Retirement 360

Planning for taxes, income and health care/long term care are the three hot button topics when it comes to retirement planning. Today Alan and Troy discuss these areas and strategies you can use when putting a retirement plan together to make sure these important areas are covered.

When retirement time comes, it may also be time to get rid of things you have held onto for years that may not serve a purpose, or are no longer needed. Today Alan and Troy discuss this process and how to organize financial records that need to be kept to be sure they are available. It also comes in handy when making a retirement financial plan and also a legacy plan for the things you not only want to keep, but to pass on to the next generation.

Today Mark Elliott takes over as host of the program, and he and Alan take a look at what money can mean in an emotional sense. The show is based on the book The Psychology of Money by noted financial author Morgan Housel.

What does it mean to be financially healthy? Today Alan and Troy go over some things you need to take into consideration during a financial check-up to make sure you are actually ready to retire in terms of your money being able to sustain you through those non-working years.

That's exactly what Alan does in this episode - talks about ways in which tax planning strategies could possibly lower your tax bill in the future, as well as keeping on top of your taxes all year round instead of just at the beginning of the year before filing your return.

For people who own a small business, retirement is a trickier proposition, especially when they are putting extra money back into the business instead of into retirement savings. Today Alan and Troy discuss options available for small business owners, whether it be a savings plan developed specifically for small business or a succession plan to determine what happens to the business when the owner is ready to retire.

Inflation is one of the biggest topics of the year in the financial world, and it is affecting people's retirement plans. Alan and Troy have tips on how inflation can be accounted for in a retirement plan as well as how to save more to be sure funds are there to help cover higher future costs.

There is no way to truly prepare for something as the death of a spouse. But you can take steps to make sure the surviving partner will know where financial information is available. Alan and Troy discuss what those are whether you do or do not have a financial advisor.

First, Troy looks at the summer travel season and how people's plans may have changed due to the economy and inflation right now. Then Alan looks back at how retirement planning is different now than it was even 30 or 40 years ago, and the different savings vehicles and options available to help the money you've saved provide you with what you need for retirement.

Alan and Troy begin by discussing financial headlines for the week, then take a look at three big topics for anyone's retirement planning list - income, taxes and health and long term care.