The Buckeye Finance Guy

In this episode, Jim Kilgore CFP® discusses the steps to “financial independence”, whether that is at retirement or some date earlier than most people reach it and the simple but not easy steps to get there.

In this episode, Jim Kilgore CFP® discusses how defining success for yourself and not allowing others to do it for you is a great way to reach contentment in your professional life.

Many people today are winging it when it comes to their personal finances.  In this episode, Jim Kilgore Certified Financial Planning Professional discusses how learning smart financial behavior is so important for young people to learn early.  

In this episode, Jim Kilgore CFP® discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly of annuities and what you should look out for when a product salesman is trying to push an annuity into your financial life. #cfp #TBFG #financialplanning

In this episode, Jim Kilgore CFP® talks about investment strategy and why you need one to successfully navigate the ups and downs in the market.

In this episode, Jim Kilgore CFP® talks about financial literacy programs and why they stop short of being effective.  Financial Literacy is less than half of the equation.

In this episode, Jim Kilgore CFP® talks about what he believes people are looking for in a financial planner and what he would look for if he needed to find someone he could trust to help him with his retirement planning.  

In this episode Jim Kilgore CFP® talks about the areas where a financial advisor can add value to your portfolio and ultimately your retirement your life.

In this episode, Jim Kilgore CFP® talks about goal setting and how it is the first step in the right direction for accomplishing any task, not just financial behavior change. #CFP #goalsetting #behaviorchange 

In this episode, Jim Kilgore CFP® talks about the way we manage our personal finances are vital how taking on too much unproductive debt is borrowing from your future self.