In this week's video, Tom references a survey done by AARP that shows 45% of people would rather go to the dentist than meet with an investment advisor. People deserve complete transparency when working with an investment advisor. When folks don't understand their...
New Guidance on Required Minimum Distributions
In this week's video, Casey discusses IRS guidance on required minimum distributions for inherited IRA's. He also uses this as a reminder to folks to make sure they do their RMDs before year end. Casey suggests 2 ways for retirees to handle their required minimum...
Watch This if You’re Under 50 and Saving For Retirement
In this week's video Tom talks about saving for retirement with a runway of 10+ years. He discusses the dynamics of buying more shares with each dollar you save and how that base works to your benefit on the way back up. We know it's unsettling to see losses in your...
Investing Mistakes Can Happen When You Seek Safety
The biggest risk when investing for retirement isn't stock market volatility. It's being too safe with your long-term money. In this week's video, Tom talks about how mistakes can happens when folks want short-term certainty with their long-term dollars. Tom walks...
How Does Inflation Historically Impact Stock Market Returns?
In this week's video Casey puts the historical stock market performance during rising and falling inflation periods into perspective for 2022 investors. Everyone wants to know, when is inflation going to peak? When is it going to go back down again? Casey explains why...
Should you Trust Retirement Calculators?
In this week's video, Casey talks about the assumptions retirement calculators make and how they might not apply to everyone. There are certain assumptions that have to be made when planning for retirement, but what happens when life changes? Or when those...
Where Should You Put Short-term Money?
In this week's video, Casey discusses different ideas for where to put your short-term money. We get asked all the time, "I've got this money at the bank earning nothing. What should I do with it?". There are always trade-offs being made when you put your dollars...
When Do You Want The Best Investment Returns?
Everyone wants good investment returns all the time. But if you had to choose, would you want them early on or later down the road? Casey answers this question and more in this week's video. He uses the answer to this question, along with another example, to prove...
Don’t Worry About Social Security
"It's not going to be around when I need it" "I'm putting all this money in and probably won't see a nickel of it in 15 years" In this week's video, Tom addresses these worries and discusses how social security is a crucial part of retirement income planning and why...
2 Different Ways to Spend Money in Retirement
In this week's video, Casey discusses two competing ideas when it comes to spending in retirement. Should you spend conservatively because of the unknown factors retirees face? OR! Should you spend your hard earned money while you are healthy and can enjoy it most?...




