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Optimize Your Retirement — 109 episodes

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How Much Emergency Savings Do You Really Need in Retirement?

2

Are You Paying More Investment Fees Than You Realize?

3

Are Hidden Investment Fees Costing You Thousands in Retirement?

4

Podcast Extra: Financial Mistake – Failing to Invest in Real Estate

5

The Retirement Tax Time Bomb: Why Waiting Could Cost You More

6

The Retirement Tax Time Bomb: Why Waiting Could Cost You More

7

Roth Conversions: What Most Retirees Get Wrong

8

The Retirement Trap No One Talks About: Being Afraid to Spend Your Money

9

The Retirement Myth of Paying Off Your House

10

Is AI Creating the Next Market Bubble? What Retirees Need to Know

11

Using Tax Strategies, Bonus Depreciation, and Business Ownership to Reduce Retirement Taxes

12

Podcast Extra - Beyond the Battlefield: Smart Money Moves for Service Members and Veterans

13

TikTok Tax Advice Could Send You to Jail: What Actually Works (Attorney Reveals All)

14

Why the 4% Rule Is Killing Your Retirement (And What to Do Instead)

15

Retire at 60? Solving the Health Insurance Gap Before Medicare

16

When Markets Soar But Your Groceries Cost More: Navigating Economic Mixed Signals

17

From TSP to Legacy Plan: Smarter Options for Retirement Assets

18

You Don’t Have to Love Insurance — Just Hate Taxes More

19

Gold, Silver, and Crypto: Where Do They Fit in Retirement Planning?

20

How Diversifying Income Streams Can Help Reduce Retirement Risk

21

Opinion vs. Contract Assets: Building a Volatility Buffer for Retirement

22

When Is Enough… Enough? Rethinking Retirement Readiness

23

Are You Philosophically Aligned With Your Advisor?

24

Diversification Myths: What Your Advisor Isn’t Telling You

25

Estate Planning Mistakes That Could Cost Your Family

26

The Coming AI Market Shake-Up — How Retirees Can Protect Themselves

27

Real Estate, IRAs, and Taxes: What You Need to Know Before Investing in Property

28

Beating Inflation and Maximizing Income: Smart Social Security and Retirement Strategies

29

Life Insurance and Legacy: The Most Overlooked Tool for Building Generational Wealth

30

Inside the One Big Beautiful Bill: How 2025’s Tax Law Changes Could Transform Your Retirement

31

Podcast Extra: The Proper Steps to Take for a Successful Retirement.

32

How to Stop the Leaks in Your Financial Plan

33

Beating the 4% Rule: Smarter Withdrawal Strategies for Retirement

34

The Truth About Annuity Bonuses: Real Value vs. Shiny Promises

35

The Hidden Dangers of Self-Directed IRAs and Bad Tax Advice

36

When Success Becomes a Tax Problem: Smart Solutions for High-Net-Worth Retirees

37

Tax Loopholes the IRS Doesn’t Advertise (But We Will)

38

New Tax Law, Big Opportunities: How to Optimize Now

39

How to Sell a Business (or Property) Without Getting Hammered by Taxes

40

The Truth About Bonus Annuities: What They’re Not Telling You

41

TikTok Tax Hacks & Annuity Myths: What’s Fact, What’s Fraud?

42

From Pathological Saver to Purposeful Spender: How to Use Your Money Wisely in Retirement

43

Roth Conversions Explained by a 4-Year-Old (Seriously)

44

Opinion-Based vs. Contract-Based Assets: The Retirement Diversification You Didn't Know You Needed

45

Avoid the Retirement Tax Avalanche with Long-Term Planning

46

Federal Workers: Make the Most of Your Pension and TSP

47

Is Life Insurance Still Worth It After 50? Here's the Truth

48

The Critical Retirement Risks No One Warns You About

49

How to Protect Your Retirement from Market Volatility

50

How to Give More to Charity & Less to the IRS

51

Can You Afford a Market Crash in Retirement? Here’s How to Prepare

52

Are Annuities a Smart Retirement Strategy or a Bad Investment?

53

The Best and Worst Assets to Leave Your Heirs

54

Is Your Retirement Safe? Protecting Your Savings from Market and Policy

55

Is Life Insurance Worth It After 60? The Hidden Wealth Transfer Strategy

56

Long-Term Care & Annuities: What You Need to Know Before You Buy

57

Long-Term Care: Do You Really Need Insurance?

58

Fiduciary or Not? The Truth About Financial Advice

59

Risk, Fees and Taxes

60

CRUT and Capital Gains

61

Could Trump Cut Business Taxes?

62

Bonus Interview: Mark Steber, Chief Tax Information Officer, Jackson Hewitt

63

What Does a New Trump Administration Mean for You?

64

How We Help Solve Your Retirement Planning Problems

65

How Much Risk Should You Take?

66

Solving Problems for Bob and Carol

67

BONUS Episode: Hospital patients are even safer today than they were in 2019— with Dr. Chris DeRienzo, Chief Physician Executive & Senior Vice President, American Hospital Association

68

Volatility Buffer and Guardrails

69

Rental Properties and CRUT

70

Capital Gains Taxes

71

Social Security COLA and Inflation

72

Emergency Funds

73

Retirement Red Zone

74

Refinance Your Retirement

75

Annuity Myths Busted

76

The Time for Roth Conversions

77

Social Security Announces Lowest Cost of Living Adjustment in Four Years

78

New Tax Proposals

79

The Second Fifty: An Indispensable Guide for Living Well, Interview with Debra Whitman, PhD

80

Protecting Yourself from Scams & Data Breaches with Michael Bruemmer, Experian

81

How a CRUT May Help Your Estate Plan

82

Inflation's Impact on Your Retirement

83

What You Should Know About the Commercial Real Estate Market

84

Why the IRS Owns Part of Your Retirement Savings

85

Estate Planning Strategies for the Wise Retiree

86

Paychecks and ‘Playchecks’

87

Using Roth IRAs to Build Tax-Free Wealth

88

How Long-Term Care Works in Retirement

89

Does Your Retirement Plan Have a Volatility Buffer?

90

Tax Planning with Roth Accounts & Life Insurance

91

Are You a Pathological Saver?

92

Inflation and the Stock Market

93

Managing Risk with Insurance Solutions

94

Updates on Retirement Taxes

95

Risk and Taxes

96

Steady Income vs. One Big Number

97

Leaving Behind a Legacy

98

Don’t Be Scared of Your Mortgage

99

Rental Properties for Retirement

100

Real Talk About Real Estate

101

Longevity Risk

102

Life Insurance

103

Volatility Buffer

104

All About Annuities

105

A Different Take on Diversification

106

Sometimes Timing Can be Everything

107

What is a CRUT?

108

The Ins-and-Outs of Social Security

109

All About Roth IRAs and Roth Conversions