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Safe Money and Retirement — 285 episodes

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1

Plan With Confidence

2

Social Security Timing and Optimizing

3

The Rule of 100

4

American Savings Survey 2026

5

Trends And Challenges | June 2026 Update

6

Is Social Security Your Missing Link

7

Low Tax Income Planning

8

Life Insurance Secondary Market

9

Having The Right Annuity Contract

10

Disappearing Pension Trends

11

Level Of Liquidity

12

Tax Diversification

13

Sequence Risk | February 2026 Update

14

Long-Term Care Coverage | Choosing Your Team

15

Financial Security | Peace Of Mind

16

Managing Multiple Accounts | January 2026 Update

17

Beneficiary Designations | December 2025 Update

18

Portfolio Management During Volatility

19

Longevity Risk | December 2025 Update

20

An Educated Retirement | Replay

21

Being Ready For Retirement

22

Roth IRA Basics

23

Social Security Retirement Strategies

24

Tax Efficient Distributions and Too Many Accounts

25

Financial Home Makeover

26

Social Security Basics

27

Alleviate The Anxiety

28

Investing Styles

29

IRA Distributions

30

Allocation Time Horizon

31

Indexed Annuities | Replay

32

Organizing Your Assets | Replay

33

Roth IRA Rules

34

Distributions And Income Streams

35

When To Take Social Security

36

Transitioning Into Retirement

37

Procrastination and Common-Sense Planning | Replay

38

Destination Retirement

39

The Lost Secret Of Retirement Planning

40

Your Money Working For You

41

Retirement Insecurity

42

Plan For Health Care Costs

43

Risk Capacity And Tolerance

44

The Long-Term Care Dilemma

45

Roth IRA Conversions

46

Stages Of Retirement

47

Plan For Long-Term Care | Replay

48

Financial Literacy And Wellness

49

Psyched To Retire And Inherited IRAs

50

Balanced Portfolio Risk

51

Rollovers And Rollups

52

Playing The Long Game

53

Don't Fail To Plan

54

Simple Building Blocks

55

Retirement Income Generation

56

Turning Assets Into Income | Replay

57

Caregivers | Replay

58

Retirement Money Questions

59

Time Horizons

60

Getting A Second Opinion

61

Longevity Concerns | Moving Accounts Properly

62

Planning You Deserve | Replay

63

Risk And Fee Awareness

64

Do You Have Financial Independence?

65

The Art Of Annuity Planning

66

Don't Hope So, Make A Plan | Replay

67

Roth Rules

68

6 Losses To Avoid

69

Keeping Your Retirement Plan Current | Replay

70

Account Consolidation

71

Imagine Retirement Budget Fun

72

A Protected Portfolio and Proper Rollovers

73

Just Start Planning | Replay

74

Asset Allocation Safety

75

Year End Tax Strategies

76

The Future Of Retirement Planning

77

Colors Model Of Investing

78

An Educated Retirement | Replay

79

Turning Assets Into Income

80

Too Much At Risk

81

Mistakes To Avoid

82

Tax Plans | Knowing The Journey

83

Retirement Account Consolidation Options | Replay

84

Roth IRA Advantages | Planning Considerations

85

Planning Steps Timing

86

Trends And Challenges

87

Are You Ready For Retirement?

88

Paying For Health Care Costs

89

Surviving Spouse Plans | Boomer Accounts

90

Multiple Account RMDs | Sequence Risk

91

Questions In The Chaos

92

Avoiding Running Out Of Money In Retirement | Replay

93

Retirement Insecurity

94

Is An Annuity Right For You

95

Adjustable Planning

96

True Diversification Is Vital

97

The Color Of Money

98

Retirement Plan Checklist

99

Rollover Rules

100

Getting Retirement Planning Started

101

What Is Financial Independence

102

Income Generating Annuity

103

Preserving Qualified Money

104

RMD Planning

105

Withdrawal Strategies For Retirement

106

Are You Retirement Ready? Roth Conversions

107

Retirement Planning Mistakes

108

The Art Of Retirement Tax Planning

109

Recession Protection

110

Funding Long-Term Care

111

The Importance Of Diversification

112

Planning For A Rollover

113

Benefits Of Annuities

114

Retirement Tax Considerations

115

Accounts Review

116

Keeping Your Plan Fine Tuned

117

Don't Hope So, Make A Plan

118

Procrastination Versus Common-Sense Planning

119

Implementing An Income Plan

120

Retirement Decision Factors

121

Retirement Risk Awareness

122

Caregivers

123

The Lost Secret Of Planning

124

Life Insurance Uses-QCDs

125

Rollover And Distribution Decisions

126

Mitigating Longevity Risk

127

Indexed Annuities

128

IRA Distributions And Life Insurance

129

Savings And Withdrawl Strategies

130

The Retirement Future For Women

131

Secure Act 2.0 Hodgepodges

132

Inheriting Qualified Accounts

133

Longevity Risk

134

Women Taking On Financial Planning

135

Coloring Your Money

136

Consider A Rollover

137

Investing Today And Tax Planning

138

A Place For Annuities

139

Claiming Social Security Benefits And Life Insurance

140

The Retirement Income Puzzle

141

Employer Sponsored Plan Options

142

Involving Family In Legacy Planning

143

Timing Risks

144

Time To Start Planning

145

Secure Act Of 2019 Reminders

146

Retirement Risk Tolerance

147

The Color Of Money

148

Social Security Claiming Variables

149

Qualified Plan Potpourri

150

Common Retirement Concerns

151

Savings And Income Protection

152

Sequence Risk

153

Just Start Planning

154

Filling The Income Gap

155

For The Love Of Taxes

156

Roth Conversions

157

Financial Independence

158

Keeping Your Retirement Plan Current

159

Life Insurance

160

Managing Multiple Accounts

161

Facts Are Facts

162

Top Topics Of 2022

163

Not Running Out Of Money

164

Retirement Earnings Test

165

Avoid Tax Traps

166

Bringing It All Together

167

Knowing Your Income Sources

168

Using Life Insurance

169

Long-Term Care Awareness

170

Lost Secret Of Planning

171

Boomers And Qualified Plans

172

Planning For Long Term Care

173

Women Taking On Financial Planning

174

Managing Inflation

175

Being Prepared For Volatility

176

Social Security

177

Volatility Planning

178

Involving Family In Legacy Planning

179

The Future Of Taxation

180

The Income Gap

181

Avoiding Planning Mistakes

182

The Truth About Inflation

183

Where Do RMDs Go

184

Listener Rollover Questions

185

Hope Is Not A Plan

186

Sequence Risk Explained

187

Diversification Imperative

188

Helping You Avoid The Big Mistakes

189

Planning Procrastination

190

Planning Your Legacy

191

Social Security Timing

192

Attaining Financial Independence

193

How Much Risk Is Too Much

194

Inflationary Adjustments

195

Monitoring A Retirement Plan

196

Organizing Your Assets

197

Retirement Risk Management

198

Paying For Long-Term Care

199

Roth IRA Conversion

200

Tax Planning For Retirement

201

IRA Risk Tolerance

202

Family Matters

203

Goal Setting For Retirement

204

Beneficiary Designations

205

Tax Categories

206

The Income Gap

207

Longevity Risks

208

Sequence Of Returns Risk

209

Tax Smart Strategies

210

Employer Sponsored Plan Rollovers

211

Advisor Compatibility - A Few Risks

212

Resolute Planning

213

Medicare And Insurance Are Part Of The Plan

214

Plan For The Changes

215

Is An Annuity Right For You

216

Account Types - Life Insurance

217

Rollover Talk

218

3 Plan Dimensions

219

Planning Vitals

220

Diversify Against Risk

221

Planning A Rollover

222

Roth Conversion-Inflation

223

Hidden Fundamental Risks

224

Managing Multiple Accounts

225

Balancing Questions

226

Retirement Risk Questions

227

Retirement Planning Mistakes

228

Roth IRA Pros And Cons

229

6 Steps to Retirement Planning

230

Retirement Plan Options

231

Managing Liquidity

232

Life Insurance

233

Balancing Risk

234

Retirement Income Strategies

235

Your Own Worst Enemy

236

Qualified Account Considerations

237

Key Decisions For Retirement

238

Common Retiree Problems

239

Annuity Awareness Month

240

Inflation Risk

241

How Long Should You Work

242

Income Protection

243

Important Questions

244

Know What You Have Where It Is And Have A Plan

245

Know Where You Are Now - Dead Money

246

Separate Fact From Fiction

247

Helping You Avoid The Big Mistakes

248

Growing Realization

249

Accelerating Time

250

Tailored Advice - Coordinate Your Sources

251

Retirement Earnings Test

252

Getting Control - SS Distribution

253

Beneficiary Designations- Accumulating For Retirement

254

Being A Boomer - Qualified Distributions

255

Guaranteed Income Sources For Retirement

256

Keeping Your Retirement Plan Current

257

Retirement Planning Process Steps

258

Best of Safe Money

259

Risk vs Reward - Tax Efficient Planning

260

The Retirement Planning Journey

261

Structured Annuities - Risk Control

262

Retirement Tax Planning

263

Taxes Roth Diversification Risk

264

Planning You Deserve

265

Indexed Annuities

266

Procrastination - Common Sense Planning

267

Do You Have Enough For Retirement?

268

How Long Should You Work?

269

Being Prepared For Volatility Timing

270

Inherited IRA & 401K Rules

271

Planning For Future Changes

272

2 Point Plan Foundation

273

ABC Model Of Investing

274

Diversifying Retirement Accounts

275

Goal Setting For Retirement

276

401k Rollovers - Retirement Plan First Steps

277

Avoiding Running Out Of Money In Retirement

278

Essential Planning For Retirement

279

Retirement Plan Risks

280

Future Risk Preparation

281

How Long Should You Work?

282

Goal Setting In Retirement Planning

283

Monitoring A Retirement Plan

284

How The SECURE Act Affects Beneficiary Distributions

285

Emotional Preparedness - Early Retirement - Life Settlements