Today Jeff and Camille take a look at the various instruments and financial tools available to build a customized plan, which they call the Monolith Money Map, for an individual's or couple's retirement.

Jeff and Camille discuss the recent spending showdown in Congress and how volatility can effect your retirement plan, especially if you don't have a plan in place to deal with it. They also take listener questions from the mailbag.

Today Jeff and Camille go over a list of items to accomplish concerning your finances, taxes and more before the end of the year, with an emphasis on Required Minimum Distributions and getting appointments made by the end of November to be sure everything which needs to be done can be finished by year's end.

Three of the most important things to put on a retirement planning list are income, health care costs and taxes. Today Jeff and Camille take a look at these areas and how best to plan so that each is covered.

There is no retirement without income, and a portion of everyone's income needs to be guaranteed to cover typical monthly expenses. Today Jeff and Camille address how to protect the portion of your retirement savings dedicated to income so that it produces exactly what you need, month after month, and also how to plan for future inflation and higher costs of living.

The loss of a spouse or partner is traumatic enough - but to go along with that, the process of transferring resources to the surviving spouse needs to occur. Today Jeff and Camille discuss how to make sure things are in place so that the process of making those transfers is done correctly and smoothly, as well as being as easy as possible for the survivor.

Life insurance is so much more than just having a death benefit. Today Jeff and Camille discuss the new ways life insurance can be structured to provide income and long term health care benefits, among other things.

Many people would love to see huge gains in their retirement savings, but sometimes making small gains consistently works as well. In this show, Jeff and Camille speak to this theory, and how falling short in even one area may hurt your plan more than you think.

Long term care, losing a spouse and longevity risk are three things which, if not planned for, can sink any retirement plan. Today Jeff and Camille look at each of these issues in detail and how to make sure they are accounted for in your plan.

People are quite attached to their money and the thought of losing it makes them fearful. Today Jeff and Camille look at how people view money through the eyes of financial author Morgan Housel, whose book of the same name is one of the most popular reads in recent years.