Revisiting the 4% Rule, with Bill Bengen
If you've been anywhere close to a retirement podcast over the last 10-20 years, you've heard of the 4% rule. And like many people, you migh...
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Retirement Starts Today Radio
Benjamin Brandt wants to teach you how to retire! Listen in as Benjamin Brandt CFP©, RICP© answers the questions on the minds of the modern retiree, often joined by the top experts in the re...
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20 of 410 episodesRetirement Is a Sprint, Not a Marathon
Fritz Gilbert says the adage that "Retirement is a marathon, not a sprint" is backwards. He cites an average age where health starts to decl...
Is Your Cautious Retirement Spending Doing More Harm Than Good?
The fear of running out of money in retirement turns out to be mostly backwards. For super-savers, the data says the opposite usually happen...
The IRS Penalty Retirees Never See Coming (And How to Beat It)
Every year, thousands of retirees pay an extra penalty to the IRS — and almost none of them see it coming. What catches them off guard isn't...
Consumer Sentiment is Terrible
Americans don't feel great about the economy. Consumer Sentiment just hit the lowest reading in roughly 75 years. Ben Carlson over at A Weal...
The IRA Decision That Affects Your Kids
There's a decision your surviving spouse is going to make about your IRA, after you're already gone, that can either cut short or stretch ou...
The Richest Person in the Graveyard
You've heard it said a hundred times: Spend the money, make the memories, don't die with regret. However, for certain kinds of retirees, dyi...
The Best Strategies for Boosting Starting Withdrawal Rates in Retirement
If you want to spend more at the beginning of retirement, which withdrawal strategies actually let you do that? This week's Retirement Headl...
How Super-Savers Spend Their Acorns in Retirement, with Dana Anspach
Imagine a lifetime spent diligently saving your acorns, only to face a mental roadblock when it's time to enjoy them. Dana Anspach, CFP®, RM...
How 2 Couples Cut Housing Costs To Speed Up Their Path To Early Retirement
What happens when you reach financial independence by paying off a low interest rate mortgage early? Or being renter instead of buying a hom...
The "24-Hour Rule" That Keeps Retirees From Blowing Their Savings
According to Capital One Shopping - 89% of shoppers have made some kind of impulse buy. More than half have spent more than $100 on a whim,...
Sorry, Your Kids Don't Want Your Stuff
Imagine having 10 overstuffed boxes of grandma's collections in your living room. That's the story that leads our show from a couple in Flor...
The Retirement Risk Zone
There is roughly a ten-year window centered around your retirement date, five to ten years before, and five to ten years after called "The R...
Stop Sweating the Small Stuff When You Spend Your Retirement Money
Why is it so hard to spend the money you spent a lifetime saving? This is a question from Janet Bodnar in a Kiplinger article. She admits th...
Five Beneficiary Designations for Clients to Review Now
Your beneficiary designations are probably outdated. Not because you made bad decisions, but because you made them once and never looked aga...
Will Surging Oil Prices Crash the Market?
How do higher oil prices impact stock market returns? Ben Carlson at A Wealth of Common Sense challenges the assumption most people have, bu...
Estimated Taxes Are a Pain. Let's make it Easier
What if you paid all your taxes - and still got hit with a penalty from the IRS? Our retirement headline this week comes from Laura Saunders...
The Hidden Cost Of Investment Income
Some desirable investment income - like interest and dividends - might actually hurt high-net-worth investors' bottom line. This comes from...
The Medicare Charge That's Taking a Bigger Bite Out of Social Security Checks
You might have received a Social Security cost-of-living increase this year — but did your net check actually go up? A recent Wall Street Jo...
Tax Return Red Flags
Sheryl Rowling positions income tax returns as diagnostic tools — not merely a compliance document — and outlines four common red flags that...