Fire Your Financial Advisor by Golden Reserve

Fire Your Financial Advisor by Golden Reserve

The Fire Your Financial Advisor Podcast by Golden Reserve is for every-day retirees. We challenge financial advisors and the fees the trillion-dollar industry takes from your hard-earned savings. Join us each week for straight shooting, honest insights on protecting your assets from taxes, market risk, fees and long-term care. We'll also challenge financial advisors and the fees the trillion-dollar industry takes from your hard-earned savings. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Episodes

November 29, 2025 7 mins

You are invited to submit your questions about investing and retirement with our web site Askgregradio.com. This week we handle a question about your 401(k) and other tax deferred accounts.

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Hertz is using AI to find tiny dings in rental cars to charge more. What are the dings in your retirement accounts that are costing you money?

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On this episode:

  • A thought that might change your whole attitude about retirement.
  • Fees, taxes, and overlapping. A few things to watch out for in your 401(k).
  • Putting your retirement in jeopardy because you want to help your kids.  

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Is your emergency account considered safe money? How does your pension fit in? One retiree is confused about the messages the financial industry is sending.

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On this episode:

  • A retirement lesson from Oreos.
  • How advisors and clients differ on the market risk discussion.
  • Does your advisor do estate planning, or does he/she just pass out business cards?

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Switching the deed on your home to your kids may seem like a good idea, but it can lead to problems. We break them down.

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On this episode:

  • How much should we listen to the market predictors?
  • The pros and cons of your 401(k) choices in retirement.

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When you turn 73, Uncle Sam says you have to start taking money out of your 401(k) and IRAs. But what if you don’t need it to live? Does it become a big tax headache? Greg breaks down how the RMD options.

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On this episode:

  • We have a list to button up your estate planning concerns.

  • Your RMD may be nothing to fear.

  • The magic of deferral.

  • Retirement investors have a different view of this stock market.

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New rules about the 401(k) catch-up provision means you could lose some of your 401(k) options.

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October 25, 2025 9 mins

A smart rabbit has three holes. It’s good to have options when trouble strikes. Do you have the same strategy in place for your retirement money?

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Annuities used to be the work of the devil, today they are a viable income source. 401(k)s were the savior when we lost pensions, today they are full of problems. What changed?

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On this episode:

  • You could lose over $11 thousand in next years 401(k) changes.

  • For years they hated annuities and loved the 401(k). Now the headlines have flipped. Why?

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Inflation is now number 2 on the list of concerns for retirees. Should it be?

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On this episode:

  • This isn’t our first Government shutdown. What does history tell us?
  • Financial Advisors may be making a change on how they get paid.
  • You have a lot of options on how to use your 401(k). How do you decide?

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On this episode of Fire Your Financial Advisor by Golden Reserve:

  • Yelling “Uncle!” doesn’t help get your 401(k) out of a financial headlock. 

  • What are your exit ramps from a market crash?

  • Is your retirement strategy too complicated?

  • Sometimes boring is better.

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September 30, 2025 11 mins

We go through the list from Kiplinger of "The Five Golden Rules of Retirement Planning" including figuring out your Five “L”s.

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On this episode:

  • Estate Planner and Golden Reserve Founder Tim Stallings joins us to talk about inheritance and long-term care planning.

  • Why are people moving toward dividend paying stocks?

  • An 80-year-old with a big tax problem.

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Private equity, IPOs, Bit Coin, and more non-traditional investments may appear in your 401(k) soon. Should you be interested?

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On this episode:

  • Is the fear of running out of money a farce?
  • How much could advisor and investment fees cost you over your retirement?
  • What are we talking about in our year end meetings?

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