An informative segment on bonds and bond funds. Breaking down these facets of bonds will help you better understand another key component to retirement and your personal portfolio.

Risks in the finance world are taken daily, but do you know how much risk you need to be taking or how much you should or shouldn't be? Each persons risks are different to their specific needs. A 25 year old won't take the same risks as someone who is 65 and just retired or visa versa. Know your risks, quantify versus qualify the risks and fees.

The topic of critical mass is of upmost importance. Without knowing critical mass, the 5 needs of money can't play out.

In this weeks episode, Don talks over good versus bad investments. Are there such things? Or are there only safe and aggressive investments?

In the final installment of the 5 Needs of Money, Don Anders discusses liquidity. Now that all the needs of been talked over, you, the listener, are able to truly understand how each need impacts your life and your future.

In the fourth installment of the 5 Needs of Money, Don Anders discusses the safety/stability part to these needs. Everyone looks for safety with their money, and with this podcast, those "safety nets" are brought to light.

In continuation with our 5 needs of money podcasts, we follow up with another installment and expand on the topic: Growth. Whether we need growth in the economy or our own personal funds, growth is healthy.

Continuing from previous episodes, this week we touch on death benefit in regard to the 5 needs of money. Granted, as humans we never want to think of anything bad happening, but this advice will help all listeners to take a moment and evaluate what their needs are.

Over the next few weeks, we'll be discussing the 5 needs of money. This week, we'll be starting with Income and dissecting the other 4 from there.We all know that we need money. There are many different types of accounts that we can have leading into our retirement.

This episode, Don discusses owning your strengths and not to be afraid of your weaknesses. Through personal experience, Don gives us his story of learning what his strengths and his weaknesses are and how that can relate to the world of finance as well.