Hour 1

Caller questions include Vanguard annuities, the new Fiduciary Rule, closet index funds, and the TSP retirement plan for federal employees.

Caller questions include are robo advisors a good idea, US stocks vs international, and "should I buy an index annuity?"

What retirees can learn from recent commencement speeches from Will Ferrell and Mark Zuckerberg. Caller questions include what to do with a 457 plan, taxes on REITs versus MLPs, and a millennial asks about the viability of social security.

Also REITs explained. Updates on Trump impeachment odds.

Amazon went public 20 years ago, today the world and the state of retailing is in a very different place. The massive corrections per year for Amazon have been legendary, but have been worth riding through. Wes also discusses the concept of market cap per employee. A caller asks about REITs, (real estate investment trusts), what happens to REITs with the shift in retail spending in America?

The 25th amendment is discussed. Section 4 of the amendment talks about deeming the president "unable to perform the powers and duties of the office". Is this a real possibility? Wes also answers a question about college funding for an 8 and 10-year-old, and a caller asks about accessing his old 401(k) plans.

This week the stock market finally woke up and smelled the drama emanating from Washington DC. Allegations are that President Trump tried to get the former FBI director to drop a probe into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. Wes discusses the betting odds for impeachment and the chance of Trump finishing all four years in office.

Wes answers several caller questions: How to deal with a $1.0 million capital gain on the sale of a primary residence after 40 years, online money market accounts, and RMDs for ROTH IRAs. Wes also continues to discuss the retail apocalypse in America.

Wes also begins discussing the tie between the US consumer and the current retail apocalypse in America.  

Also a caller asks about taking multiple required minimum distribution's from his many IRA accounts