Scott finds out just how much commission Equitable salespeople get for selling EQUI-VEST products. No wonder they fight reform so hard. No wonder they love to initiate exchanges.

• The Price of Enrollment
• Podcast on SIOs
• Plan Fee Disclosure Form for University of Jamestown
• Equitable Plan Fee Disclosure Brochure
• Learned by Being Burned (short pod series about K-12 403(b) issues)
• 403bwise.org
• Meridian Wealth Management

Nothing presented or discussed is to be construed as investment or tax advice. This can be secured from a vetted Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).

Who better than best-selling author Morgan Housel to help put April's market volatility in perspective? Well we couldn't get Morgan on the pod but we have the next best thing: Morgan Houselisms! Enjoy.

• 9 Charts on Trump's First 100 Days in the Markets
• Learned by Being Burned (short pod series about K-12 403(b) issues)
• 403bwise.org
• Meridian Wealth Management

Nothing presented or discussed is to be construed as investment or tax advice. This can be secured from a vetted Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).

Retired Los Angeles Unified School District teacher, principal and district administrator, Mary Ann Sullivan, is now officially a CFP®! Not only that, she is opening an advice-only, fee-only firm.

Note: Mary Ann meant to say that the number of experience hours needed for a CFP® is 4,000 for apprenticeship and 6,000 for standard pathway (not the 2,000 and 4,000 hours respectively that she mentioned in interview).

• 395 Financial Planning
• Retired Teacher Pays It Forward (Maggie Mason/Santa Barbara)
• Learned by Being Burned (short pod series about K-12 403(b) issues)
• 403bwise.org
• Meridian Wealth Management

Nothing presented or discussed is to be construed as investment or tax advice. This can be secured from a vetted Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).

In episode two of our new pod series: 403(b) & 457(b) Basics Scott and Dan look at asset allocation. They describe what it is, why it's important and they go over several strategies for allocating a 403(b) and a 457(b).

• Importance of Asset Allocation by Barb O'Neill
• The Price of Peace: Why diversification is difficult, but necessary by Nick Maggiulli
• Risk Tolerance Assessment
• Cullen Roche Discipline Funds
• 403(b) & 457(b) Basics: How to start a 403(b) (pod)

Nothing presented or discussed is to be construed as investment or tax advice. This can be secured from a vetted Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).

Barbara O'Neill, PhD, CFP, AFC, owner/CEO of Money Talk: Financial Planning Seminars and Publications, and a monthly columnist for 403bwise talks spring cleaning your personal finances.

Spring cleaning is more than deep cleaning and decluttering. It is a great time to neaten up your finances.

• Spring Cleaning Your 403(b) and Personal Finances
• The Truth About So-Called "No Fee" Products
• Meridian Wealth Management
• 403bwise.org

Nicole and Larry Dubill, two Buffalo, NY area educators, share passion for education, music, and 403(b) advocacy.

• Cleveland Hill School District 403(b/457(b) Vendor List
• Hamburg Central School District 403(b)/457(b) Vendor List
• The Truth About So-Called "No Fee" Products
• Meridian Wealth Management
• 403bwise.org

Nothing presented or discussed is to be construed as investment or tax advice. This can be secured from a vetted Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).

Teacher who sought to educate colleagues about the 403(b) gets threatening email from Equitable. We read and discuss correspondence.

• Read the letter
• The Truth about Structured Investing Options (SIOs)
• Meridian Wealth Management
• 403bwise.org

Nothing presented or discussed is to be construed as investment or tax advice. This can be secured from a vetted Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).

Erin Witte, Director of Consumer Protection for the Consumer Federation of America, discusses the work she does protecting consumers in the face of a very anti-consumer climate.

• Erin Witte
• Meridian Wealth Management
• 403bwise.org

Nothing presented or discussed is to be construed as investment or tax advice. This can be secured from a vetted Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).

Anonymous attendees dish on remarks made at a recent conference by leaders of lobbying group working to keep broken multi-vendor, sales agent-driven K-12 403(b) market in place.

• Audio + Transcript of Brian Graff LAUSD Appearance
• Video of Brian Graff LAUSD Appearance
• NTSA Puts the Tax in the K-12 403(b)
• Vanguard
• Meridian Wealth Management
• 403bwise.org

Nothing presented or discussed is to be construed as investment or tax advice. This can be secured from a vetted Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).

We debut a new pod series: Basics of the 403(b) & 457(b). In this series, which will eventually get its own channel, we will go over the basics of how these plans work, and how they can be used to save wisely for retirement. First off: How to Start a 403(b).

• 403(b) Basics
• CalSTRS Pension 2 Enrollment
• Fidelity Enrollment (need an Employer Plan number)
• Vanguard
• Meridian Wealth Management
• 403bwise.org

Nothing presented or discussed is to be construed as investment or tax advice. This can be secured from a vetted Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).