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When Pensions Went Away, the Retail Financial Advisors Came Out to Play

April 4, 2023

In this adaptation from Golden Reserve Founder Greg Aler’s new book, Fire Your Financial Advisor, we take a closer look at how the retail financial advisor became engrained in the […]

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Will the Banking Crisis Affect Your Retirement Money? [Radio Show]

March 29, 2023

Podcast: It seems like the Government has your back if your bank fails. Who has your back if you make a mistake in retirement? Full radio show from March 26, […]

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Why the U.S. is So Bad at Retirement

March 15, 2023

Golden Reserve Founder Greg Aler pulls back the curtain on how the trillion-dollar financial services industry is failing retirees in his new book Fire Your Financial Advisor. Read on for […]

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Why Do People Hate Annuities? 

January 30, 2023

Poll your friends and family about annuities and you’re bound to get a lot of adverse reactions. They’ll likely cite at least one of these three things :  While these […]

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Are Commissions Bad? 

January 5, 2023

Let’s talk about commissions. For many professions—like real estate agents, sales professionals, brokers and artists—it’s a compensation structure to which we’ve become accustomed. They make money when you make a […]

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Here’s What to Know About Fixed Index Annuities

December 15, 2022

Call it the new kid on the block. Fixed index annuities (FIA) are a more recent offering in the world of annuities and we think they’re worthy of your attention. […]

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Heard the Slogan “We Do Better When You Do Better”? In Other Words, Your Advisor Does Well Even When You Don’t

June 30, 2022

We recently heard a large, national firm use the slogan, “We do better when you do better,” and we couldn’t help but scratch our heads. On the surface it may […]

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Don’t Lose Everything to a Nursing Home: Why You Need a Long-Term Care Compass

June 17, 2022

We’ve written extensively about the risk of long-term care, but most people don’t want to consider the possibility that they’ll need it. Unfortunately, statistics tell us there’s a 70% chance […]

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Protecting Yourself from Fees: Why You Need a Fee Filter

June 16, 2022

No one likes extra fees, especially when they are hard to understand or being intentionally hidden. You know the ones: the stealthy “service fee,” the suspicious sounding “surcharge,” or the […]

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Protecting Yourself from Market Risk: Why You Need a Market Flashlight

June 9, 2022

You probably don’t often think about how much your portfolio could go up or down at any moment—that is, until the market moves so much that it’s front-page news. Upward […]

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