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Preparing to Face the Realities of Retirement Planning Today

The reality of retirement planning is that things are always changing and each passing generation faces a new set of challenges as they prepare for their future.

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Inflation: Retirement’s Silent Killer

As you plan for your golden years, you may be focusing on amassing a healthy nest egg to ensure a comfortable and worry-free retirement. However, one often-overlooked factor that can erode your hard-earned savings is inflation. Dubbed as the ‘silent killer’ of retirement plans, inflation can significantly impact your purchasing power, making it crucial to account for it when strategizing your financial future.

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Ep 175: Moving Your Retirement Goalpost – Is It Worth The Risk?

Do you ever feel like your retirement planning goals are always moving? You’re not alone. We’ve found that people often move the goalposts in their own retirement planning, often to their detriment. In this episode, we’re diving deep into the psychology of retirement planning and the dangers of moving the goalposts.

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Ep 149: How Procrastination Dooms Your Financial Future

People have many reasons for procrastinating when it comes to putting a retirement plan together. Let’s explore some of those excuses and why they can be dangerous, and talk about how to overcome them…

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Ep 148: Going Against the Grain

Being a good advisor isn’t about winning a popularity contest or just saying the same things that everyone else in the industry says. It’s about giving the best advice that you can for each individual situation. On today’s show, we’re going to peel back the curtain to discuss some areas where a good financial advisor’s opinions might go against the grain with mainstream ideas in the industry.

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Ep 113: Mailbag – Retiring Early, Risk, and More

Are you thinking of retiring early? Is a budget necessary in retirement? Today, we are opening up the mailbag to answer some listener questions about retiring early, risk, pensions, budgets, and more.

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Ep 68: Retirement Statistics That Might Surprise You

Retirement planning will be different for every person, but it’s interesting to look at the averages to get a general guide on where you stand. Today we’ll share some retirement statistics that will give you a good idea of how the average American prepares for retirement and where the shortcomings might be.

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Ep 61: Would You Pass This Retirement Preparedness Quiz?

How do you know if you’re ready for retirement? Whether you plan to retire soon or years from now, taking this quiz will help you understand what you need to do to prepare.

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Ep 57: Retirement Ready…or Not?

Whether you are less than a decade away from retirement or at the beginning of your career, it’s important to have a saving mindset. How can you make sure you are retirement ready?

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Ep 38: Playing the Financial Crossword Puzzle

When you complete a crossword puzzle, every letter and word needs to be right in order to achieve success. Similarly, a financial plan has a lot of intersecting parts that need to be aligned in order to achieve your goals. Are you ready to play?

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Ep 24: Managing Cash & Debt in Retirement

Do you believe you need to be completely debt free to retire successfully? Or are you comfortable carrying some balances beyond your working years? Having a strategy for managing your debt along with the amount of cash you possess are two key pieces to a successful retirement.

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