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The Retirement Income Hour — 281 episodes

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5 Areas to Simplify Planning - Avoiding the Tax Trap (August 29, 2026)

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Avoiding the Tax Trap - Retirement Danger Zone 2.0 (August 22, 2026)

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Retirement Danger Zone 2.0 - The Road Less Taxed (August 15, 2026)

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The Road Less Taxed - Portfolio into Paycheck (August 8, 2026)

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Top 10 Tax Savings Tips - 5 Ways Taxes can Wreck Your Retirement (August 1, 2026)

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Retirement Danger Zone (July 25, 2026)

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Beyond the RMD - Don't Let Taxes Retire You (July 18, 2026)

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Don't Let Taxes Retire You – Estate Planning Revisited (July 11, 2026)

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Efficiency With Investing - Long Term Care (July 4, 2026)

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Estate Planning Revisited - Retirement Fear Factor (June 27, 2026)

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The Bridge - 5 Ways Taxes Can Wreck Your Retirement (June 20, 2026)

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Protect Your Wealth, Protect Your Family (June 13, 2026)

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Retirement Fear Factor - Top 10 Tax Savings Tips (June 6, 2026)

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Top 10 Tax Tips - Income Over Illusion (May 30, 2026)

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5 Ways Taxes Can Wreck Your Retirement - The Road Less Taxed (May 23, 2026)

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Income Over Illusion - Long Term Care Product Comparison (May 16, 2026)

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Long Term Care Product Comparison - Portfolio into Paycheck (May 9, 2026)

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Long Term Care - The Bridge (May 2, 2026)

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State of the Market - 5 Ways Taxes Can Wreck Your Retirement (April 25, 2026)

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5 Ways Taxes Can Wreck Your Retirement - The Road Less Taxed (April 18, 2026)

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The Road Less Taxed - Managing in the Middle (April 11, 2026)

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Managing in the Middle - Portfolio into Paycheck (April 4, 2026)

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The Bridge to Solving Your Long-Term Care Needs (March 28, 2026)

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Swiss Army Knife - The Bridge (March 21, 2026)

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The Bridge - Social Security: Bird in the Hand, Two in the Bush (March 14, 2026)

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Social Security: Bird in the Hand, Two in the Bush - Long Term Care (March 7, 2026)

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Long Term Care - Efficiency with Investing (February 28, 2026)

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Protect Your Wealth, Protect Your Family (February 21, 2026)

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Managing in the Middle - Life Insurance Update (February 14, 2026)

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Efficiency with Investing - Crypto (February 7, 2026)

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Crypto - Psychology of Retirement (January 31, 2026)

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Psychology of Retirement - How Interest Rates Work (January 24, 2026)

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How Interest Rates Work - Is Reallocation Right for You (January 17, 2026)

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Is Reallocation Right for You - Portfolio into Paycheck (January 10, 2026)

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Estate Planning 2.0 (January 3, 2026)

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Portfolio into Paycheck - Life Insurance Upgrade (December 27, 2025)

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Life Insurance Upgrade - 4% Cash Flow Rule (December 20, 2025)

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4% Cash Flow Rule - Market Corrections (December 13, 2025)

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Market Corrections - Annuities 101 (December 6, 2025)

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End of Year Tax Savings Tips - Is There a Bubble Forming (November 29, 2025)

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Swiss Army Knife - Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity (November 22, 2025)

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Is There a Bubble Forming - Managing in the Middle (November 15, 2025)

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Managing in the Middle - Top 10 End of Year Tax Savings Tips (November 8, 2025)

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Top 10 End of Year Tax Savings Tips - Estate Planning (November 1, 2025)

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Tax Tips - Big Beautiful Bill (October 25, 2025)

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Big Beautiful Bill - Long Term Care (October 18, 2025)

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Long Term Care - Annuities 101 (October 11, 2025)

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Annuities 101 - Avoiding Taxes in Retirement (October 4, 2025)

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Avoiding Taxes in Retirement - RMD (September 27, 2025)

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RMD - Annuity Check (September 20, 2025)

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Annuity Check - Making Money Last (September 13, 2025)

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Making Money Last - Bonds Vs. Bond Funds (September 6, 2025)

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Bonds vs. Bond Funds - Three Blind Mice (August 30, 2025)

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Three Blind Mice - The Big Beautiful Bill (August 23, 2025)

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The Big Beautiful Bill - Managing in the Middle (August 16, 2025)

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Managing in the Middle - Life Cycle of Money (August 9, 2025)

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Big Beautiful Bill (August 2, 2025)

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Life Cycle of Money - Jeremy Green (July 26, 2025)

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Jeremy Green - Framing the Threat of Long-Term Care (July 19, 2025)

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Framing the Threat of Long-Term Care - Swiss Army Knife (July 12, 2025)

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Annuity Check - RMD (July 5, 2025)

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RMD - Tax Tips (June 28, 2025)

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Tax Tips - Life Cycle of Money (June 21, 2025)

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Estate Planning 2.0 (June 14, 2025)

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Life Cycle of Money - It's All About the Income (June 6, 2025)

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It's All About the Income - Estate Planning 101 (May 31, 2025)

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Estate Planning 101 - Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity (May 24, 2025)

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Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity - Managing in the Middle (May 17, 2025)

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10 Retirement Blind Spots - Swiss Army Knife (May 10, 2025)

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Swiss Army Knife - TR=I+G (May 3, 2025)

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TR=I+G - Trump Tariffs Sequel (April 26,2025)

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Trump Tariffs Sequel - Trump Tax Tariffs (April 19, 2025)

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Trump Tax Tariffs - Tax Tips (April 12,2025)

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Tax Tips - How to Avoid a Tax Time Bomb (April 5, 2025)

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Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity - Managing in the Middle (March 29, 2025)

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Portfolio into Paycheck - Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity (March 22, 2025)

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Simplicity On the Other Side of Complexity - Income the Right Way (March 15, 2025)

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Income the Right Way - Annuities: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (March 8, 2025)

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Annuities: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly - RMD (March 1, 2025)

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RMD - Life Insurance Upgrade (February 22, 2025)

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Life Insurance Upgrade - Power of Balance (February 15, 2025)

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Power of Balance - No Compromise Retirement

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No Compromise Retirement - Estate Planning 101

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Estate Planning 101 - 5 Ways

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5 Ways - Tax Free Exchanges: More than One Way to Skin a Cat

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Tax Free Exchanges: More Than One Way to Skin a Cat - 4 Main Things to Consider

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4 Main Things to Consider - 9 Tips for Creating a Smart Retirement

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9 Tips for Creating a Smart Retirement - Upgrades 2.0

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Upgrades 2.0 - Annuity Upgrade

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Annuity Upgrade- Drue Tranquill

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Drue Tranquill-Estate Planning 101

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Estate Planning 101-Higgins Outdoors

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Higgins Outdoors- Presidential Election and How it Affects your Retirement

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Presidential Election and How it Affects your Retirement-Beyond the Brackets

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Beyond the Brackets-Structured Notes

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Structured Notes-Buttered Sausage

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Buttered Sausage-Simplicity On The Other Side Of Complexity

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Simplicity On The Other Side Of Complexity-Estate Planning 101

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How To Avoid A Tax Time Bomb-Managing In the Middle

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Estate Planning 101- Big V

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Big V-Creating Your Retirement Recipe

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Creating Your Retirement Recipe- How To Find a Financial Advisor

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How To Find A Financial Advisor- Tax Man

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The Tax Man-City Union Mission

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City Union Mission-Understand Risk In Retirement

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Understanding Risk In Retirement-The High Cost Of Aging and How to Prepare

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The High Cost Of Aging And How To Prepare & Managing For Safety And Income

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Managing Safety And Income- How To Retire And Not Be On A Budget

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Estate Planning

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Presidential Election Upgrade-How Much Money Do You Need To Retire

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The Value of a Second Opinion

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How Much Do you Need to Retire-Taxes In Retirement

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How to avoid a tax time bomb- Managing in the Middle

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Structured Notes-RDCA

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Taxes in Retirement-The Golden Rule

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Who Not Do

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The Golden Rule-Us Against The World

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Estate Planning

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Us Against The World-The One Thing

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The One Thing-Evolution of Financial Services

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Evolution Of Financial Services-How To Retire And Not Be On A Budget

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How To Retire And Not Be On A Budget- State of the Market

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Marty Ruby and Tax Efficient Retirement Strategies

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State of the Market-How To Avoid A Tax Time Bomb

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How to avoid a tax time bomb- Managing in the Middle

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Tax Saving Tips-Tax Strategies

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Managing in the middle-Do you need a financial advisor

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Do You Need A Financial Advisor-Banks...Don't Get Ripped Off

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Estate Planning Featuring Phil Anderson

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Banks...Don't Get Ripped Off-Don't Be A Gambler

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Don't Be A Gambler-Upgrade

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Upgrade-RDCA

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Reverse Dollar Cost Averaging-Structured Notes

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Marty Ruby and Tax Efficient Retirement Strategies

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Structured Notes-Estate Planning

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Estate Planning-Tax Saving Tips

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Tax Tips-Tax Strategies

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Tax Strategies-Social Security

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Social Security Part 2-Social Security Risks

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Marty Ruby and Tax Efficient Retirement Strategies

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Charitable Remainder Trusts-City Union Mission

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Social Security Risks-Unique Abilities

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Unique Abilities-Tax Risks

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Income 101

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Tax Risks-Charitable Giving Scams

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Charitable Giving Scams Featuring City Union Mission

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Estate Planning Featuring Phil Anderson

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Evolution of Financial Services-The Big V

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The Big V-It's All About The Income

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It's All About The Income-Banks Don't Get Ripped Off

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Tax Efficient Retirement Strategies with Marty Ruby

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Banks Don't Get Ripped Off-Tax Tips

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Chasing Giants with Don Higgins

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Taxes

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Estate Planning 101

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Tax Saving Tips-Move 401K To IRA

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Move 401K to IRA-Bank Failures

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Bank Failures-10 Questions

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10 Questions-Risks

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Risks-Time for an Upgrade

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Time for an Upgrade-Tax Risks

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Income 101

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Taxes

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Marty Ruby and Tax Efficient Retirement Strategies

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Tax Risks- Charitable Trusts

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Charitable Trusts-City Union Mission

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Investing Long Term When You're Not Long Term- Move 401K to IRA

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Investing in Tulmultous Times-How to Invest in a Recession

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Feds Inflating Their Way Out of Debt

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Connecting the Dots

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Move 401K to IRA-Principal vs Dividends/Interest

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Upgrade-Long Term Investing When You're Not Long Term

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Investing Long Term When You're Not Long Term- Crossworlds

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Feds Inflating their way out of debt

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Connecting the Dots

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Marty Ruby Radio

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Crossworld-Move 401k to IRA

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Move 401k to IRA-Banks, Bonds and Insurance Cos

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Banks, Bonds and Insurance Cos-A New Era

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A New Era-Evolution of Financial Services

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Evolution of Financial Services-Investing Long Term When You're Not Long Term

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Investing Long Term When You're Not Long Term-All About Income

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Social Security-Stress Free Retirement

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Questions from the Audience

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7 Risks of the Market in 2023

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Investing in Tulmultous Times-How to Invest in a Recession

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How to Invest in a Recession-What to Expect in 2023

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What to Expect in 2023-All About Income

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Mark Comfort- Risk

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City Union Mission- Risk

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Social Security- Required Minimum Distributions

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Estate Planning

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Parkville Women's Clinic-7 Year End Tax Tips

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7 End of Year Tax Tips-Social Security

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Stress Free Retirement-Purpose vs Performance

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Social Security- Required Minimum Distributions

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Estate Planning

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Required Minimum Distributions-Fixed Income

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Fixed Income-Top 10 Tax Tips

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Inflation

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Top 10 Tax Tips-Annuities

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Annuities-Eggs & Chickens

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Eggs & Chickens- Importance of a Fixed Income

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Importance of a Fixed Income-Stress Free Retirement

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Stress Free Retirement-Purpose vs Performance

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End of Life

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Purpose vs Performance- What to do with cash

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What to Do with Cash-Light at the End of the Tunnel

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Light at the End of the Tunnel- Estate Planning

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Estate Planning- Inverted Yield Curve

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Inverted Yield Curve- The Value of a Second Opinion

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The Value of a Second Opinion-10 Tax Saving Tips

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