Retirement Planning Education, with Andy Panko

Andy Panko
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Teaching you all about IRAs & Roth IRAs, employer retirement plans, taxes, Social Security, Medicare, portfolio withdrawal strategies, annuities, estate planning and much more!

  1. 1d ago

    #226 – "Real" person retirement planning chat with Mike

    Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Mike. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as how he learned important investing insights from Paul Merriman, how he adapted going from accumulation to decumulation mode, how he used a health sharing organization in lieu of traditional health insurance prior to starting Medicare, his thoughts on trying to downsize homes, and more!    Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsYouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com Andy's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andypanko/

  2. Oct 8

    #225 - "Hot topics" edition...Andy and Dan VanDusen talk about 529s vs Trump accounts vs UTMA brokerage accounts, common errors on tax returns, the current state of the bond market and MORE!

    Andy and Dan VanDusen from Objective Wealth share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about: How to decide between investing money for a child or grandchild in a 529 vs Trump account vs UTMA brokerage account ( 9:19 )What errors and missed items they commonly see in reviewing tax returns ( 18:28 )Their thoughts on the current state of affairs of the bond market ( 25:10 )What to do with appreciated mutual funds held in a normal brokerage account where the funds throw off variable and potentially large taxable capital gain distributions each year ( 33:36 ) How to address concentrated appreciated stock positions in brokerage accounts, where selling the shares would lead to sizable tax impacts ( 42:00 )The areas of retirement planning that people unnecessarily give too much attention too ( 46:19 )Estate planning considerations, particularly at the state level (for states that have estate and/or inheritance taxes) ( 54:26 )How to help people give themselves "permission to spend" their retirement savings ( 1:03:50 )How to factor a potential inheritance to be received into a financial plan ( 1:11:03 ) Links in this episode: Objective Wealth's website - https://www.objectivewealthfp.com/ Andy's company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsYouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com To follow Andy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andypanko/

  3. Oct 1

    #224 - The basics of bonds: what they are, how they work, and how to use them in retirement planning

    Andy discusses the basics of bonds, including: Basic features and functions of bondsThe risks in bondsBond issuers and maturitiesHow bonds can be usedHow and why bond prices changes, and how interest rates impact pricesBonds vs bond funds Links in this episode: Tenon Financial's October 1 newseltter - The basics of bonds: what they are, how they work, and how to use them in retirement planningAndy's YouTube video - Bonds, bond prices, and bond yields Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsYouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com To follow Andy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andypanko/

  4. Sep 24

    #223 - Q&A edition...the 4% rule, Artificial Intelligence and the planning world, RMDs vs annuity income, TIPS, and MORE!

    Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Follow up thoughts on a previous question about whether it's better to use $27k of cash to make a mega backdoor Roth contribution, or to do a $100k in-plan Roth conversion and use the $27k to pay the taxes on it ( 4:01 )Why the 4% rule isn't called the 3% rule, when working with an advisor who charges 1% of assets under management ( 13:52 )His thoughts on how Artificial Intelligence might impact the advisory world with regards to service offerings and fee structures ( 17:25 )Similarities and differences between Required Minimum Distributions ("RMDs") and annuity income ( 22:56 )A few questions about Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, or TIPS: how they might fit into a retiree's portfolio, how to choose the length of maturity, if there is a minimum yield one should target to justify it, and thoughts on deciding what allocation to use between TIPS and equities ( 26:24 )Social Security claiming thoughts for a married couple where one spouse doesn't have any earnings history or Social Security benefit of their own; should the other spouse not delay starting their benefit so the other spouse can start spousal benefits sooner? ( 39:56 )If investing money for your child, how to decide between funding a Trump account or a Roth IRA ( 45:38 )Whether Roth conversions would still make sense if you have to pay tax via distribution and withholding out of the conversion, instead of paying the tax out of "outside" funds such as cash from bank or brokerage accounts ( 50:15 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com Andy's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andypanko/ Links in this episode: Tenon Financial's August 2026 newsletter - Trump accounts; what they are, how they work, and use casesTenon Financial monthly newsletter/blog - Retirement Planning InsightsYouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

  5. Sep 17

    #222 - All about pensions...what they are, how they work, how to decide between taking lifetime payments or a lump sum, and MORE! [replay of Andy's appearance on the Catching up to FI podcast]

    In this replay of Andy's recent guest appearance on the Catching up to FI podcast, Andy and hosts Bill Yount, MD, and Jackie Cummings Koski, CFP®, AFC®, talk all about traditional defined benefit pensions. What they are, how they work, how to decide between taking payments vs a lump sum and much more! Links in this episode: The original audio version of the Catching up to FI podcast episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-pensions-really-dead-the-surprising-value-of/id1664430924?i=1000785277603The original YouTube version of the Catching up to FI podcast episode - https://youtu.be/vU_popXD2_A?si=QC3p1_gGvIRNjxFxCatching up to FI website - https://catchinguptofi.com/ Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsYouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com To follow Andy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andypanko/

  6. Sep 10

    #221 - Retirement planner chat with Ryan Langan from Your Path Fi

    Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Ryan Langan, CFP®, from Your Path Fi. 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, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Ryan's advisory company website - https://www.yourpathfi.com/ Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsYouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com To follow Andy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andypanko/

  7. Sep 3

    #220 - How to move to a new state...tax compliantly

    Andy discusses what all is involved in moving to a new state, from a tax perspective...properly changing your "domicile" and "residence" to the new state. Spoiler alert: It's not necessarily as simple as buying a house and spending at least six months and a day in the new state! Links in this episode: My in-depth write-up of changing state domicile and residence, examples and court cases of people who did and didn't properly change their domicile and residence, and more! - How to move to a new state...tax compliantly Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsYouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com To follow Andy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andypanko/

  8. Aug 27

    #219 - Q&A edition...paying down a mortgage vs paying tax on Roth conversions, Social Security survivor benefits, converting ALL pre-tax money to Roth, updating account beneficiaries, and MORE!

    Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Whether to use money in a 457b to pay down a mortgage or to pay taxes on Roth conversions ( 7:56 )How Social Security survivor benefits work, and the optimal ages for spouses to each claim their own Social Security ( 18:54 )His thoughts on why the Social Security trust fund hasn't been allowed to invest in equities ( 25:36 )Creating spreadsheets to replace financial planning software, and using it to help your ongoing retirement planning and projections ( 30:40 )His thoughts on whether someone should try to convert ALL of their pre-tax money to Roth ( 36:56 )Transferring/rolling money from an IRA to an HSA (Health Savings Account) ( 46:05 )Whether you have to start Medicare Part A if you start Social Security but are still covered by a spouse's employer's health insurance ( 49:18 )Updating beneficiaries on investment accounts after one of the beneficiaries passes ( 53:17 )His thoughts on whether comparing a portfolio's investment returns to those of the S&P 500 is appropriate, and whether it's okay to hold bonds as investments ( 58:22 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com Andy's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andypanko/ Links in this episode: Tenon Financial's March 2026 newsletter - Gifting, annual gift exclusions, gift taxes and gift tax returns (IRS Form 709)Tenon Financial's March 2024 newsletter - Don't compare your portfolio's returns to those of the S&P 500Tenon Financial monthly newsletter/blog - Retirement Planning InsightsYouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

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