Simply Financial with Kevin Wray

The Retirement Road Trip Checklist

If you’re heading out on a road trip, there’s a long checklist of items that you want to be sure you haven’t forgotten. And in retirement planning, some of those exact same items need to be addressed. We'll take a look at that analogy, plus look at some financial disasters you'll want to avoid in your portfolio.

Retirement Planning For Business Owners

Business owners are particularly vulnerable to some misconceptions and false assumptions about their retirement. Let’s address a few of these issues.

Decision-Making Impediments

For some people, the biggest problem with their financial planning isn’t that they make the wrong decisions. It’s that they often fail to make decisions at all. But sometimes you just have to fish or cut bait. Make a decision and move forward. Let’s discuss some of the things that can cause the decision-making process to stall

The Financial Water Wheel

We always like to break down complicated financial concepts with analogies. This week, let's see what we can learn about retirement planning from observing a water wheel.

DIY Financial Planning

People love DIY projects. There’s even a DIY Network where you can watch shows about home renovation, landscaping, or interior design - and how to do those things without professional help. Let’s talk about the DIY mentality in retirement planning.

Doing Your Own Research

Everybody wants to feel informed about their options when they’re making financial decisions. Let’s discuss the ways that people inform themselves

Retirement Demographics

We'll examine some interesting statistics and demographics related to retirement.

Retirement Chess

How is planning a successful retirement like playing a game of chess? Let’s break down some of the pieces on the chess board.

Investment Superlatives

We'll pretend that we're making a yearbook for the financial world. Let's see who or what would get superlatives in this yearbook, like "most popular" and "most likely to succeed."

Financial Mythbusters

We'll be busting some financial myths on today's show. Later, we'll help you ask better questions about your retirement plan.