Retire Smarter with Kevin Kroskey, CFP® & Tyler Emrick, CFA® CFP®

Ep 30: Your Investing Process - Part 4

While your asset allocation recipe is the most important portfolio decision, we still want good ingredients. Listen to Kevin explain the broad differences in active and passive (indexed) ingredients, the evidence behind each, and some exceptions to where an indexing approach may not work as well.
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Ep 29: Your Investing Process - Part 3

Your asset allocation recipe is the most important portfolio decision, and there are a few different flavors of asset allocation. Listen to Kevin describe the differences and what the evidence shows works best.
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Ep 28: Your Investing Process - Part 2

Now that you understand the basic building blocks of an investing process, listen to Kevin explain what key factors investing science has shown to drive stock and bond returns over time and which to favor to build a better portfolio. Kevin also explains a recent phenomenon in stock prices that is reminiscent of the late 1990s Tech Bubble as it relates to one of the key factors that drive stock returns.
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Ep 27: Your Investing Process - Part 1

Do you have an investment process? Most people don't understand their advisor's process (if they have one). Yet, in investing, you cannot control your investment results, but you can control your process, which should lead to better results over time. Listen to Kevin give you a high level of a science-based investing process you can understand without having to get a graduate degree in Finance.
For related content, click here to listen to Episode 14 on Expected Investment Return Forecasts.
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Ep 26: Mortgage Management

Most financial people only focus on your assets. Listen to Kevin share four examples of clients where better incorporating a holistic view of their finances -- assets and liabilities included -- made a significant financial improvements in each of their lives.
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Ep 25: Death Of The Stretch IRA

Believe it or not Congress actually agrees on something ... that your beneficiaries shouldn't be allowed to stretch IRA required distributions over their lifetime. Listen in to hear Kevin talk about this likely law change is an issue, who is mostly affected (hint: larger IRA owners), and what to do about it.
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Ep 24: Reasons to Invest Internationally

How much money do you have in international investments? How much should you have? Listen to Kevin discuss what the science of investing says and why you are likely underallocated to international markets. And be sure to listen to the end where he shares a story of a recent conversation with a new client related to international investing.
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Ep 23: What Is Financial Life Planning?

Financial life planning is being purposeful in continually moving your life in the direction you desire and then matching your finances to support it. Said another way, it is financial planning done right. Listen to Kevin share a story of a client evaluate trade-offs and find a work-life balance that is better for them. He also shares a story of how he and his wife made big life changes after their first child was born ... changes that would require Kevin to work several more years before they will reach financial independence. Whether you are in the heart of your working years or at retirement, this is one episode you won't want to miss.
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Ep 22: Will Social Security Be There For Me?

Social Security’s future solvency is a regular discussion point when considering your retirement planning. Simply put: can you rely on receiving what is shown on your Social Security statement? Tune in to hear the latest nuggets from the 2019 Social Security Trustee’s report – he read it so you don’t have to – and what Kevin believes to be the most likely reforms.
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Ep 21: The Story of Jane

Jane is in her mid 60s. She recently inherited money from her father and is soon to be getting remarried. She had two advisors – her own and now dad’s advisor – but didn’t have the clarity and confidence she felt she needed around her money and these big life transitions. Listen to Kevin share her story as she considered what she really wanted from a relationship with an advisor and wrestled with whether she had the type of financial situation to justify paying an advisor for help.
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