🔥 The Retirement Rebellion: Why Traditional Retirement Planning No Longer Works 🔥
Today, we’re flipping the script on everything you thought you knew about retirement! Is the traditional retirement playbook setting you up for failure? We’re exposing the hidden risks of 401(k)s and market-based plans, revealing how financial advisors profit off outdated advice, and sharing alternative wealth strategies that actually work.
💥 Main Topics:
✅ Busting the biggest retirement myths (Does the market really always go up?)
✅ The truth about 401(k)s, Social Security, and financial advisors
✅ Safer investment strategies: gold, real estate, and fixed annuities
🔎 WWYD?! (What Would You Do?)
We break down a real-world retirement scenario—James Carter, a 62-year-old semi-retired construction worker—and uncover the hidden financial struggles keeping him from a true conversation surrounding his retirement. Can we build a plan to protect his future?
💰 Debate Time: Would you take a guaranteed $1M now or risk it all for a 50/50 shot at $10M?
🚨 Current Event: A shake-up at the Social Security Administration! Michelle King resigns after clashing with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). What does this mean for Social Security?
🔥 PLUS: Tracie tests out a heated lash curler—does it actually work?!
All on Episode 53 of What The Finance Podcast! 👉 Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe! Let us know—are you rethinking your retirement strategy? What’s the biggest financial myth you used to believe? Drop your thoughts below, and let’s keep the conversation going!Â
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