For Memorial Day weekend, Dave's brother Phil Altmeyer, director of the Union Gospel Mission, updates us on the plight of the homeless and the state of UGM's mission to provide services to help them get back into a productive life.

Retirement is something everyone looks forward to, but you need to answer some major questions before you pull the trigger. Some of these include what you want your retirement to look like and how long will your retirement last. These and other factors can help determine whether you have enough saved for retirement and how your resources can best be utilized in a plan.

You get a check-up every year from your doctor regarding your physical health - and you should get one regularly from a financial professional about your financial health. Dave and Jonathan take note of a recent AARP study which says five out of six adults age 50 and older are not "financially healthy", and how that can be addressed with proper planning.

Today Dave and Jonathan take a look at the three stages of retirement - basically the first ten years where you are most active, then the next ten or so years where that slows down, leading into the final years with much less activity and likely declining health. Your money needs to serve different purposes in each stage, and they take a look at how your savings can last through as many years of retirement as needed.

Today Dave and Jonathan look at ways to help grow your retirement savings, some of which actually consist of cutting some costs to help keep more money in your pocket.

Though many folks like to watch their own money when saving for retirement, data shows that using a financial professional can help bring even more value to your plan. Dave and Jonathan go over how this happens, and how to find the right financial professional to help guide you along the way.

Things can be overlooked in planning for retirement, especially in the area of taxes. Today Dave and Jonathan look at the most common money mistakes and how to avoid them.

Social Security is a program paramount to most people's retirement plans. It's also a complex one, depending on your situation and how you can best take your benefits. Today Dave takes a look and separates the actual truth from what people think is the truth regarding Social Security and the ways it can best benefit you in retirement.

After a lengthy discussion on the Silicon Valley Bank failure as only Dave can provide, he and Jonathan get into how various decisions you need to make about your retirement can help or hurt your future, and how a good advisor and plan can help keep you on the path you need to make your post-working years as good as they can be.

There are things people commonly believe about retirement planning that may not be true. Dave and Jonathan take a look at some of these so-called myths and sort out the right and wrong about them.