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Should You Move in Retirement?

Should You Move in Retirement?

In this week's podcast, Tom, Brendan and Casey discuss why a move in retirement is not a silver bullet that fixes high cost of living. What lifestyle your investments have to support is THE BIGGEST factor in the retirement equation. Moving in retirement is about more...

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What Should We Do About Inflation?

What Should We Do About Inflation?

In this week's podcast, Tom, Brendan and Casey discuss the highest inflation reading in over 30 years. The guys share their thoughts on how to best handle inflation from an investing and financial planning standpoint. Nobody likes to pay more for everyday items. Tune...

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Social Security: 5.9% Cost of Living Adjustment

Social Security: 5.9% Cost of Living Adjustment

In this week's podcast, Brendan and Casey discuss the 5.9% cost of living adjustment (COLA) to Social Security checks starting in 2022. They breakdown how the COLA is calculated, how these adjustment are built into financial plans and so much more. Social Security is...

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Are Target Date Funds Right For You? Part 2

Are Target Date Funds Right For You? Part 2

In this week's podcast, Tom, Brendan and Casey wrap up their discussion on whether or not target date funds are "good" investments for 401(k) investors. A recent Wall Street Journal article recommended recreating target date funds on your own. The guys breakdown why...

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Are Target Date Funds Right for You? Part 1

Are Target Date Funds Right for You? Part 1

In this week's podcast the guys weigh in on whether or not target date funds are "good" investments for 401(k) investors. They get into what target date funds get right, what they get wrong and why understanding a 401(k) plan's default options are so important. Is...

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Tax Planning: Lifetime Tax vs. Yearly Tax

Tax Planning: Lifetime Tax vs. Yearly Tax

In this week's podcast episode, the guys discuss why tax planning should be thought about in terms of lifetime tax, instead of year to year tax. Tax planning is so much more than focusing on reducing your tax bill as much as possible on a yearly basis. They get into...

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Can Expense Ratios Go Any Lower?

Can Expense Ratios Go Any Lower?

Expense ratios for mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been cut in half over the last twenty years. In this week's podcast episode, the guys explain what expense ratios are and why it's so important for investors to pay attention to them. Their...

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8 Months, 8 Stock Market Highs

8 Months, 8 Stock Market Highs

The stock market (as measured by the S&P 500) has hit a new high in every month so far this year. But when you look under the hood, the average stock isn't doing as well. In this week's podcast, the guys dive into how an index like the S&P 500 can be pulled...

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Pension Funds are Lowering Expectations

Pension Funds are Lowering Expectations

S&P 500 company pension funds have lowered their expected returns 10 years in a row. In this week's podcast episode, we breakdown what's contributing to the lowering of expected returns. And we explain why lower expected returns aren't necessarily a bad thing for...

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Is the Stock Market Overvalued?

Is the Stock Market Overvalued?

In this week's episode, the guys discuss a popular stock market valuation metric, the forward price to earnings ratio. We first explain what the ratio is, what it measures, and how it's used. On a high level, it tells us how a company, or in this case the S&P 500...

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Beware of High Bond Yields

Beware of High Bond Yields

Do some bond yields seem too good to be true? Well, that's probably because they are. In this week's podcast, the guys discuss how "inflation protected" bonds are able to advertise yields that aren't necessarily real. Which leads them to discuss other inflation...

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Investing Best Practices: Robinhood Edition

Investing Best Practices: Robinhood Edition

Robinhood, the online investing and trading platform, had their IPO (initial public offering) yesterday. In this week's podcast, the guys discuss the staggering numbers Robinhood had to disclose in order to file for the IPO. Some of these numbers are seriously out of...

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Financial Calculators: What You Don’t See

Financial Calculators: What You Don’t See

In this week's podcast, Tom and Casey pull back the curtain and examine how financial calculators arrive at their results. Financial calculators, also known as retirement calculators, take a snapshot of where you are now and project it out into the future. Not taking...

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Our Thoughts on Cryptocurrencies for Retirement

Our Thoughts on Cryptocurrencies for Retirement

In this week's podcast, Tom and Casey offer their thoughts on investing in cryptocurrencies in a retirement account. There are still some regulatory hurdles cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, need to clear before it becomes mainstream. But it is definitely a topic of...

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