The Retirement Show: Your Life, Your Money with Scott Sierens
A top retirement podcast dedicated to helping you: Reduce Taxes | Make Work Optional | Maximize Retirement Income | Invest Confidently | Optimize Stock Compensation | Help Future Generations Scott Sierens, financial advisor at Sierens Financial Group, will provide thoughts, strategies, and ideas on each episode to help you thrive in life, wealth and retirement. The goal is to take complex financial subjects and make them simple and easy to understand so you can feel confident to take action, enjoy life, and eliminate financial stress and anxiety. Scott, along with guests from across various industries, will cover topics such as tax savings strategies, investments and wealth management, IRAs, 401(k)s, retirement planning, retirement income strategies, pensions, estate planning, social security, healthcare, and much more. Retirement isn't an age or number. It's finding the balance between living life today and feeling financially confident about YOUR tomorrow. Ask Scott your questions by calling 847-235-6989 or check out our podcast website at https://maxretirementshow.com for more resources.
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Heading into retirement should feel like freedom, but too many people carry financial clutter into this next phase of life, creating confusion, missed opportunities, and unnecessary stress. In this week’s show, Scott outlines three key areas to simplify before you retire: your bank accounts, your investment and retirem
When the market is down, it can make you feel pretty uneasy. Emotions can rise and panic can feel like the natural response, especially when you’re nearing retirement. You spent decades just saving to get to this point, and now you're watching your retirement savings drop in value. You
You’ve saved up $2.5 million and you’re wondering whether you can buy a vacation home or whether you should just do a long-term rental. Maybe you should just scratch the idea altogether. This is a conversation we have with clients and today’s show is going to walk you through how we help determine if the vacation home
We talk a lot about taxes because they’re going to be a huge expense for you in retirement, which is why many people ask about Roth conversions. It’s a strategy that could potentially save you money in retirement, but the truth is that Roth conversions aren’t for everyone and could actually cost you money. In today’s s
Retiring Soon? 3 Costly Mistakes People Make in Their Early 60s (And How to Avoid Them)
Once you reach your early 60s, you’re in a window of time where the moves you make will drastically shape the next 30 or 40 years of your financial life and taxes. The right decisions can put you in a great position for retirement but the wrong decisions can leave you playing catch-up. In this video, we’re going to wal
Social Security is a key part of maximizing your retirement story. The decisions you make about when and how to claim it can have a big impact on how much you keep versus how much goes to the IRS. In today’s show, we’ll break down 3 common Social Security tax mistakes- some of which could cost you big- and how to avoid