FINANCIAL LITERACY

Do you feel a rush to retire? On the Retire Your Way Radio podcast, I review an article about more Americans considering retirement now due to the pandemic.

On Retire Your Way Radio, I share how to decide if you can self fund for long-term care and the two types of long-term care insurance with pros and cons.

In this episode of Retire Your Way Radio, I interview Maggie Klokkenga, financial coach and owner of Make a Money Mindshift, and we dive into our money mindset.

In this episode of Retire Your Way Radio, I share 7 steps for widows and widowers to manage the first year alone, based on estate attorney Anna Byrne's personal and professional experience.

In this episode of Retire Your Way Radio, I talk about 4 financial mistakes made in 2020 and 3 general financial mistakes that are not specific to 2020.

What is a robo-advisor and how do they compare with hiring a comprehensive financial planner? In this episode of Retire Your Way Radio, I’m going to talk about what a robo-advisor is, how a robo-advisor works, and who may or may not be a good fit for a robo-advisor.

In this episode of Retire Your Way Radio, I describe how our dynamic distribution strategy with guardrails works for providing on-going retirement income and how we determine how much money you can safely withdraw from your investments in retirement.

This week on Retire Your Way Radio, I talk about 4 strategies to consider in your Social Security planning process plus what you can do if you are not happy with the Social Security decision you have already made.

In January 2021, a short squeeze of the stock of GameStop and other publicly-traded companies made headlines. Perhaps you heard the term "short squeeze" and wondered what a short squeeze is. Today I talk about what happened to cause the rapid increase in the stock price of GameStop, why it could happen again, and how it doesn’t have to affect your retirement.

In this episode of Retire Your Way Radio, I talk about two true and seemingly opposite stories of how American consumers as a whole are in the best financial shape they have ever been in while so many consumers are in the worst financial shape they have ever been in. Then I compare the present time to The Gilded Age in American history.

This episode of Retire Your Way Radio covers how to use Roth IRAs for tax planning. This includes how to reduce your lifetime tax liability by using Roth IRA conversions, how to get more money into a Roth IRA using the “backdoor Roth” method, and how you can use a Roth IRA for college savings.

A Roth IRA is a great tax planning tool to include in your retirement plan. Roth IRAs can be used to save for retirement, save for college (bet you didn’t know that one!), and convert traditional IRA assets. In this article, I talk about the difference between traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs and explain the Roth IRA contribution limits and Roth IRA distribution rules.

Continuing with the theme of tax planning, I’m going to cover a listener question: Will capital gains push me into a higher tax bracket? Then I will give some thoughts on the financial advice industry as a whole.

There is a lot of confusion about President-elect Joe Biden’s tax proposals. And with the state of the economy and a nearly split Senate, it’s hard to say what tax changes could actually be passed in 2021. Today, I’m going to highlight some of Biden’s tax proposals and what they could mean for your retirement.

Since we specialize in working with clients close to or in retirement, Medicare is often a topic of conversation and always a part of our planning process. Today, I am going to touch on some of the basics of Medicare.

Today we’re going to test your knowledge about Social Security. Social Security is one of those things that most of us don’t think much about until we get close to retirement. Of course, that's only natural! However, I’m in business to help you put all the pieces together before and when you get to this phase.

Today we welcome Scott Witzig of Morton Community Foundation to Retire Your Way Radio as our first podcast interviewee. In this interview, I asked Scott a few questions about Morton Community Foundation and donor advised endowment funds.

There are several nuances when it comes to inheriting the assets of an IRA. This depends on the relationship of the beneficiary to the IRA owner, whether the IRA was funded with pretax or after-tax money, and whether the account owner was required to take minimum distributions. I will touch on some of those nuances here as a guide of things to think about when it comes to planning your legacy. However, please consider talking to an estate attorney about your specific situation.

We focus on tax planning here at Eagle Ridge Wealth Advisors. Today I’m covering four ways to use charitable giving to your advantage to reduce your tax liability.

In this episode, I discuss estate planning, including why estate planning is important, common misconceptions about estate planning, and how to get started with estate planning.