Financial Flight Plan Podcast

How ’The Great Resignation’ Could Impact You or a Loved One’s Retirement

Droves of workers are retiring early or taking a break from work as they change career paths. It’s become known as The Great Resignation. On this episode, we’ll highlight some of the key takeaways of a recent Forbes article and explore a lot of the impacts on retirement planning from across different age groups in the wake of this massive workplace shift that’s underway.
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Opportunities for Retirement‘s Late Bloomers

Maybe you’re close to retirement and think you don’t have nearly enough money saved. But let’s talk about some reasons that the news might not be as bad as you think.
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Everything You Need to Know About the Federal Vaccine Mandate

With the vaccine mandate set to take effect for Federal employees in November, we wanted to help you understand what this could mean for your employment and how it might impact your retirement plans.
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Mind The Gaps In Your Retirement Planning

If you’ve ever ridden the subway in London, you’ve probably seen the “Mind the Gap” signs warning you to be aware of the gap between the train door and the station platform. Let’s talk today about minding the gaps in retirement planning.
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What Makes Your Advisor Tick

It’s time to peel back the curtain a little bit to learn about your financial advisor.
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Understanding The SECURE Act 2.0

The SECURE Act became law at the beginning of 2020 and created some significant differences in how people should plan for retirement. And while it’s not law yet, there’s a SECURE Act 2.0 on the horizon that could very likely become law before the end of the year. Let’s talk about some of the provisions and why they could be important.
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3 Challenges Today's Retirees Face

If you’re of the age that your mom and dad retired 20 or 30 years ago, the world was a much different place when they walked away from their paychecks. Let’s talk about how things are different now.
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Describing Retirement

It makes sense that the way we plan for retirement is largely influenced by what we think retirement is like or all about. So, let’s take a look at how various people across the US describe retirement and see how that might shape the retirement planning process.
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3 Pros of the TSP in Retirement

Last week we delivered the bad news first and went over the cons of the TSP. But on this week's show, we bring you the good news and discuss 3 pros of the TSP.
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3 Cons of the TSP in Retirement

We spend a lot of time on the podcast talking about federal employees and their retirement plans. They have access to different investment vehicles that other workers are not able to participate in. We talk about the TSP, or Thrift Savings Plan on today's show. It's similar to a 401(k), but there are specific stipulations that are not necessarily efficient. We will address the cons of the TSP today and Brie will give her advice on how to maneuver through some of the rules.
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Website: https://www.estesfinancial.net/
Call: 817-444-8402