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Well I Heard…

We all hear sayings and information that may or may not be true. Are you basing your financial plan on things you heard through the grapevine without finding out if it rings true for you? Instead of going off of what you’ve heard, ask yourself: “What do I want my life to look like?”

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Ep 105: Having Financial Hindsight

If hindsight is 20/20, what do you wish you knew before now? Instead of wishing you could remake the financial decisions of your past, we talk about the ways you can be more pro-active and prepared for financial decisions now and in the future.

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Ep 96: 3 Biggest Financial Assets

Things You’ll Learn Along Today’s Journey What are your three biggest assets when it comes to saving for your retirement and your future? For most people, this is your 401(k), your house, and Social Security. We talk today about how to best leverage these assets and manage them properly. It can make all the difference…

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Ep 81: The Things You Can Control (And The Things You Can’t)

There’s a whole lot of life we can’t control, but let’s focus instead on what you can control. Regardless of what the future may bring, you still can take control and strategize as best as possible now.

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What to Do When Facing a Forced Retirement

For whatever reason, forced and early retirements do happen. What should you do? Sean talks through some strategies to make sure the transition is as smooth as possible.

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10 Step Layoff Survival Guide, Part 2

In continuation with our two-part series on how to survive a layoff or forced early retirement, we talk through five more steps on how to get through it. What options do you have moving forward?

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5 Things to Know About the CARES Act

The CARES Act was recently passed as a response to coronavirus. What kind of financial significance could it have on you and how might you be able to benefit from it? We run through the key provisions you need to know about.

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Will These News Headlines Matter for Your Finances in 2020?

No matter where you get your news, a few different storylines continue to dominate the headlines when it comes to finances in 2020. Let’s discuss three of the biggest topics of conversation this year and try to help you determine whether or not it matters for your retirement plan.

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5 Ways We Sabotage Our Own Retirement

With all of the things in the financial world that you can’t control, why would you sabotage your own retirement by messing up the things you can control? Let’s discuss some ways that people sabotage their own financial health.

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Why the Final Decade of Work is So Important for Planning

The retirement planning process lasts many, many years but your final decade of work is the time where you need to hammer out all of the details and get everything in order. We’ve put together a checklist of items that need your full attention during that last years of working so that you can enjoy retirement to the fullest.

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5 Simple Retirement Questions

Some of retirement’s most important questions may seem simple. However, when you consider your options, these questions tend to get complicated. Join us as we unpack five seemingly simple questions about retirement.

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Why Your Retirement Is More Than Just Investments

Planning for retirement goes beyond your investments. Your advisor should be helping you navigate these crucial areas of your financial life.

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