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The Retirement Message — 104 episodes

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1

Turning Confusing Retirement Jargon Into Clear Decisions

2

Best Of: The Cost of Care: Are You Ready for the Reality of Long‑Term Care?

3

Why Stress‑Testing Your Retirement Plan Matters

4

The Retirement Risk That Hits When Markets Turn

5

Preventative Planning vs. Retirement Emergency Surgery

6

Why Yesterday’s Safe Money Choices May Fall Short Today

7

What You Can Control When the Markets Feel Unstable

8

Best Of: Phases of Retirement and Shaq's Annuities

9

Letting Your Retirement Plan Simmer Like a Good Chili

10

Why the Most Dangerous Retirement Risk Is Timing

11

Turning a Nest Egg Into Income Without Guesswork

12

Why Saving Well Doesn’t Automatically Create a Paycheck in Retirement

13

You Can’t Buy Certainty—But You Can Plan for It

14

Best Of: Bridging the Gap

15

The Cost of Care: Are You Ready for the Reality of Long‑Term Care?

16

Best Of: A Conversation about Market Guard with Brad Jenkins

17

The Real Retirement Checklist

18

Best Of: You Might Need a Bigger Boat: Is Your Retirement Plan Enough?

19

Best Of: Retirement: Permission to Spend and Enjoy

20

Cushion, Rebalance, Repeat: Building a Smoother Ride to Retirement

21

Tax Time Bombs: How to Defuse Retirement’s Biggest Surprise

22

A Conversation about Market Guard with Brad Jenkins

23

Why Income Planning and Inheritance Go Hand in Hand

24

Best Of: Tax Traps, Market Swings, and the Power of Planning

25

Why Simplifying Your Finances Could Save Your Future

26

Are You Fumbling Your Retirement at the Goal Line?

27

One More Year: The Secret to a Stronger Retirement

28

Is Social Security Just a “Gimme Putt” in Retirement?

29

Don’t Let Your Retirement Become a Box Office Flop

30

Bridging the Gap

31

Retirement: Permission to Spend and Enjoy

32

Tax Traps, Market Swings, and the Power of Planning

33

Legacy, Passwords, and Planning for the Unexpected

34

Best Of: Annuities, Buffers, and the Sequence That Can Sink You

35

Why Timing the Market Could Cost You More Than You Think

36

Is Your Retirement Plan Stuck in the Past?

37

Best Of: Is Your Retirement Plan Built Like an Ark—or a Raft?

38

From Pilot’s License to Fishing Trips: Retirement That Fits You

39

The Wile E. Coyote Moment: Is Your Retirement Plan at Risk?

40

You Might Need a Bigger Boat: Is Your Retirement Plan Enough?

41

The Retirement Plan That Actually Fits Your Life

42

Best Of: Summer checkup

43

Best Of: Spending plans and considering Roth IRAs

44

Annuities, Buffers, and the Sequence That Can Sink You

45

Is Your Retirement Plan Built Like an Ark—or a Raft?

46

Annuities X-Ray and Social Security claiming

47

Annuities help with longevity risk

48

Best Of: Super Powers and Time of Year to Retire

49

Summer checkup

50

Spending plans and considering Roth IRAs

51

Your retirement is not your grandparents' or even your parents' retirement

52

Pesky fees are wreaking havoc in retirement plans

53

Best Of: The "Golden" Age of Annuities and How Long Will My Retirement Be?

54

Astronauts, Annuities and Ed Slott

55

A personalized plan is better than any trend or app

56

Addressing the negativity around fees and annuities

57

Best Of: Social Security and When to Take It

58

Annuities and Volatility in the Market

59

Best Of: Trump Tax Cuts?

60

The "Golden" Age of Annuities and How Long Will My Retirement Be?

61

Super Powers and Time of Year to Retire

62

Best Of: Flag on the play: penalties in your retirement plan

63

Phases of Retirement and Shaq's Annuities

64

Lazy Money: Starbucks and Giftcards

65

Social Security and When to Take It

66

Trump Tax Cuts?

67

Best Of: Annuities for a Secure Retirement

68

Flag on the play: penalties in your retirement plan

69

Best Of: Emotionless Financial Planning

70

Best Of: The Harmony of Music and Financial Planning

71

Annuities for a Secure Retirement

72

Best Of: Stress Testing Your Retirement Plan for Success

73

Annuities Then Vs. Now

74

Best Of: The Holidays are Coming. What does that mean for your financial plan?

75

Emotionless Financial Planning

76

Remodeling Your Home and Your Retirement Plan

77

The Holidays are Coming. What does that mean for your financial plan?

78

The Harmony of Music and Financial Planning

79

Mastering Year-End Financial Planning

80

Stress Testing Your Retirement Plan for Success

81

Best Of: Why People Switch Financial Advisors

82

Understanding the Risks of Retirement

83

Best Of: The Shift Towards Wealth Preservation in Retirement

84

Best Of: The Potential Impact of a Federal Reserve Interest Rate Cut on the Stock Market

85

Best Of: Interest Rate Cuts and Fixed Products

86

BEWARE of Fees!

87

Best Of: Early Retirement Income Strategies and Market Volatility

88

The Potential Impact of a Federal Reserve Interest Rate Cut on the Stock Market

89

Why People Switch Financial Advisors

90

Best Of: Mitigating Market Risk in Retirement

91

The Shift Towards Wealth Preservation in Retirement

92

Interest Rate Cuts and Fixed Products

93

Best Of: The Clock is Ticking: Changes to the Tax Code

94

Best Of: Optimizing Social Security Benefits: When to Start Receiving.

95

Best Of: Common Mistakes in Retirement Planning

96

Mitigating Market Risk in Retirement

97

The Clock is Ticking: Changes to the Tax Code

98

The Impact of Fathers on Careers and Life

99

Early Retirement Income Strategies and Market Volatility

100

How Will the Election Affect Retirement?

101

Common Mistakes in Retirement Planning

102

Optimizing Social Security Benefits: When to Start Receiving.

103

Is 65 still considered the age to retire?

104

Will the government abolish 401(K) plans?