On the podcast today, we welcome back Jamie Hopkins. Jamie is managing partner of Wealth Solutions at Carson Wealth. He is also a Finance Professor of Practice at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business. Jamie and Ron Carson cowrote a new book called Find Your Freedom: Financial Planning for a Life on Purpose. Jamie also wrote the book Rewirement: Rewiring the Way You Think About Retirement! Prior to joining Carson Group, he was with the American College of Financial Services, most recently serving as director of retirement research. He received his bachelor’s degree from Davidson College, his JD from Villanova University, and his LLM degree from Temple University. He is also a certified financial planner, a chartered financial consultant, and a chartered life underwriter. Jamie co-hosts his own podcast called Framework, and he is also active on social media. His Twitter handle is @RetirementRisks.

Background

Bio

Find Your Freedom: Financial Planning for a Life on Purpose, by Jamie Hopkins and Ron Carson

Rewirement: Rewiring the Way You Think About Retirement! by Jamie Hopkins

“Jamie Hopkins: How Low Bond Yields, Recession Impact Retirement Planning,” The Long View podcast, morningstar.com, July 15, 2020.

Twitter handle: @RetirementRisks

Financial Freedom

“Jamie Hopkins: Finding Your Financial Freedom,” Framework podcast, carsongroup.com, Nov. 21, 2022.

“Framework: What It Takes to Find Financial Freedom,” Framework podcast, carsongroup.com, Nov. 25, 2022.

Dennis Moseley-Williams

“Maslow’s Hierarch of Needs,” by the CFI Team, corporatefinancialinstitute.com, Nov. 24, 2022.

Bucketing

The Bucket Plan, by Jason Smith

“What Is the ‘Bucket’ Approach Strategy to Retirement Income Planning?” by Jamie Hopkins, forbes.com, April 25, 2019.

“How to Include Home Equity in Your Retirement Plan With the Bucketing Approach,” by Jamie Hopkins, forbes.com, April 21, 2020.

“Bucketing Asset Allocation Strategy Protects Against Investor Emotion, Sequence of Return Risk,” by The Carson Group, carsongroup.com, Jan. 23, 2020.

“Is Housing Headed for a Fall? Advisors Beware,” by FA staff, fa-mag.com, Nov. 8, 2022.

“Busting Three Half-Truths About Reverse Mortgages,” by Jamie Hopkins, forbes.com, June 24, 2019.

“Jamie Hopkins on the Role of Emotions in Reverse Mortgage Decisions,” HousingWire Daily podcast, housingwire.com, Oct. 1, 2021.

Retirement Planning

“What You Need to Do 10, 5 and 1 Year Before Retirement,” by Jamie Hopkins, jamiehopkins.com, April 7, 2022.

“Jamie Hopkins: Congress Will Fix Social Security—Eventually,” by Ginger Szala, thinkadvisor.com, March 29, 2022.

“Thinking of Social Security as Our Biggest Asset,” by Jamie Hopkins, jamiehopkins.com, Aug. 25, 2021.

“Spend Without Worry in Retirement,” by Sandra Block, Kiplinger.com, Aug. 30, 2021.

“Markets and Policy Post-Midterm,” webinar, carsongroup.com, Nov. 21, 2022.

“Senate Addresses Taxes, Deficit, Inflation, Health Care in Proposed Bill,” by Jamie Hopkins, Sonu Varghese, and Ryan Detrick, jamiehopkins.com, Aug. 2, 2022.

“Jamie Hopkins: Why Debt Is ‘Powerful,’ Annuities Are ‘Underutilized’ and the 4% Rule Is Just a ‘Finding,’” by Jane Wollman Rusoff, thinkadvisor.com, Nov. 14, 2022.

“Wade Pfau: The Risks of Retirement Today,” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, Aug. 2, 2022.

“Bill Bengen: Revisiting Safe Withdrawal Rates,” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, Dec. 14, 2021.

“Well, Hello, Sequence Risk! Where’ve Ya Been?” by Jennifer Lea Reed, fa-mag.com, Oct. 1, 2022.

“Don’t Settle for Someone Else’s Vision: Rewire the Way You Define Retirement Income Planning,” by Jamie Hopkins, forbes.com, Nov. 29, 2022.

“What Almost Everyone Gets Wrong About the Retirement Distribution 4% ‘Rule,’” by Jamie Hopkins, forbes.com, Dec. 6, 2021.

Other

Michael Finke

David Blanchett

“Michael Kitces: Does Portfolio Customization Pay Off?” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, Aug. 23, 2022.

“Ronsense: How Ron Carson Uses the 6 Most & Vital One Method for Productivity,” Carson Group, youtube.com, June 6, 2019.

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