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87
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Jul 2026
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Coasting in Retirement is dedicated to the financial planning and investment management needs of pre-retirees and retirees living their best life along our part of the Gulf Coast. Host Josh Null and co-host Michelle Melton dive into relevant financial topics, plus have a little fun with the "Michelle with the Headlines of the Week" and "Josh's Crystal Ball and Big Mouth" segments. You can hear the original broadcast of Coasting in Retirement every Sunday from Noon to 1 PM CT on 106.5 FM out of Mobile, Alabama and every Monday from 10 AM to 11 AM CT on WHEP 92.5 FM / 1310 AM out of Foley, Alabama.
For our topic today, Josh & Cam want to take the time to lay some groundwork, some foundational work that let's listeners know about an upcoming event they will be hosting a few weeks from now in downtown Fairhope.
Today we are diving into one of the most critical phases of your financial life: what the industry calls the Retirement Red Zone. If you aren't familiar with the term, think of the Red Zone like the final five years before you cross the retirement goal line, and in my opinion, also what happens the first five years after you retire. A mistake made here isn't like a mistake made in your 30s—you don't have twenty years of wage-earning power to recover from it.
For this week's episode we're going to start with a trope that our industry uses over and over again, usually for good reason: you've climbed the financial mountain and reached the top and you are now ready to retire, but how do you get back down the mountain without falling off? So let's discuss 4 retirement income strategies and help you decide which one might be the best for your situation.
In general, stocks are ultimately valued by a combination of a company's underlying fundamentals (its ability to generate profit and cash) and the collective market forces of supply and demand. But this week's Space X IPO throws these notions out the window. Josh is joined by Payton this week to discuss why.
On this week's episode, Josh and Michelle talk about the history of money, particularly the history of the US dollar, and more importantly, why money and monetary policy matters so much to investors.
Josh is joined by Jay Stubbs this week as they discuss the 3 risks that your portfolio can't outrun. They are more personal and for the most part are choices you can make in your financial plan to reduce or eliminate the impact.
On this week's episode, Josh discusses the different types of financial advisors and what they do it at Gulf Coast Financial Advisors
On this week's episode, Josh and Michelle talk the hot topic in the retirement planning space, Roth Conversions. Mistakes in a Roth conversion can cost an investor thousands of dollars, and as with most things their industry, there's the good, the bad, and the ugly.
In our industry, there's something Josh calls the "401k Rollover Shark". On this week's episode, Josh and Michelle are going to give the shark repellant you need so that the 401k rollover sharks don't leave your retirement accounts maimed, or worse yet, torn to bits.
In this week's show, Josh asks Jay a simple question: has life insurance ever been easier to get than right now?
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