The Financial Answer with Nathan O’Bryant

By Nathan O’ Bryant

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The Financial Answer is hosted by Nathan O’ Bryant, founder of O’Bryant & Associates, Inc., an investment advisory firm registered in Tennessee and Arkansas. Drawing on over 20 years of experience in financial planning, Nathan shares insights on a wide range of topics including retirement income strategies, tax planning, market trends, Social Security, portfolio management, and more. The show explores the real questions people face when planning for their financial future, offering clear explanations and thoughtful discussion to help listeners make informed decisions. No topic is off limits as Nathan breaks down both timely developments and foundational principles of personal finance.

Episode Date
What Retirement Means… and Why It’s Different for Everyone
Jun 12, 2025
Type A Investors: Why Doing Less Might Be Your Best Move
May 15, 2025
Why The Psychology of Money Says Your Emotions Matter More Than Math
May 08, 2025
Talking To Your Spouse About Market Crash Fears
Apr 24, 2025
What Should You Actually Do When the Market Drops?
Apr 10, 2025
April Fool’s: Beliefs That Fool Retirement Savers The Most
Mar 27, 2025
Inside the Advisor’s Office: What People Are Actually Concerned About
Mar 13, 2025
The Money Questions Every Couple Needs To Discuss This Valentine’s Season
Feb 20, 2025
What Do Proposed Tariffs Mean For Your Portfolio?
Feb 06, 2025
Inflation-Proof Your Retirement In 2025
Jan 23, 2025
The Snowbird Retirement: Is a Seasonal Move Right for You?
Jan 09, 2025
The Art of Rebalancing: WHEN to Adjust Your Portfolio and WHY
Dec 26, 2024
Most Americans Are Forced to Retire Early- Are You Ready?
Dec 12, 2024
Financial Forecasting: A Post-Election Conversation
Nov 21, 2024
Don’t Blow Your Bonus! Smart Ways to Use a Lump Sum Payout
Nov 07, 2024
Is Dividend Investing Dead?
Oct 24, 2024
How Current Economic Shifts Could Affect Your Retirement
Oct 10, 2024
For Couples, Retirement Planning Is A Team Sport
Sep 26, 2024
Unlock Your Potential During National Financial Planning Month
Sep 12, 2024
IRS Rules for RMDs
Aug 22, 2024
August 2024 Market Update
Aug 08, 2024
What is Blackrock's 100% Stock ETF Hedge?
Jul 18, 2024
3 Things to Consider if there’s a “Recession” in 2024
Jul 03, 2024
Cryptocurrency and Your Financial Plan
Jun 27, 2024
Financial Lessons from Dad
Jun 13, 2024
All In One Basket: Financial Diversification
May 23, 2024
Explaining Penalty Relief for Inherited Withdrawals
May 09, 2024
Retirement Expectations vs. Reality
Apr 25, 2024
Winning the Financial Triple Crown: Strategies from the Kentucky Derby
Apr 11, 2024
Retirement Questions That Every Generation Is Asking, Part 1
Mar 28, 2024
How Is Technology Redefining Retirement Planning?
Mar 14, 2024
Is Retirement Planning Harder Than It Used to Be? Part 2
Feb 29, 2024
Is Retirement Planning Harder Than It Used to Be? Part 1
Feb 15, 2024
The Power of Delayed Gratification
Jan 18, 2024
Inheritance FAQ
Jan 04, 2024
Financial Stocking Stuffers
Dec 21, 2023
Financial Planning with Classic Christmas Songs
Dec 07, 2023
How To Successfully Climb The Retirement Mountain
Nov 21, 2023
The Financial Cereal Bowl
Nov 09, 2023
How to Avoid Money Mistakes You’ll Regret
Oct 19, 2023
Retirement Planning’s “Hidden” Questions
Oct 05, 2023
Discussing Dave Ramsey’s Advice
Sep 21, 2023
The Future of Retirement in America
Sep 07, 2023
Bashing the Roth?
Aug 24, 2023
Financial Lessons From Ron Swanson
Aug 10, 2023
Till Debt Do Us Part: Resolving Financial Tension Between Couples (Part 2)
Jul 27, 2023
Till Debt Do Us Part: Resolving Financial Tension Between Couples (Part 1)
Jul 13, 2023
Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Invest in a 401(k)
Jun 22, 2023
Bad Money Habits That Can Spoil The Retirement Party
Jun 08, 2023
What Weddings and Retirement Planning Have in Common
May 18, 2023
Breaking Down The Commentary After Recent Bank Collapses
May 04, 2023
How Age and Wisdom Impact Your Financial Planning
Apr 20, 2023
The Psychology of Investing In The Wake Of Historic Market Crashes
Apr 06, 2023
Should An Advisor Tailor A Plan To Fit Your Personality? (Part 2)
Mar 23, 2023
Should Your Advisor Tailor A Plan To Fit Your Personality? (Part 1)
Mar 09, 2023
What’s Your Biggest Financial Fear?
Feb 16, 2023
Four Ways The SECURE Act 2.0 Might Impact You
Feb 02, 2023
Helpful Financial Checklist For 2023
Jan 19, 2023
2022 in Review
Jan 05, 2023
Naughty or Nice: Financial Advisors
Dec 15, 2022
Examining Your Own Investor Bias
Dec 01, 2022
Financial Things That Are Underrated
Nov 22, 2022
Financial Things That Are Overrated
Nov 10, 2022
Your Biggest Financial Assets
Oct 20, 2022
What We Can Learn from Seinfeld
Oct 06, 2022
Can’t Get No Satisfaction... Or Can You?
Sep 15, 2022
How Money Ads Catch Your Attention
Sep 01, 2022
Financial Diseases That Plague Retirees
Aug 18, 2022
Clearing Up Financial Myths
Aug 04, 2022
Financial Jeopardy
Jul 28, 2022
Financial Fortune Cookie Wisdom
Jul 14, 2022
Sensational Financial Headlines
Jun 23, 2022
Is Conventional Wisdom Always Best?
Jun 10, 2022
Things We Don’t Consider in Retirement Planning
May 19, 2022
Sorting Through the Financial Junk Drawer
May 05, 2022
Playing the Financial Game Show
Apr 21, 2022
I Didn’t Know You Did That
Apr 07, 2022
Financial Hot Topics
Mar 24, 2022
Financial Wisdom with Albert Einstein
Mar 11, 2022
Retirement Planning with Shaq
Feb 17, 2022
What To Do During Market Volatility
Feb 03, 2022
How Do You Say It?
Jan 20, 2022
A Financial Checklist for the New Year
Jan 06, 2022
Retirement Planning First Steps
Dec 16, 2021
Financial Wisdom from Walt Disney
Dec 02, 2021
Dealing with Stress in Retirement
Nov 18, 2021
Financial Truths and Lies
Nov 04, 2021
Retirement Income Planning Essentials
Oct 21, 2021
Avoiding Financial Temptations
Oct 07, 2021
Investing Like a Genius
Sep 02, 2021
5 Questions You Didn’t Know To Ask
Aug 26, 2021
What Kind of Retirement Are You Living For?
Aug 05, 2021
5 Things You Must Know About Decumulation To Retire Successfully
Jul 29, 2021
Retirement Blind Spots
Jul 08, 2021
SECURE Act 2.0
Jun 24, 2021
Are You Avoiding These 401K Mistakes?
Jun 10, 2021
Understanding Your Financial Statements
May 27, 2021
Reading the Financial Fine Print
May 06, 2021
Baseball and Retirement Planning
Apr 22, 2021
Avoiding Financial Mistakes During A Divorce
Apr 08, 2021
Unhealthy Foods and Financial Health
Mar 25, 2021
Financial Lessons Learned from Calvin and Hobbes
Mar 11, 2021
Last Ten Working Years Before Retirement
Feb 25, 2021
What You Should Know About Biden’s Executive Orders
Feb 04, 2021
Understanding Values-Based Planning
Jan 21, 2021
2021: This Is The Year (No Matter What)
Jan 07, 2021
Christmas Songs and Financial Planning
Dec 17, 2020
End of Year Financial Planning
Dec 03, 2020
Unreasonable Requests to Financial Advisors
Nov 19, 2020
An Election Conversation
Nov 05, 2020
Statistics on Saving and Investing
Oct 15, 2020
Mom’s Favorite Phrases And Financial Planning
Oct 01, 2020
Financial Planning By Profession
Sep 17, 2020
Don’t Assume When It Comes to Retirement
Sep 03, 2020
Dirty Little Secrets in the Financial World
Aug 20, 2020
Top 5 Types of Financial Risk
Aug 06, 2020
Industry Insights Amidst Coronavirus
Jul 16, 2020
Finding the Right Financial Advisor
Jul 02, 2020
Answering the Most Common IRA Questions
Jun 18, 2020
Are You Following Outdated Financial Rules?
Jun 04, 2020
Is the Customer Always Right?
May 21, 2020
How To Set Financial and Retirement Goals
May 07, 2020
Ben Franklin and Partial Freedom from COVID-19
Apr 30, 2020
Cleaning Your Financial Closet – Lockdown Edition
Apr 16, 2020
Coronavirus Aid - What You Need to Know About the CARES Act
Apr 03, 2020
Coronavirus Market Update + What’s Next
Mar 20, 2020
Coronavirus: What Pandemics Often Do To The Market
Mar 05, 2020
Inheritance 101: Everything You Need to Know
Feb 20, 2020
How Often Does a Financial Advisor Answer These Questions?
Feb 06, 2020
Understanding The SECURE Act
Jan 23, 2020
5 Biggest Storylines of 2020: Will They Matter Financially?
Jan 16, 2020
New Year Financial Checklist for 2020
Jan 09, 2020
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Retirement With These Mistakes?
Dec 19, 2019
Catching Up As A Late Bloomer In Retirement
Dec 12, 2019
Critical Estate Planning Mistakes You Need to Avoid
Dec 05, 2019
Turkey Day Special with Listener Questions
Nov 26, 2019
What Mistakes Do Bad Investors Make?
Nov 21, 2019
Welcome to Retirement, Now Don’t Screw It Up
Nov 14, 2019
The Final Decade Before Retirement
Nov 07, 2019
Trying To Find The Exception To The Rule When Investing
Oct 31, 2019
Retirement Planning and Halloween
Oct 25, 2019
Scary Facts About Retirement
Oct 17, 2019
Halloween Spending and Retirement
Oct 10, 2019
4 Types of Spenders
Oct 03, 2019
Planning The Ultimate Road Trip: Your Retirement
Sep 26, 2019
Reading Between the Lines Of Financial Fake News
Sep 19, 2019
Decision-Making Roadblocks in Financial Planning
Sep 12, 2019
Discussing the Laws of Investing, Part 3
Sep 05, 2019
Discussing the Laws Of Investing, Part 2
Aug 29, 2019
Discussing the Laws Of Investing, Part 1
Aug 22, 2019
Understanding The SECURE Act, Part 3
Aug 15, 2019
How to Handle Stock Market Declines
Aug 08, 2019
Will Your Beneficiaries Be Able To Access Your Accounts After You Die?
Aug 01, 2019
What Does Financial Security Look Like For You?
Jul 25, 2019
Crazy Financial Facts From The Past And What They Mean Today
Jul 18, 2019
Does it Benefit You to Have Multiple Financial Advisors
Jul 11, 2019
Understanding The SECURE Act, Part 2
Jul 03, 2019
Understanding The SECURE Act, Part 1
Jun 27, 2019
Presidential Financial Planning
Jun 20, 2019
Stuff That Doesn’t Work
Jun 13, 2019
Never Assume In Retirement Planning
Jun 06, 2019
Traveling Through the Retirement Airport
May 30, 2019
Different Ways You Might Respond To A Down Market
May 23, 2019
Understanding The 4 Percent Rule
May 16, 2019
Vacation Planning And Retirement
May 09, 2019
Lessons From Fly Fishing
May 02, 2019
Financial Planning and Future Generations
Apr 25, 2019
A Curious Email Teaches Us About Dividend-Paying Stocks
Apr 18, 2019
Unlikely Wisdom When It Comes to Your Finances
Apr 11, 2019
How to Manage the Stress of Retirement
Apr 04, 2019
Five Things That Could Ruin Your Retirement Savings
Mar 28, 2019
Lazy Money
Mar 21, 2019
Questions You Should Be Asking Part 02
Mar 14, 2019
Questions You Should Be Asking Part 01
Mar 07, 2019
Financial Therapy
Feb 14, 2019
Retirement: It Ain't What It Used To Be
Feb 07, 2019
Common Complaints About Finances
Jan 31, 2019
Bouncing Back
Jan 24, 2019
New Year's Resolutions
Jan 10, 2019
Stock Market Update: Holiday Hijinx
Jan 03, 2019
Common Money Mistakes
Dec 20, 2018
Financial Stocking Stuffers
Dec 13, 2018
Client Personalities
Dec 06, 2018
Moving The Goalposts
Nov 29, 2018
Retirement: It Ain't What It Used To Be
Nov 22, 2018
End Of Year To-Do List
Nov 15, 2018
The Retirement Checklist
Nov 08, 2018
Stock Market Update: October Slump
Nov 01, 2018
Financial Therapy
Oct 25, 2018
Robo-Advisors
Oct 18, 2018
Score A Touchdown In Retirement
Oct 11, 2018
Unhealthy Financial Foods
Oct 04, 2018
Irreversible Decisions
Sep 27, 2018
The Financial Hurricane
Sep 20, 2018
Between Jobs
Sep 13, 2018
Retirement Planning: It Ain't What It Used To Be
Sep 06, 2018
Agree Or Disagree?
Aug 30, 2018
Don't Get In Your Own Way
Aug 23, 2018
Unhealthy Financial Foods
Aug 16, 2018
It's Anyone's Guess
Aug 09, 2018
Unanswerable Questions
Aug 02, 2018
Fill In The Blanks
Jul 26, 2018
What Is A Fiduciary?
Jul 19, 2018
Better Late Than Never
Jul 12, 2018
Unreasonable Requests
Jul 05, 2018
The Retirement Pyramid
Jun 28, 2018
Unique Challenges In Retirement
Jun 21, 2018
Mind The Gap
Jun 14, 2018
Just What The Doctor Ordered
Jun 07, 2018
The Right Fit For You
May 31, 2018
Music Lessons
May 24, 2018
Not Your Parents' Retirement
May 17, 2018
Mother Knows Best
May 10, 2018
Financial Codebreaking
May 03, 2018
The Market Crash Hall Of Fame
Apr 26, 2018
Flirting With Disaster
Apr 19, 2018
Nathan's Take On Taxes
Apr 12, 2018
Music Lessons
Apr 05, 2018
Your Financial Philosophy
Mar 29, 2018
Risks And Statistics
Mar 22, 2018
The Market Crash Hall Of Fame
Mar 15, 2018
Invest Like A Genius
Mar 08, 2018
401(k) FAQs
Mar 01, 2018
Financial Commandments
Feb 22, 2018
Hindsight Is 20/20
Feb 15, 2018
Stock Market Update: Pullbacks, Obsolete Strategies, and The Olympics
Feb 08, 2018
Don't Ruin Your Retirement
Feb 01, 2018
The Market Crash Survival Guide
Jan 25, 2018
Silver Linings
Jan 18, 2018
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Jan 11, 2018
Common Portfolio Mistakes
Jan 04, 2018
Defense Mechanisms
Dec 28, 2017
Awkward Conversations
Dec 21, 2017
The Financial Puzzle
Dec 14, 2017
Staying On Course
Dec 07, 2017
The Desire To Retire
Nov 30, 2017
Retirement Variables And Constants
Nov 21, 2017
The Retirement Farm
Nov 16, 2017
All About The Benjamins
Nov 09, 2017
Defense Mechanisms
Nov 02, 2017
Silver Linings
Oct 26, 2017
Awkward Conversations
Oct 19, 2017
Retirement Variables And Constants
Oct 12, 2017
Flying Through Retirement
Oct 05, 2017
Financial Mythbusters
Sep 28, 2017
Planning For The Fourth Quarter
Sep 21, 2017
Financial Security
Sep 14, 2017
Unique Financial Challenges
Sep 07, 2017
Retirement: It's Harder Than It Looks
Aug 31, 2017
Conventional Wisdom And Your Portfolio
Aug 24, 2017
Facing Financial Reality
Aug 18, 2017
Organizing Your Financial Junk Drawer
Aug 10, 2017
Dangerous Mindsets
Aug 03, 2017
50 Shades Of Gray Area
Jul 28, 2017
The Big Distractions
Jul 20, 2017
A Client's Life For Me
Jul 13, 2017
Financial Debates
Jul 06, 2017
Hidden Costs of Retirement Planning
Jun 29, 2017
Myths Versus Truths
Jun 22, 2017
Fuzzy Math 101
Jun 15, 2017
Unique Challenges You'll Face In Retirement
Jun 08, 2017
First Steps
Jun 01, 2017
Retirement Planning Myths
May 25, 2017
What We Wish You Knew
May 18, 2017
It's Just Not That Complicated
May 11, 2017
Little White Lies
May 04, 2017
No Excuses!
Apr 27, 2017
Are You An Optimist Or A Pessimist?
Apr 20, 2017
Reality Check
Apr 13, 2017
Retirement Ready
Apr 06, 2017
Improve Your Approach To Retirement
Mar 30, 2017
What Questions Should You Be Asking?
Mar 23, 2017
Being Ready To Retire
Mar 16, 2017
Common Complaints
Mar 09, 2017
Bouncing Back From Financial Mistakes
Mar 02, 2017
Financial Chores
Feb 23, 2017
Why Your Retirement Is Not A Game Show
Feb 16, 2017
Decluttering Your Finances
Feb 02, 2017
The "Greatest Generation"
Jan 26, 2017