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Safe Money and Retirement — 282 episodes

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1

American Savings Survey 2026

2

Trends And Challenges | June 2026 Update

3

Is Social Security Your Missing Link

4

Low Tax Income Planning

5

Life Insurance Secondary Market

6

Having The Right Annuity Contract

7

Disappearing Pension Trends

8

Level Of Liquidity

9

Tax Diversification

10

Sequence Risk | February 2026 Update

11

Long-Term Care Coverage | Choosing Your Team

12

Financial Security | Peace Of Mind

13

Managing Multiple Accounts | January 2026 Update

14

Beneficiary Designations | December 2025 Update

15

Portfolio Management During Volatility

16

Longevity Risk | December 2025 Update

17

An Educated Retirement | Replay

18

Being Ready For Retirement

19

Roth IRA Basics

20

Social Security Retirement Strategies

21

Tax Efficient Distributions and Too Many Accounts

22

Financial Home Makeover

23

Social Security Basics

24

Alleviate The Anxiety

25

Investing Styles

26

IRA Distributions

27

Allocation Time Horizon

28

Indexed Annuities | Replay

29

Organizing Your Assets | Replay

30

Roth IRA Rules

31

Distributions And Income Streams

32

When To Take Social Security

33

Transitioning Into Retirement

34

Procrastination and Common-Sense Planning | Replay

35

Destination Retirement

36

The Lost Secret Of Retirement Planning

37

Your Money Working For You

38

Retirement Insecurity

39

Plan For Health Care Costs

40

Risk Capacity And Tolerance

41

The Long-Term Care Dilemma

42

Roth IRA Conversions

43

Stages Of Retirement

44

Plan For Long-Term Care | Replay

45

Financial Literacy And Wellness

46

Psyched To Retire And Inherited IRAs

47

Balanced Portfolio Risk

48

Rollovers And Rollups

49

Playing The Long Game

50

Don't Fail To Plan

51

Simple Building Blocks

52

Retirement Income Generation

53

Turning Assets Into Income | Replay

54

Caregivers | Replay

55

Retirement Money Questions

56

Time Horizons

57

Getting A Second Opinion

58

Longevity Concerns | Moving Accounts Properly

59

Planning You Deserve | Replay

60

Risk And Fee Awareness

61

Do You Have Financial Independence?

62

The Art Of Annuity Planning

63

Don't Hope So, Make A Plan | Replay

64

Roth Rules

65

6 Losses To Avoid

66

Keeping Your Retirement Plan Current | Replay

67

Account Consolidation

68

Imagine Retirement Budget Fun

69

A Protected Portfolio and Proper Rollovers

70

Just Start Planning | Replay

71

Asset Allocation Safety

72

Year End Tax Strategies

73

The Future Of Retirement Planning

74

Colors Model Of Investing

75

An Educated Retirement | Replay

76

Turning Assets Into Income

77

Too Much At Risk

78

Mistakes To Avoid

79

Tax Plans | Knowing The Journey

80

Retirement Account Consolidation Options | Replay

81

Roth IRA Advantages | Planning Considerations

82

Planning Steps Timing

83

Trends And Challenges

84

Are You Ready For Retirement?

85

Paying For Health Care Costs

86

Surviving Spouse Plans | Boomer Accounts

87

Multiple Account RMDs | Sequence Risk

88

Questions In The Chaos

89

Avoiding Running Out Of Money In Retirement | Replay

90

Retirement Insecurity

91

Is An Annuity Right For You

92

Adjustable Planning

93

True Diversification Is Vital

94

The Color Of Money

95

Retirement Plan Checklist

96

Rollover Rules

97

Getting Retirement Planning Started

98

What Is Financial Independence

99

Income Generating Annuity

100

Preserving Qualified Money

101

RMD Planning

102

Withdrawal Strategies For Retirement

103

Are You Retirement Ready? Roth Conversions

104

Retirement Planning Mistakes

105

The Art Of Retirement Tax Planning

106

Recession Protection

107

Funding Long-Term Care

108

The Importance Of Diversification

109

Planning For A Rollover

110

Benefits Of Annuities

111

Retirement Tax Considerations

112

Accounts Review

113

Keeping Your Plan Fine Tuned

114

Don't Hope So, Make A Plan

115

Procrastination Versus Common-Sense Planning

116

Implementing An Income Plan

117

Retirement Decision Factors

118

Retirement Risk Awareness

119

Caregivers

120

The Lost Secret Of Planning

121

Life Insurance Uses-QCDs

122

Rollover And Distribution Decisions

123

Mitigating Longevity Risk

124

Indexed Annuities

125

IRA Distributions And Life Insurance

126

Savings And Withdrawl Strategies

127

The Retirement Future For Women

128

Secure Act 2.0 Hodgepodges

129

Inheriting Qualified Accounts

130

Longevity Risk

131

Women Taking On Financial Planning

132

Coloring Your Money

133

Consider A Rollover

134

Investing Today And Tax Planning

135

A Place For Annuities

136

Claiming Social Security Benefits And Life Insurance

137

The Retirement Income Puzzle

138

Employer Sponsored Plan Options

139

Involving Family In Legacy Planning

140

Timing Risks

141

Time To Start Planning

142

Secure Act Of 2019 Reminders

143

Retirement Risk Tolerance

144

The Color Of Money

145

Social Security Claiming Variables

146

Qualified Plan Potpourri

147

Common Retirement Concerns

148

Savings And Income Protection

149

Sequence Risk

150

Just Start Planning

151

Filling The Income Gap

152

For The Love Of Taxes

153

Roth Conversions

154

Financial Independence

155

Keeping Your Retirement Plan Current

156

Life Insurance

157

Managing Multiple Accounts

158

Facts Are Facts

159

Top Topics Of 2022

160

Not Running Out Of Money

161

Retirement Earnings Test

162

Avoid Tax Traps

163

Bringing It All Together

164

Knowing Your Income Sources

165

Using Life Insurance

166

Long-Term Care Awareness

167

Lost Secret Of Planning

168

Boomers And Qualified Plans

169

Planning For Long Term Care

170

Women Taking On Financial Planning

171

Managing Inflation

172

Being Prepared For Volatility

173

Social Security

174

Volatility Planning

175

Involving Family In Legacy Planning

176

The Future Of Taxation

177

The Income Gap

178

Avoiding Planning Mistakes

179

The Truth About Inflation

180

Where Do RMDs Go

181

Listener Rollover Questions

182

Hope Is Not A Plan

183

Sequence Risk Explained

184

Diversification Imperative

185

Helping You Avoid The Big Mistakes

186

Planning Procrastination

187

Planning Your Legacy

188

Social Security Timing

189

Attaining Financial Independence

190

How Much Risk Is Too Much

191

Inflationary Adjustments

192

Monitoring A Retirement Plan

193

Organizing Your Assets

194

Retirement Risk Management

195

Paying For Long-Term Care

196

Roth IRA Conversion

197

Tax Planning For Retirement

198

IRA Risk Tolerance

199

Family Matters

200

Goal Setting For Retirement

201

Beneficiary Designations

202

Tax Categories

203

The Income Gap

204

Longevity Risks

205

Sequence Of Returns Risk

206

Tax Smart Strategies

207

Employer Sponsored Plan Rollovers

208

Advisor Compatibility - A Few Risks

209

Resolute Planning

210

Medicare And Insurance Are Part Of The Plan

211

Plan For The Changes

212

Is An Annuity Right For You

213

Account Types - Life Insurance

214

Rollover Talk

215

3 Plan Dimensions

216

Planning Vitals

217

Diversify Against Risk

218

Planning A Rollover

219

Roth Conversion-Inflation

220

Hidden Fundamental Risks

221

Managing Multiple Accounts

222

Balancing Questions

223

Retirement Risk Questions

224

Retirement Planning Mistakes

225

Roth IRA Pros And Cons

226

6 Steps to Retirement Planning

227

Retirement Plan Options

228

Managing Liquidity

229

Life Insurance

230

Balancing Risk

231

Retirement Income Strategies

232

Your Own Worst Enemy

233

Qualified Account Considerations

234

Key Decisions For Retirement

235

Common Retiree Problems

236

Annuity Awareness Month

237

Inflation Risk

238

How Long Should You Work

239

Income Protection

240

Important Questions

241

Know What You Have Where It Is And Have A Plan

242

Know Where You Are Now - Dead Money

243

Separate Fact From Fiction

244

Helping You Avoid The Big Mistakes

245

Growing Realization

246

Accelerating Time

247

Tailored Advice - Coordinate Your Sources

248

Retirement Earnings Test

249

Getting Control - SS Distribution

250

Beneficiary Designations- Accumulating For Retirement

251

Being A Boomer - Qualified Distributions

252

Guaranteed Income Sources For Retirement

253

Keeping Your Retirement Plan Current

254

Retirement Planning Process Steps

255

Best of Safe Money

256

Risk vs Reward - Tax Efficient Planning

257

The Retirement Planning Journey

258

Structured Annuities - Risk Control

259

Retirement Tax Planning

260

Taxes Roth Diversification Risk

261

Planning You Deserve

262

Indexed Annuities

263

Procrastination - Common Sense Planning

264

Do You Have Enough For Retirement?

265

How Long Should You Work?

266

Being Prepared For Volatility Timing

267

Inherited IRA & 401K Rules

268

Planning For Future Changes

269

2 Point Plan Foundation

270

ABC Model Of Investing

271

Diversifying Retirement Accounts

272

Goal Setting For Retirement

273

401k Rollovers - Retirement Plan First Steps

274

Avoiding Running Out Of Money In Retirement

275

Essential Planning For Retirement

276

Retirement Plan Risks

277

Future Risk Preparation

278

How Long Should You Work?

279

Goal Setting In Retirement Planning

280

Monitoring A Retirement Plan

281

How The SECURE Act Affects Beneficiary Distributions

282

Emotional Preparedness - Early Retirement - Life Settlements