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The Financial Answer with Nathan O’Bryant — 289 episodes

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The White House Wants to Give You $1,000 for Retirement

2

Tax Mistakes New Retirees Make

3

Don't Get Scammed: 2025 Data Is Shocking

4

Market Monday Magic: Tech Takes the Wheel

5

Famous Financial Advice…What’s Worth Following?

6

So, Markets Brushed Aside White House Drama Today...

7

2025 Year In Review: What Actually Mattered for Your Money

8

Your First Christmas in Retirement

9

How To Give With Purpose

10

How Gratitude Shapes Your Financial Life

11

What Your Halloween Costume Says About Your Money Habits

12

October is Financial Planning Month: Here’s Your Checklist

13

The Gas Station Sushi Equivalent Of Retirement Planning

14

The Hidden Medicare Penalty You Might Be Paying

15

Inflation Is Still Wrecking Retirement Confidence

16

5 Signs You’re Richer Than You Think

17

What’s Missing From Dave Ramsey’s 9-Step Retirement Plan?

18

Gen X, It’s Your Turn: It’s Time to Think About Retirement

19

Is Your Retirement Plan Built for the Long Haul?

20

What Retirement Means… and Why It’s Different for Everyone

21

Type A Investors: Why Doing Less Might Be Your Best Move

22

Why The Psychology of Money Says Your Emotions Matter More Than Math

23

Talking To Your Spouse About Market Crash Fears

24

What Should You Actually Do When the Market Drops?

25

April Fool’s: Beliefs That Fool Retirement Savers The Most

26

Inside the Advisor’s Office: What People Are Actually Concerned About

27

The Money Questions Every Couple Needs To Discuss This Valentine’s Season

28

What Do Proposed Tariffs Mean For Your Portfolio?

29

Inflation-Proof Your Retirement In 2025

30

The Snowbird Retirement: Is a Seasonal Move Right for You?

31

The Art of Rebalancing: WHEN to Adjust Your Portfolio and WHY

32

Most Americans Are Forced to Retire Early- Are You Ready?

33

Financial Forecasting: A Post-Election Conversation

34

Don’t Blow Your Bonus! Smart Ways to Use a Lump Sum Payout

35

Is Dividend Investing Dead?

36

How Current Economic Shifts Could Affect Your Retirement

37

For Couples, Retirement Planning Is A Team Sport

38

Unlock Your Potential During National Financial Planning Month

39

IRS Rules for RMDs

40

August 2024 Market Update

41

What is Blackrock's 100% Stock ETF Hedge?

42

3 Things to Consider if there’s a “Recession” in 2024

43

Cryptocurrency and Your Financial Plan

44

Financial Lessons from Dad

45

All In One Basket: Financial Diversification

46

Explaining Penalty Relief for Inherited Withdrawals

47

Retirement Expectations vs. Reality

48

Winning the Financial Triple Crown: Strategies from the Kentucky Derby

49

Retirement Questions That Every Generation Is Asking, Part 1

50

How Is Technology Redefining Retirement Planning?

51

Is Retirement Planning Harder Than It Used to Be? Part 2

52

Is Retirement Planning Harder Than It Used to Be? Part 1

53

The Power of Delayed Gratification

54

Inheritance FAQ

55

Financial Stocking Stuffers

56

Financial Planning with Classic Christmas Songs

57

How To Successfully Climb The Retirement Mountain

58

The Financial Cereal Bowl

59

How to Avoid Money Mistakes You’ll Regret

60

Retirement Planning’s “Hidden” Questions

61

Discussing Dave Ramsey’s Advice

62

The Future of Retirement in America

63

Bashing the Roth?

64

Financial Lessons From Ron Swanson

65

Till Debt Do Us Part: Resolving Financial Tension Between Couples (Part 2)

66

Till Debt Do Us Part: Resolving Financial Tension Between Couples (Part 1)

67

Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Invest in a 401(k)

68

Bad Money Habits That Can Spoil The Retirement Party

69

What Weddings and Retirement Planning Have in Common

70

Breaking Down The Commentary After Recent Bank Collapses

71

How Age and Wisdom Impact Your Financial Planning

72

The Psychology of Investing In The Wake Of Historic Market Crashes

73

Should An Advisor Tailor A Plan To Fit Your Personality? (Part 2)

74

Should Your Advisor Tailor A Plan To Fit Your Personality? (Part 1)

75

What’s Your Biggest Financial Fear?

76

Four Ways The SECURE Act 2.0 Might Impact You

77

Helpful Financial Checklist For 2023

78

2022 in Review

79

Naughty or Nice: Financial Advisors

80

Examining Your Own Investor Bias

81

Financial Things That Are Underrated

82

Financial Things That Are Overrated

83

Your Biggest Financial Assets

84

What We Can Learn from Seinfeld

85

Can’t Get No Satisfaction... Or Can You?

86

How Money Ads Catch Your Attention

87

Financial Diseases That Plague Retirees

88

Clearing Up Financial Myths

89

Financial Jeopardy

90

Financial Fortune Cookie Wisdom

91

Sensational Financial Headlines

92

Is Conventional Wisdom Always Best?

93

Things We Don’t Consider in Retirement Planning

94

Sorting Through the Financial Junk Drawer

95

Playing the Financial Game Show

96

I Didn’t Know You Did That

97

Financial Hot Topics

98

Financial Wisdom with Albert Einstein

99

Retirement Planning with Shaq

100

What To Do During Market Volatility

101

How Do You Say It?

102

A Financial Checklist for the New Year

103

Retirement Planning First Steps

104

Financial Wisdom from Walt Disney

105

Dealing with Stress in Retirement

106

Financial Truths and Lies

107

Retirement Income Planning Essentials

108

Avoiding Financial Temptations

109

Investing Like a Genius

110

5 Questions You Didn’t Know To Ask

111

What Kind of Retirement Are You Living For?

112

5 Things You Must Know About Decumulation To Retire Successfully

113

Retirement Blind Spots

114

SECURE Act 2.0

115

Are You Avoiding These 401K Mistakes?

116

Understanding Your Financial Statements

117

Reading the Financial Fine Print

118

Baseball and Retirement Planning

119

Avoiding Financial Mistakes During A Divorce

120

Unhealthy Foods and Financial Health

121

Financial Lessons Learned from Calvin and Hobbes

122

Last Ten Working Years Before Retirement

123

What You Should Know About Biden’s Executive Orders

124

Understanding Values-Based Planning

125

2021: This Is The Year (No Matter What)

126

Christmas Songs and Financial Planning

127

End of Year Financial Planning

128

Unreasonable Requests to Financial Advisors

129

An Election Conversation

130

Statistics on Saving and Investing

131

Mom’s Favorite Phrases And Financial Planning

132

Financial Planning By Profession

133

Don’t Assume When It Comes to Retirement

134

Dirty Little Secrets in the Financial World

135

Top 5 Types of Financial Risk

136

Industry Insights Amidst Coronavirus

137

Finding the Right Financial Advisor

138

Answering the Most Common IRA Questions

139

Are You Following Outdated Financial Rules?

140

Is the Customer Always Right?

141

How To Set Financial and Retirement Goals

142

Ben Franklin and Partial Freedom from COVID-19

143

Cleaning Your Financial Closet – Lockdown Edition

144

Coronavirus Aid - What You Need to Know About the CARES Act

145

Coronavirus Market Update + What’s Next

146

Coronavirus: What Pandemics Often Do To The Market

147

Inheritance 101: Everything You Need to Know

148

How Often Does a Financial Advisor Answer These Questions?

149

Understanding The SECURE Act

150

5 Biggest Storylines of 2020: Will They Matter Financially?

151

New Year Financial Checklist for 2020

152

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Retirement With These Mistakes?

153

Catching Up As A Late Bloomer In Retirement

154

Critical Estate Planning Mistakes You Need to Avoid

155

Turkey Day Special with Listener Questions

156

What Mistakes Do Bad Investors Make?

157

Welcome to Retirement, Now Don’t Screw It Up

158

The Final Decade Before Retirement

159

Trying To Find The Exception To The Rule When Investing

160

Retirement Planning and Halloween

161

Scary Facts About Retirement

162

Halloween Spending and Retirement

163

4 Types of Spenders

164

Planning The Ultimate Road Trip: Your Retirement

165

Reading Between the Lines Of Financial Fake News

166

Decision-Making Roadblocks in Financial Planning

167

Discussing the Laws of Investing, Part 3

168

Discussing the Laws Of Investing, Part 2

169

Discussing the Laws Of Investing, Part 1

170

Understanding The SECURE Act, Part 3

171

How to Handle Stock Market Declines

172

Will Your Beneficiaries Be Able To Access Your Accounts After You Die?

173

What Does Financial Security Look Like For You?

174

Crazy Financial Facts From The Past And What They Mean Today

175

Does it Benefit You to Have Multiple Financial Advisors

176

Understanding The SECURE Act, Part 2

177

Understanding The SECURE Act, Part 1

178

Presidential Financial Planning

179

Stuff That Doesn’t Work

180

Never Assume In Retirement Planning

181

Traveling Through the Retirement Airport

182

Different Ways You Might Respond To A Down Market

183

Understanding The 4 Percent Rule

184

Vacation Planning And Retirement

185

Lessons From Fly Fishing

186

Financial Planning and Future Generations

187

A Curious Email Teaches Us About Dividend-Paying Stocks

188

Unlikely Wisdom When It Comes to Your Finances

189

How to Manage the Stress of Retirement

190

Five Things That Could Ruin Your Retirement Savings

191

Lazy Money

192

Questions You Should Be Asking Part 02

193

Questions You Should Be Asking Part 01

194

Financial Therapy

195

Retirement: It Ain't What It Used To Be

196

Common Complaints About Finances

197

Bouncing Back

198

New Year's Resolutions

199

Stock Market Update: Holiday Hijinx

200

Common Money Mistakes

201

Financial Stocking Stuffers

202

Client Personalities

203

Moving The Goalposts

204

End Of Year To-Do List

205

The Retirement Checklist

206

Stock Market Update: October Slump

207

Robo-Advisors

208

Score A Touchdown In Retirement

209

Unhealthy Financial Foods

210

Irreversible Decisions

211

The Financial Hurricane

212

Between Jobs

213

Retirement Planning: It Ain't What It Used To Be

214

Agree Or Disagree?

215

Don't Get In Your Own Way

216

It's Anyone's Guess

217

Unanswerable Questions

218

Fill In The Blanks

219

What Is A Fiduciary?

220

Better Late Than Never

221

Unreasonable Requests

222

The Retirement Pyramid

223

Unique Challenges In Retirement

224

Mind The Gap

225

Just What The Doctor Ordered

226

The Right Fit For You

227

Music Lessons

228

Not Your Parents' Retirement

229

Mother Knows Best

230

Financial Codebreaking

231

The Market Crash Hall Of Fame

232

Flirting With Disaster

233

Nathan's Take On Taxes

234

Your Financial Philosophy

235

Risks And Statistics

236

Invest Like A Genius

237

401(k) FAQs

238

Financial Commandments

239

Hindsight Is 20/20

240

Stock Market Update: Pullbacks, Obsolete Strategies, and The Olympics

241

Don't Ruin Your Retirement

242

The Market Crash Survival Guide

243

Silver Linings

244

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

245

Common Portfolio Mistakes

246

Defense Mechanisms

247

Awkward Conversations

248

The Financial Puzzle

249

Staying On Course

250

The Desire To Retire

251

Retirement Variables And Constants

252

The Retirement Farm

253

All About The Benjamins

254

Flying Through Retirement

255

Financial Mythbusters

256

Planning For The Fourth Quarter

257

Financial Security

258

Unique Financial Challenges

259

Retirement: It's Harder Than It Looks

260

Conventional Wisdom And Your Portfolio

261

Facing Financial Reality

262

Organizing Your Financial Junk Drawer

263

Dangerous Mindsets

264

50 Shades Of Gray Area

265

The Big Distractions

266

A Client's Life For Me

267

Financial Debates

268

Hidden Costs of Retirement Planning

269

Myths Versus Truths

270

Fuzzy Math 101

271

Unique Challenges You'll Face In Retirement

272

First Steps

273

Retirement Planning Myths

274

What We Wish You Knew

275

It's Just Not That Complicated

276

Little White Lies

277

No Excuses!

278

Are You An Optimist Or A Pessimist?

279

Reality Check

280

Retirement Ready

281

Improve Your Approach To Retirement

282

What Questions Should You Be Asking?

283

Being Ready To Retire

284

Common Complaints

285

Bouncing Back From Financial Mistakes

286

Financial Chores

287

Why Your Retirement Is Not A Game Show

288

Decluttering Your Finances

289

The "Greatest Generation"