

Why There Are Many Layers to Income and Withdrawal Strategies in Retirement

301

When Insurance May Make Sense (and When You Want to Stay Clear) in Retirement

302

Why the $1,000,000 Retirement Benchmark Doesn’t Make Sense

303

When It Makes Sense to File as Married Filing Separate

304

Why "Infinite Banking" May Not Be as Good as It Seems

305

How to Find Good Stocks

306

Ways to Get Out of an Annuity You Bought Recently

307

Why People Buy Life Insurance for Estate Planning Purposes and What Many Miss

308

Alternative Ways to Help Your Kids or Grandkids Get Ahead In Life

309

What Do You Do When Markets Go Down?

310

Why Your Financial Plan Will Never Be Perfect (And That’s OK)

311

How Interest Rates Affect Investments Differently

312

How to Bridge the Gap Between When You Want to Retire and When Medicare Starts

313

The Meaning Behind Kedrec Wealth

314

How to Find Out if You Are on Track to Retire on Time

315

How to Handle Debt When You Retire

316

What You Need to Know About 1031 Exchanges and Real Estate Deals

317

How Financial Advisors Make Money

318

Why the 60/40 Portfolio May Need an Update

319

What’s the (Real) Purpose of Working with a Financial Advisor (In our opinion)

320

What to Do With Your Tax Return

321

Why You May Want to Vet Investments and Products Yourself

322

How to Catch Up on Your Retirement Savings

323

When Life Insurance Can Play a Role in Retirement

324

Different Markets to Place Assets Until Things Settle Down

325

Strategies that Can Help Reduce Medicare Surcharges (IRMAA)

326

Why Even Flat-Fee Advisors May Have Conflicts of Interest

327

Different Ways to Include Your HSA in Your Retirement Plan

328

When Target Date Funds May Make Sense (and When They Do Not)

329

Retirement Preparation Tips for Those Who May Not Consider Themselves Wealthy

330

Why Social Security Optimization and Tax Minimization is Changing

331

When to Sell Stocks That Have Lost Money (And When to Wait for them to recover).

332

Tips on Researching Where to Move When You Retire

333

Why Working With a CFP Should Not Be the Only Thing You Look For in an Advisor

334

Why Bonds May Do Better Than Stocks in the Near Future

335

What We Believe Every Retirement Income Strategy Needs

336

When it May Be Appropriate to Take More Risk in Retirement With A Portion of Your Portfolio

337

How the Ultra-Wealthy Minimize Their Tax Burdens and Why it May Not Make Sense For Your Situation

338

Why the Right Answer to Financial Questions is “It Depends”

339

How to Set Your Individual Retirement Savings Goal (And What to do When You are Close)

340

When it Makes Sense to Manage Your Own Money and When to Hire a Professional Money Manager

341

How to Address Inflation Risk in Retirement

342

Discover the Origin Story of the Kedrec Reservoir Strategy

343

Why it is Important to Define the Benefits and Detriments of Any Investment or Product

344

How to Prepare to Retire on Time, Based on Your Age and Goals

345

AI Stocks, Bubbles, and Creative Destruction

346

Why Every Retirement Plan Should be Different

347

How to Plan Your Retirement if You Want to Live Abroad

348

When it May Make Sense to Pay Off Your Mortgage Before You Retire

349

The Difference Between an Index, Indexing, and an Indexed Investment or Product

350

Flat-Fee vs Assets Under Management Fees

351

How A Rollover May Offer You More Control Over Your Retirement Accounts

352

When Life Insurance May Factor Into Your Retirement Plan

353

Why Changes to Social Security Shouldn’t Keep You Up at Night

354

Your Retirement Goal Line is Near – How Your Playbook Changes in Retirement

355

How to Determine If Your Current Retirement Plan is Oversimplified

356

Why Tax Planning and Your Investments Are Connected

357

The Difference Between Various Real Estate Investment Options

358

How Much Does it Cost to be You?

359

When It Makes Sense to Work With An Advisor

360

Why Healthcare Planning Is More Than Long-Term Care Planning

361

What Retirees Need to Know About Rental Property

362

What Could Happen if Teen Workers Invested in a Roth?

363

Is the Dividend Portfolio Still Reliable?

364

How to Approach Your Stock Holdings With a Low Basis

365

The Purpose of a Reservoir in a Retirement Plan

366

How Much Do You Need to Save Before You Can Retire?

367

Is There an Optimal Balance Between Protected Assets and Growth Assets?

368

Where You Draw Income From During Retirement Matters

369

Why Shorting the Market May Not Be a Good Strategy for Retirees

370

Why You Can’t Have a Riskless Retirement

371

Why Did Mortgage Rates Go Up When the Fed Lowered Rates?

372

What Many People Don’t Realize When it Comes to Timelines and Tax Planning

373

When You Can (and Cannot) Dip Into Your Principal in Retirement

374

Why You May Want to Consider Diversifying Out of the Magnificent Seven

375

How to Handle Your Personal Cash Flow in Retirement

376

Four Strategies to Consider When Seeking Growth in Your Portfolio

377

How to Navigate Healthcare and Health Insurance Before Medicare Starts

378

What are Buffered ETFs and do They Qualify for the Reservoir Strategy?

379

Why People Need to Check Their Assumptions When it Comes to Their Investment Decisions

380

How Much Principal Protection is Enough When You Retire?

381

Why Your Recent Average Return Could be Deceptive

382

How to Tell if Your Pension Affects Your Social Security Benefits

383

The Danger With Flat-Fee Portfolio Reviews

384

What Many People Miss When Considering an Equities (Stock) Portfolio

385

Why Charity Matters (With Tammy Reid and Other Guests)

386

The Danger of Following Oversimplified Advice From Influencers

387

Why You May Not Want to Rely on the Monte Carlo in Retirement

388

IULs Are Not Perfect, but They May Have Their Place

389

Should You File Your Own Taxes or Get Help?

390

When IRA to Roth Conversions Do Not Make Sense

391

What "Timing the Market" Really Means

392

Celebrating Our 100th Episode (Reflections and Giveaways)

393

Do the Wealthy Have Tax Advantages?

394

Why Mike Believes Reverse Mortgages Don’t Make Sense

395

Why You May Not Want to Turn Your Hobby Into a Business in Retirement

396

Why You May or May Not Need $1.5 Million Saved for Retirement

397

Does Private Equity Make Sense in Your Retirement Portfolio?

398

What Might be Missing From Your Portfolio

399

How to Prepare to Retire on Time if You Are Currently 50 Years Old

400

How to Prepare for the Market in 2025

401

Does Private Equity Make Sense in Your Retirement Portfolio?

402

How Indexed Universal Life Insurance is Sold and What You Need to Know

403

What Happens When A Widow or Widower Remarries in Retirement?

404

Strategies That May Help You Retire Before 59½

405

What to do if You Start Saving for Retirement Late

406

What You Need to Know About Trump’s Tariff Strategy

407

How to Talk to the Family About Your Estate Plan

408

Discover Different Ways Annuity Income Could Work in Your Plan

409

How to Navigate Medicare When You Turn 65 and Plan to Continue to Work

410

What Happens to Your Social Security Benefit if You Move Abroad?

411

Exploring Different Ways to Invest in the Market

412

When it Doesn’t Make Sense to do IRA to Roth Conversions

413

The Potential Risk of Taking Social Security Too Soon or Too Late

414

How to Prepare for a Potential Flat Market

415

How Old 401(k)s Can be New Investment Opportunities

416

Common Risks Many Retirees Miss

417

How Does Your Spending Change When You Retire?

418

How to Vet the Quality of Your Current Fixed-Indexed Annuities

419

The Basics on Structuring Your Business Before the Sale

420

When it Makes Sense to Pay Off Your Mortgage When You Retire

421

The Election May Affect the Economy Less Than You Think

422

How to Change Your Senior Healthcare Plan During Open Enrollment

423

How to Prepare for the Potential Decrease in Social Security Benefits

424

The Difference Between Social Security, Pensions, and Annuities

425

When Healthcare Can Become a Tax Problem

426

Why No One Can Claim to Have a Riskless Retirement

427

What You Should Expect When You First Start Talking With a Financial Professional

428

Four Things to Consider if You Are in Your 40s and Saving for Retirement

429

Investments and Products to Consider as Interest Rates Go Down

430

How a Trigger Rate Works Within Fixed-Indexed Annuities

431

What You Need to Know About Open Enrollment

432

Tips on How to Structure the Sale of Your Business

433

Ways to Take Your 401k and Transform it Into a Retirement Plan

434

Why Many People Become Depressed in Retirement

435

How to Navigate Picking the Right Senior Healthcare Plan

436

Why Year-End Tax Planning Should Be More Than IRA to Roth Conversions

437

The Basics of the Bucket Strategy in Retirement

438

The Problem with AUM Fees When You Buy and Hold

439

A High-Level Overview of Various Investments and Products

440

Various Ways to Take Your 401K and Turn it Into A Retirement Income Plan

441

Ways to Invest in Real Estate (Based on Age and Experience)

442

Why Suitability Questionnaires May Not Be Enough

443

Understanding the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Indexed Universal Life Insurance in Retirement

444

How Often Should You Rebalance Your Portfolio

445

Breaking Down Retirement Savings Plans for Self-Employed Individuals

446

Addressing a Potential Conflict of Interest in Annuity Sales

447

1031 Exchange Options for Those Trying to Sell Their Investment Real Estate

448

The Difference Between Basic Tax Planning and Comprehensive Tax Planning

449

What to do With Your Annuity When it Struggles to Grow

450

Why a Pension Might Not Be Enough for Retirement (and What to Do About It)

451

Why the National Debt Should Concern Those on a Fixed Income

452

Why the Rule of 100 May Not Make Sense in Retirement

453

Why an Advisor May be Your Spouse’s Back-Up Plan

454

What to Expect in a Decreasing Interest Rate Environment

455

Ways to Potentially Lower Your Risk Without Losing too Much Liquidity

456

10 Ways You Can Generate Income in Retirement

457

What Every Spouse Needs to Know Before Their Spouses Passes

458

Decoding What’s Really Happening at Many Retirement Dinner Events

459

Why Long-Term Care Insurance is Problematic

460

How to Strategically Liquidate Your Delaware Statutory Trust Positions

461

Why Qualified and Non-Qualified Accounts Should Have Different Growth Strategies

462

How to Determine How Much of Your Portfolio Should Be Protected

463

Why It Takes More Than a Dollar Amount to Know When You Can Afford to Retire

464

Tax Minimization for Those Who Have Pensions

465

How the Election Could Affect the Markets

466

Why Financial Professionals Tend to Offer Conflicting Advice

467

What to do if You are Concerned the Market Will Crash Soon

468

Why Social Security Optimization is More Than Looking at Your Longevity

469

How to Prepare for Required Minimum Distributions When You Don’t Need the Distributions

470

The Landlord's Exit Strategy

471

Potential Pitfalls For Those Who Want to Retire Before 59 ½ Years Old

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Why I Believe Variable Annuities Rarely Make Sense

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How to Prepare For Retirement and a Recession

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Why Term Life Insurance May Not Make Sense In Retirement

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How Interest Rates Could Affect Those Near Retirement

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Why Value Funds May Not Offer As Much Value As You Think

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When Does it Make Sense to Manage Your Investments on Your Own?

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How to Plan Tax-Efficient Distributions From an Inherited IRA

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What to Do If You Are Scared You’ll Run Out of Money in Retirement

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How Fixed-Indexed Annuities Work as a Bond Alternative

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How to Plan for Healthcare Before Medicare

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Why DIY Investors Still Need a Relationship With a Licensed Financial Professional

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How to Turn Your 401(k) Into a Retirement Plan

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How to Prepare For Retirement With a 401(k)

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Can I Manage my Portfolio as Well as a Fund Manager?

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How to Invest in Real Estate

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Is it Ever Okay to Surrender an Annuity Early?

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Estate Planning 101

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What to Consider When Filing for Social Security Benefits

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Do People Really Need Financial Advisors?

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Retirement Income Strategies-Balancing Protection With Growth