Retirement Planning Education, with Andy Panko Andy Panko

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about: How to know if your 401(k) is good ( 5:57 )Is it safer to bank at multiple banks instead of just one ( 14:33 )How much tax should you withhold from your Social Security ( 21:10 )Whether each spouse needs to take out excess Roth IRA contributions if only one spouse's income put their Married Filing Joint total income over the Roth IRA contribution eligibility threshold ( 25:20 )Should you hire an advisor for a one-time Roth conversion analysis and ...

Andy chats with real people (not advisors) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Ali & Alison Walker, who live in Arizona currently but lived and traveled abroad for a few years after retiring. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when Ali & Alison started getting serious about retirement planning, what they wish they would have known earlier, how they planned for the non-financial aspects of retirement, and a variety of fi...

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Mike Powers, CPA, PFS, CFP®, from Manuka Financial. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to help advise people who are spending more than planned, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more!Links in this episode:Mike's company's website - Manuka FinancialMichael Kitces website - hereMr Money M...

Andy talks about the main points to consider when deciding when to start your Social Security retirement benefitsLinks in this episode:Tenon Financial June 2024 newsletter discussing how to optimize your Social Security claiming decision - hereRetirement Planning Education June 2024 blog discussing how to optimize your Social Security claiming decision - hereMy YouTube video - Calculating Your Social Security Primary Insurance AmountTenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning I...

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about: Whether or not it's okay to have a mortgage or rent in retirement ( 1:56 )Medicare Part B coinsurance of 20% and whether Medigap/Supplemental policies are worth it ( 8:50 )How much money is TOO MUCH money to have in a Health Savings Account ( 13:50 )If I've changed any of my views or processes around retirement planning as a result having chatted with multiple "real people" and other retirement planners in this podcast ( 24:57 )How advisors can he...

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Laura Maione, who lives in Illinois and retired during the pandemic. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when Laura started getting serious about retirement planning, what she wishes he would have known earlier, how she planned for the non-financial aspects of retirement, and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, portfo...