Fire Your Financial Advisor by Golden Reserve
The Fire Your Financial Advisor Podcast by Golden Reserve is for every-day retirees. We challenge financial advisors and the fees the trillion-dollar industry takes from your hard-earned savings.
Join us each week for straight shooting, honest insights on protecting your assets from taxes, market risk, fees and long-term care. We'll also challenge financial advisors and the fees the trillion-dollar industry takes from your hard-earned savings.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 350
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
5 Things You’ll Never Regret Having in Your Retirement Plan
Only 18% of retirees have a written retirement plan. If you want to put it down on paper, where do you start?
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Is this inflation number the new norm? | Outrageous advisor fees you should avoid | Extra steps to consider for early retirement planning? | A 401(k) lesson from Will Ferrell
On this week's show:
- What does this falling market and rising inflation number mean to you?
- Why no one is talking about advisor fees, but they should be.
- What happens if you want to retire before Me…
The fee structure in the financial industry is crazy!
Where else in the world do they charge you for a product or service by how much money you have? NO WHERE! Except the financial industry...
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Financial Advisors: The more you save, the more they charge | Warren Buffett can solve the deficit | Are you losing your piece of 3.4 Trillion dollars? | Is Kiplinger listening to Expedition Retirement? | What has the average 60-year-old saved for retirement, and is it enough?
Greg Aler is joined by Golden Reserve Retirement Planner Phil Huff to discuss: Financial industry fees, holding your financial advisor accountable, Social Security, how widows get hurt by taxes, and …
Five Things You Can Do With Your 401(k)
Your 401(k) will probably be your biggest retirement asset. Let’s not make a mistake. We look at the good and bad of 401(k) decisions.
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Should you be moving money because of interest rates? | What are your options for using your 401(k) in retirement? | Can you retire on 600k? | Airline baggage fees and financial industry fees have something in common | Is retirement stupid?
On this week's show:
- Interest rates are up. It’s bad if you want to buy a house. It’s great if you’re close to retirement.
- The dos and don’ts of your 401(k) in retirement.
- Congratulations! You’ve sa…
Should you be spending MORE in retirement?
We save and save for retirement. Then all of a sudden, it’s here and we have a hard time making the transition between the saving mindset and enjoying our money. Greg shows how the financial industry…
Estate Planning Attorney Tim Stallings talks about the legal documents you need and why | Is it possible to keep generational wealth going? | A new financial rule from Warren Buffett | Four Tell Tale signs you are too cheap in retirement
On this week's show:
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Medicare does not pay for long term care. How do you prepare if it happens to you?
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How your Roth might figure into tax and estate planning.
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Which buckets should you pull fr…
Being selfish in retirement is NOT a bad thing
You raised your kids and put them through school. You have dedicated your life to your family and career. Retirement is supposed to be a time to put YOU first. But many people have a hard time doing …
When being financially selfish is a good thing | Why your financial advisor doesn’t want you to spend your retirement money | A tax lesson from the show Parks and Recreation
On this week's show:
- Being selfish is usually a bad thing, unless it’s in retirement.
- Why people over 75 are still in the workforce.
- How the lesson of the "hot stove" is being used in income plannin…
People want income, not an annuity
If you talk about an annuity for retirement planning, you may get a negative reaction. If you talk about what an annuity does without calling it an annuity, people respond positively. What’s the prob…
Why is your 401(k) not keeping up with the market? | Don’t say the “A” word! | A tax lesson from Judge Judy | Taking the emotions out of being in the stock market
On this week's show:
- Is there an anchor on your 401(k)?
- The tail end of the baby boom has a retirement problem.
- A retirement lesson from George on "Seinfeld".
- The Rolling Stones just passed up a hal…
There’s talk of eliminating the 401(k)
According to some studies, if the Government gets rid of the 401(k), they could save Social Security. Is there any truth to that?
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What if the Government said, “No more 401(k)s?” | Are you ignoring the biggest risk to your retirement? | We assign a mascot to each big financial company | The deadlines you need to meet before and in retirement
On this week's show:
- Some say the 401(k) will be gone in 10 years. Would that be a good thing?
- Dealing with the retirement issue no one wants to talk about.
- Why do-it-yourself investors eventually a…
Oops there it is! Is a recession coming?
Everyday in the financial headlines you can find people who believe the markets will soar and others who believe we are on the edge of disaster. Greg tries to gives us some perspective on how to sift…
A tax opportunity you don’t want to miss | The missing link to your 401(k) | What will healthcare cost in retirement?
On this week's show:
- Time may be running out to maximize your IRA-to-Roth Conversion.
- Your 401(k) comes up short by not providing income. How do you fix it?
- What will your out-of-pocket expenses be …
Kevin O’Leary says we need HOW MUCH to retire?
Every year there is a new number the experts say we need to retire. It keeps going up. But Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has taken it to a new level.
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Shark Tank’s "Mr. Wonderful" has a Crazy Retirement Number
On this week's show:
- The latest eye-popping number we need for retirement.
- Part of the financial industry needs a warning label.
- How reliable is Jim Cramer?
- What we usually miss in tax planning.
- A n…
Yellowstone star Lainey Wilson has a broke mentality
Lainey Wilson is a Country Music star and a part on the hit show "Yellowstone". But even with all her success, she still struggles with spending money. Many retirees have the same problem.
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2024 retirement rule changes | An idea to save Social Security | Yellowstone star Lainey Wilson adjusting to her financial success | How the financial industry doesn’t want you to touch your 401(k)
On this week's show:
- Are the 2024 retirement rules changes helping or hurting?
- Should Social Security use the stock market?
- Lainey Wilson needed to borrow $100 for Taco Bell.
- Mom said, “Don’t touch …