Old Fashioned Finance

The Topic: Retirement Savings Update

On today’s episode, Caleb and Jason talk about yet another resolution you can keep for the new year. They share updated contribution limits for IRAs and employer sponsored retirement plans and targets for how much you should be saving.

The Topic: Saving Strategies

Continuing the theme of New Year’s resolutions you can keep, Caleb and Jason dive into developing and updating your personal savings plan. If you don’t have a plan, you’re not going to succeed. Listen in as the boys talk strategies for saving more and with more purpose.

The Topic: Budgeting

This week Caleb and Jason follow up on a New Year’s resolution you can keep, specifically budgeting. They share some of the best free online tools, and walk through the process of completing a budget from scratch. If you’ve never had a budget or haven’t updated yours in awhile, this is for you.

The Topic: Financial Resolutions

Happy New Year! On this first episode of 2023, Caleb and Jason talk about how to keep your financial New Year’s resolutions. Listen in as they share practical and attainable goals to start off strong.

The Topic: The Year In Review

It was a year full of headlines, some good and some bad. On today’s episode, the last of the year, Caleb and Jason recap a very eventful 2022. Happy New Year!

The Topic: Money Lessons From “A Christmas Carol”

This week Caleb and Jason are pulling money lessons from Charles Dickens’ timeless novel, “A Christmas Carol”. Not to mention the many film adaptations of the classic book. Learn from ghosts of Christmas finance past, present and future, and God bless us, everyone!

The Topic: Economics of “It’s A Wonderful Life”

This week Caleb and Jason talk about one of their all-time favorite Christmas movies, “It’s A Wonderful Life”. Listen in a s they discuss the significant financial and economic events occurring throughout the movie. Hot dog! This is going to be a good one!

The Topic: Consumer Spending At Christmas

On this week’s episode the boys are talking about some of Caleb’s favorite Christmas movies: A Christmas Story and Christmas With The Kranks. More specifically they will talk about a common theme, which is consumer spending at Christmas time. Go ahead, listen. We triple dog dare you!

The Topic: Financial Advice To Ignore

You will probably be spending time with friends and family for the holidays. That means there will be plenty of talk about politics, the markets, and plenty of bad financial advice. On today’s episode Caleb and Jason talk about some of the most common, but awful, financial “advice” that gets thrown around at the dinner table. Happy Holidays!

The Topic: The Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner

We’re celebrating Thanksgiving on this week’s episode. Caleb and Jasonl talk about what they are thankful for this year, what Thanksgiving foods are a must, and the effects of inflation on turkey day dinner.