RETIREMENT MADE EASY
By Gregg Gonzalez
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Finally, a retirement podcast in a language YOU can understand. Your host, Gregg Gonzalez, Certified Financial Fiduciary®, CFP® is a Dave Ramsey Smartvestor Pro with the heart of a teacher.
Listen as Gregg shares financial & retirement tips that are sure to keep you tuned in every episode. Check out our podcast website http://RetirestrongFA.com for FREE resources and to see how the RetireStrong team can help you plan for a successful retirement.
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Six Things You May be Missing in Your Retirement That Can Cost You Big, Ep 197
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Retirement Questions You Didn’t Know You Should Be Asking, Ep 196
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Do you need Life Insurance in Retirement?, Ep 195
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Why You May Not Retire on Time, Ep 194
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Don’t Ignore These Dangers to Your Retirement, Ep 193
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Sinking Funds and Target Date Funds: What You Should Know, Ep 192
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Think You’re Ready to Retire? 10 Overlooked Signs You’re Not, Ep 191
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The Social Security Surprises That Could Cost You Thousands, Ep 190
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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What That New Tax Bill Really Means for Your Retirement, Ep 189
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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The Overlooked Truths About Your Retirement Paycheck, Ep 188
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May 30, 2025 |
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Why Some Retirement Products Can Trap Your Savings (and What to Watch For), Ep 187
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May 15, 2025 |
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How Real People Nail Retirement, Ep 186
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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The Questions Your Future Self Wishes You’d Asked Before Retiring, Ep 185
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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The Ins & Outs of Roth Conversions, Ep 184
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Why Your Retirement Savings Feels Unstable (And What to Do About It), Ep 183
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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The Retirement Blind Spot: What Most People Overlook Before Leaving Work, Ep 182
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Retirement Pitfalls: Costly Money Moves You Don’t See Coming, Ep 181
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Retirement Withdrawals: How to Make Your Money Last, Ep 180
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Listener Questions: Tips for a Smarter Retirement, Ep #179
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Reflecting on 3 Lessons I Learned from Clients in 2024, Ep #178
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Important Year-End Tax Planning, Ep #177
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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The Changes Coming to IRAs and 401Ks in 2025, Ep #176
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Addressing Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment for 2025, Ep #175
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Calculating How Much You’ll Spend in Retirement, Ep #174
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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How Do You Tackle Healthcare Planning in Retirement? Ep #173
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Listener Questions: Surviving Retirement Edition, Ep #172
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Listener Questions: Roth Conversions, Early Withdrawal Penalties, and Capital Gains, Ep #171
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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The Truths About Social Security Part II, Ep #170
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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The Truths About Social Security Part I, Ep #169
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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5 Retirement Lessons for 2024, Ep #168
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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401K Loans: The Pros and Cons, Ep #167
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Listener Questions: Clearing Up Confusing Retirement Topics, Ep #166
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Can You Retire at 60 with $1 Million Saved? Ep #165
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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7 Steps to Retirement Security, Ep #164
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May 20, 2024 |
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Avoid These 7 Retirement Mistakes (Or You’ll Regret it Forever), Ep #163
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Greatest Hits: Retirement Made Easy’s 5 Most Downloaded Episodes, Ep #162
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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How Election Years Impact the Stock Market, Ep #161
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Best Listener Questions of 2023, Ep #160
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Social Security Claiming Strategies, Ep #159
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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A Little-Known Social Security Strategy, Ep #158
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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10 Retirement Planning Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make, Ep #157
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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The Need-to-Know Basics of Required Minimum Distributions, Ep #156
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Listener Questions: Taxes, Pensions, and Beneficiary IRAs, Ep #155
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Listener Questions: 5 Ways to Prepare for Retirement, Ep #154
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Are We Heading into a Recession in 2024? Ep #153
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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The Importance of Developing a Retirement Blueprint with Your Spouse, Ep #152
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Questioning the “What Ifs” Might Save Your Retirement, Ep #151
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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What Social Security Isn’t Telling You, Ep #150
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Listener Questions: General “Rules”, Ep #149
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Beneficiary Planning: Important Questions to Consider, Ep #148
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Medicare Planning 101, Ep #147
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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How Saving for Retirement May Change in 2024, Ep #146
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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The Level of Detail Required in a Great Retirement Plan, Ep #145
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Listener Questions: Rapidfire Edition, Ep #144
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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The Basics of Managing Your Retirement Income, Ep #143
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Don’t Let Your Emotions Derail Your Retirement, Ep #142
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May 26, 2023 |
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The Ins and Outs of 401k Plans: Part I, Ep #141
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May 11, 2023 |
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Where Tax Planning Fits in Retirement Planning, Ep #140
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Listener Questions: Rapidfire Edition, Ep #139
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Understanding the Proposed Social Security Expansion Act, Ep #138
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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How Does Retirement Income Work? Ep #137
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Listener Q&A: Social Security Spousal Benefits, Ep #136
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The 2023 Market Outlook, Ep #135
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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6 Client Success Stories from 2022, Ep #134
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Retirement Replay: IRA Mistakes that Will Cost You, Ep #133
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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9 Ways the SECURE Act 2.0 Will Impact Retirees, Ep #132
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Listener Questions: From Fiduciaries to Capital Gains Taxes, Ep #131
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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The 5 Most Downloaded Episodes of 2022, Ep #130
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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The Tax Implications of Gift-Getting and Gift-Giving, Ep #129
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Why Your Retirement Portfolio Must Always Evolve, Ep #128
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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The 3 Topics Listeners are Asking About, Ep #127
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Is Semi-Retirement Right For You? Ep #126
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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End-of-Year Tax Planning Strategies, Ep #125
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Ideas to Catch Up Saving for Retirement, Ep #124
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Listener Questions: From 401ks to Social Security Benefits for Divorcees, Ep #123
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Evidence that Bonds Aren’t Always a Safe Investment, Ep #122
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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How Rising Interest Rates Will Impact Your Retirement, Ep #121
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Listener Questions: Investment Edition, Ep #120
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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The Key to Goals-Based Retirement Planning, Ep #119
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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3 Types of Accounts You Want to Have to Save for Retirement, Ep #118
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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3 Themes that Emerged from my FREE Retirement Coaching Calls, Ep #117
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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How to Boost Your Emergency Fund in a High Interest Rate Environment, Ep #116
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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The Basics of Charitable Giving + College Savings Plans, Ep #115
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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3 Factors that Influence How To Invest Your Money in Retirement, Ep #114
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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The Investment Options in a Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), Ep #113
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Listener Q&A Replay, Ep #112
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Listener Questions: A Roundup of Some Favorites, Ep #111
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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The Great 8 IRA Mistakes that WILL Cost You Money, Ep #110
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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The Listener Question I’ve Never Been Asked, Ep #109
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Two Things You Should NEVER Do, Ep #108
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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6 Reasons Why People are Scared to Retire in 2022, Ep #107
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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The Risk of Investing in Bonds, Ep #106
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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The Retirement Made Easy 2022 Midyear Market Update, Ep #105
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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How High Inflation Impacts the Future of Social Security, Ep #104
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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How to Avoid these HUGE Retirement Mistakes, Ep #103
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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What You Should Expect from Your Financial Advisor, Ep #102
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Focus on the Things You CAN Control in Your Retirement, Ep #101
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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The Top 5 Listener Questions of 2022, Ep #100
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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The Two Types of People Who Fail at Retirement, Ep #99
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May 26, 2022 |
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5 Issues to Consider Before You Retire, Ep #98
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May 19, 2022 |
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Retirement Replay: A Hypothetical Tale of a Retired Couple, Ep #97
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May 12, 2022 |
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What Month Should You Retire? Ep #96
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May 05, 2022 |
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How to Achieve Your Goal of Retiring at Age 70, Ep #95
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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3 Listener Questions that I CAN’T Answer, Ep #94
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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The Importance of Roth Conversions, Ep #93
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Answering Popular Listener Questions, Ep #92
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Two Ways to Counter the Impacts of Inflation, Ep #91
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Why a Pre-Retirement Assessment is Imperative to Retirement Success, Ep #90
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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The Basics of Long-Term Care Insurance, Ep #89
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Investing is NOT the Same as Gambling, Ep #88
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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How to Navigate the Volatile Market, Ep #87
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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What Rate of Return do You Need on Your Investments? Ep #86
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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How to Maximize Your Social Security Benefits, Ep #85
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Reach Your Goals with these Two Simple Strategies, Ep #84
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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The Facts about Part-Time Income in Retirement, Ep #83
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Why Gold is STILL an Inferior Investment Choice, Ep #82
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Retirement Parachute: How to Plan for Market Crashes, Ep #81
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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What is the payoff of working with a financial advisor - Vanguard study, Ep #80
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Retirement Replay: How Much Money Do You NEED To Retire, Ep #79
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Listener Questions For December, Ep #78
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Best Listener Questions of The Week, Ep #77
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Rapid Fire Listener Questions, Ep #76
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Changes to 401Ks & Medicare in 2022, Ep #75
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Will You Be Forced to Buy Long-Term Care Insurance?, Ep #74
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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7 Questions People Over 60 Ask About Retirement, Ep #73
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Retirement Replay: The Bucket Strategy, Ep #72
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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6 Questions You NEED to Answer Before Retiring, Ep #71
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Beware Who You Get Investment Advice From, Ep #70
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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What Social Security’s Cost of Living Increase in 2022 Means for You, Ep #69
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Two Crucial Retirement Mistakes to Avoid, Ep #68
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Q&A Episode: Estate Planning, Advisor Fees, and Fixed-Risk Annuities, Ep #67
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Q&A Episode: 401Ks, IRAs, and Early Retirement, Ep #66
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Reasons NOT to Invest (And Why You Should Anyways) Ep #65
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Retirement Planning Begins with a Dream, Ep #64
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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These Two Investment Strategies Are a Recipe for Failure, Ep #63
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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The Need-to-Know Details About Roth IRAs and 401ks, Ep #62
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Retirement Replay: 5 Questions to Ask a Potential Financial Advisor, Ep #61
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Fiduciaries, Compensation, and Fatal Mistakes, Ep #60
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Cost-of-Living Increases = The Silent Killer of Retirement, Ep #59
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Details on Medicare Enrollment + The American Families Plan, Ep #58
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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How to Navigate a Market Crash in Retirement, Ep #57
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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The Basics of Health Insurance in Retirement, Ep #56
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Is Now a Good Time to Retire? Ep #55
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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When Should You Claim Your Social Security Benefits Early? Ep #54
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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The Best—and Worst—States to Retire To, Ep #53
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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The One-Year Anniversary Special: The Best Questions of 2021, Ep #52
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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The Biggest Investment Mistake People Make (and What to Do Instead), Ep #51
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Your Ticket to Finding Unclaimed Wealth, Ep #50
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Top Strategies to Lower Your Taxes in Retirement, Ep #49
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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The Top 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Dave Ramsey, Ep #48
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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The Two Things You Should NOT Purchase Right Now, Ep #47
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May 27, 2021 |
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How to Counter the Impact of Inflation, Ep #46
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May 20, 2021 |
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My Retirement Blueprint for Your DREAM Retirement, Ep #45
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May 13, 2021 |
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Should You Roll Your 401k Into an IRA? [The Pros and Cons], Ep #44
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May 06, 2021 |
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How Much Money You NEED to Retire, Ep #43
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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The Basics of Long-Term Care Insurance, Ep #42
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Thinking About Investing in Gold? Think Again, Ep #41
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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3 Steps to Get Back on Track to Retire, Ep #40
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Retirement Date Funds [The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly], Ep #39
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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The 4 Basics to Master for a Successful Retirement, Ep #38
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Strategies for a Secure Retirement, Ep #37
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Q&A Edition: Where to Start with Retirement Planning, Ep #36
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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The Importance of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Ep #35
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Is There a Magic Bullet to Retirement Planning? Ep #34
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Men or Women: Who’s the Better Investor? [Throwback Edition]
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Roth Conversions = Smart Tax Planning, Ep #32
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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When Should You Claim Your Social Security Benefits? Ep #31
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Why You Need a Roth IRA in Your Retirement Portfolio, Ep #30
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Why Legacy Planning is So Important, Ep #29
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Why Do People Lose Money Investing in the Stock Market? Ep #28
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Joe Biden is President-Elect: Now What? Ep #27
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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The Importance of Planning Ahead for Retirement, Ep #26
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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How to Create a Budget for Retirement, Ep #25
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Why I Love the Retirement Bucket Strategy, Ep #24
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Your Retirement Questions: My Answers, Ep #23
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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The BEST Episode of 2020
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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The Impact of Increasing Corporate Income Taxes + Taxes on the Wealthy, Ep #21
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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529 Plans: The Need-to-Know Details, Ep #20
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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How to Set Goals for The Retirement of Your Dreams, Ep #19
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Long-Term Investing + Optimism = A Bright Future, Ep #18
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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4 Financial Opportunities That Arose from COVID-19, Ep #17
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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The #1 Key to a Successful Retirement Strategy, Ep #16
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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The Secret to Becoming a Millionaire Isn’t What You Think, Ep #15
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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You Inherited an IRA: Now What? Ep #14
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Estate Planning: The HUGE Mistake that 60% of Americans Make, Ep #13
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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How the 2020 Presidential Election Could Impact Your Investments, Ep #12
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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4 Common Reasons People Refuse to Work with a Financial Advisor, Ep #11
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Social Security: Changes ARE Coming, Ep #10
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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5 Questions to Ask a Potential Financial Advisor, Ep #9
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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The Top 5 Financial Life Lessons I’ve Learned, Ep #8
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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The Worst Retirement Plan EVER, Ep #7
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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The Retirement Story Everyone NEEDS to Hear, Ep #6
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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YOUR IRA Retirement Questions Answered, Ep #5
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Are Women BETTER Investors Than Men?, Ep #4
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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3 Keys to Investing in Retirement, Ep #3
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Why Some Retirees Are Pissed Off With $15 Minimum Wage, Ep #2
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Top 5 Retirement Myths, Ep #1
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Jul 01, 2020 |