The Retirement Income Show with Dave Stearns
Find out what you can do to achieve a more reliable retirement outcome than most traditional stock market-based plans can offer. At the Retirement Income Show, we R-E-A-L-L-Y believe:
- Stable RENEWABLE streams of income in retirement are possible…REALLY.
- Wall Street’s traditional investment advice is helpful in the accumulation stage and DANGEROUS in the decumulation stage…REALLY.
- Variable Annuities can be HELPFUL in the accumulation stage but detrimental in the decumulation stage…REALLY.
- The old wisdom learned from the Great Depression era of protecting your principal and living off your interest and dividends is more relevant now than ever…REALLY.
- The brokerage industry's addiction to Mutual Funds is the classic story when “good” is the enemy of “best”…REALLY.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 68
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
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