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Episode 176: Strategic Retirement Planning: Q&A on Income, Taxes, and Investments
In this episode of Retire with Style, hosts Alex Murguia and Wade Pfau tackle a range of financial planning questions in a lively Q&A session. They explore Social Security strategies,
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While expectations are one thing, in life “results vary.” In the episode, Wade and Alex break down how to think about those unexpected expense projections that are tough to pin

Episode 21: How to Get Those Unknown Expenses in Retirement Right
While expectations are one thing, in life “results vary.” In the episode, Wade and Alex break down how to think about those unexpected expense projections that are tough to pin

Episode 20: Talking with a Financial Advisor About Market Downturns and Retirement, Pt 2
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This week, Alex and Bob talk to Brian Bass, CFP, RICP, one of the advisors from McLean Asset Management, on how he is talking to his clients about what’s going

Episode 18: Spending Trends in Retirement
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Episode 17: Should Protected Income Be Part of Your Retirement Income Plan?
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Episode 15: How Volatile Markets Affect Your Investor Psychology and What You Can Do About It
Wade and Alex take the events from the current market downturn and discuss how our psychological make up becomes our own worst enemy when it comes to investment and retirement

Episode 14: What to Make of the Current Market Downturn
In this episode we invite Bob French to discuss what has been happening lately in the stock and bond markets. We review the why, the how, and whether we think

Episode 13: How to Start Your Retirement Income Plan With Our Financial Implementation Matrix
In this episode, Wade and Alex discuss how retirement income self-efficacy and perceived advisor usefulness can be used to identify the four main implementation personas. They are Delegators, Collaborators, Self-Directed,