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FM 016: How To Choose A Financial Advisor with Michael Kitces

How to choose a financial advisor with Michael Kitces

It’s hard to know how to choose a financial advisor. There is so much value at stake; yet, how can you tell the experts from the charlatans? Who can you trust? How do you really know? In this latest episode of the Financial Mentor Podcast I’ll give you a step-by-step due diligence checklist for how to choose a financial advisor that perfectly fits your needs. You’ll discover how to sort through the maze of confusion so that you can get the expert help you need to reach your financial goals – without getting ripped off…

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FM 015: Early Financial Independence With Luke Landes

Early financial independence with Luke Landes

Sure, you want early financial independence. But how do you achieve it? What are the necessary action steps to reach the goal, and how can you expect your life to change afterward? Surprisingly, it doesn’t work like most people think. In this latest addition to our podcast series, Luke Landes shares how he achieved freedom from day-to-day financial worries at such an early age, and what his life experience has been like since reaching the goal. Surprisingly, it’s not what most people would expect…

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FM 014: Life Reimagined and The New Retirement with Richard Leider

Life Reimagined Book Author Richard Leider

The “New Retirement” is gathering momentum and catching major media attention. In fact, no less than AARP has gotten behind the initiative with a new book titled “Life Reimagined” by Richard Leider. If you have any interest in retiring with financial security and enjoying a happy life (who doesn’t?) then this interview is a must listen. Richard and I reveal new insights to help you…

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FM 013: Simple Financial Planning – The Only 6 Ideas You Need To Know With Philip Taylor

Simple Financial Planning with Philip Taylor

As I sat with 3,000 fellow entrepreneurs waiting for the next speaker to enter the stage, the beauty of Portland’s antique theater overwhelmed me. Wrought iron railings, ornate tapestries, brass fixtures, and gold inset wood designs set the mood for Tess Vigelund from NPR’s “MarketPlace Money” (9 million weekly listeners) to take the stage. After thunderous applause, she stunned me with her bold statement.
Everything you need to know about financial planning is just 6 stories, and everything else written on the subject merely rehashes those core 6 stories over and over again to make them look different. Could it be true? Was financial planning really that simple? Just 6 core ideas? I was intrigued…

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FM 012: The New Retirement – A Little-Known Path To Fulfillment with Ken Turek

The New Retirement with Ken Turek

If you think retirement is about old age and endless rounds of golf then think again. Increasing longevity has changed all the old rules for retirement planning. When you understand the new rules you can retire younger with less money, greater financial security, and greater life fulfillment. This isn’t your father’s or grandfather’s retirement. It is a whole new definition of what it means to “retire” and explains how you can completely redesign your life for fulfillment far earlier than you ever imagined possible…

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FM 011: Automatic Wealth – How To Master Your Habits with James Clear

Automatic wealth habits with James Clear

What is the easiest, most certain way to achieve anything? Daily habits. Any goal you want in life can be attained with a few carefully chosen habits and sufficient time. It’s really quite simple. Habits compound your daily actions into automatic wealth just like regular savings compounds daily deposits into wealth. It is the most certain and reliable way to achieve any goal when you know how to work the system. In Financial Mentor podcast episode #11, James Clear and I will show you how…

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FM 010: How To Engineer Your Wealth Using Retirement Calculators With Darrow Kirkpatrick

Darrow Kirkpatrick - retirement calculator expert

Retirement calculators are powerful tools when used properly, but they are weapons of mass deception when used incorrectly. In episode #10 of the Financial Mentor podcast, Darrow Kirkpatrick and I reveal the tricks and traps to using retirement calculators right. This topic is much bigger than just retirement planning. This is about engineering your way to wealth and using retirement calculators as a handy tool to make the math easy. There are many nuances and little-known creative strategies that can help you achieve financial security much earlier than you ever imagined possible. And there are many potholes you must avoid so you don’t make foolish decisions…

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FM 009: How To Convert Your Volatile Investment Portfolio Into Automatic Income With Wade Pfau

How do you convert a volatile portfolio into a stable, automatic income stream? After all, your investment portfolio goes up and down like a roller coaster, but your retirement spending requires a reliable income that you will never outlive. Traditional financial planning provides an oversimplified answer in the 4% Rule, but the latest research into safe withdrawal rates has revealed surprisingly different conclusions that can dramatically impact how you plan your retirement savings strategy…

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FM 008: The Shocking Truth About The Financial Advice Business With Jeff Rose

The Shocking Truth About the Financial Advice Business

The financial advice business is riddled with conflicts of interest, hidden fees, and financial incentives that can cost you dearly if you don’t know how to protect yourself. Get the inside scoop showing you how the various investment product sales models work – warts, blemishes and all – so you can improve your investment performance and manage risk more effectively…

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FM 007: The Wall Street Journal & Citi Guide To Money And Happiness With Jonathan Clements

Money and Happiness with Jonathan Clements on the Financial Mentor Podcast

Jonathan Clements reveals universal financial truths developed over his 17 years as a featured columnist for the Wall Street Journal (and more recently with Citi Personal Wealth Management for 5 years). His most recent work involved combing his decades long collection of writings and distilling them down to just the essential core “notions” that every wealth builder must understand. Now you can benefit from this unusual depth of knowledge in this exclusive interview with one of the true veterans of Wall Street personal finance journalism…

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