The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show by Golden Reserve

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Oct 2026

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The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show by Golden Reserve is for every-day retirees. We challenge financial advisors and the fees the trillion-dollar industry takes from your hard-earned savings. Join us each week for straight shooting, honest insights on protecting your assets from taxes, market risk, fees and long-term care. We'll also challenge financial advisors and the fees the trillion-dollar industry takes from your hard-earned savings. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn .

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October 10, 202655 min

Are You Saving for a Retirement You'll Never Enjoy? | Is Your IRA Feeding Uncle Sam Instead of Your Kids? | Are You Paying $4,000 an Hour for Five Hours a Year?

On this episode: Retirees spent just 11.8% of their savings over 20 years, and almost half did it on purpose. So what are they saving it for? Most retirees put their energy into picking investments. Meanwhile, taxes could take up to 40% of their biggest account. Ask your advisor how many clients they have. Then do the math on how much of their time you're actually getting for that 1% fee. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

October 5, 202654 min

Would You Know What You're Paying Your Advisor If Your Kids Asked? | Two Brothers, Same IRA, Very Different Tax Bills | Is Your Advisor Speeding with Your Life Savings?

On this episode: A 63-year-old couple trusted the same advisor for 15 years. Then their son asked one simple question, and the answer was harder to hear than they expected. Two brothers started with $450,000. Ten years later, their balances looked almost identical, except one of them was carrying a $160,000 tax bill. An advisor says retirees in their 60s and 70s should keep 40% to 60% of their money in the market. Greg asks the question nobody else did: what's the reason? Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 29, 202614 min

No Cheeseburger in Paradise for the Jimmy Buffett Estate

Jimmy Buffett left his wife $275 million. She can’t get it because it’s tied up in court. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 28, 202658 min

How Your Retirement Plan is Like a Jigsaw Puzzle | Can You Spend Too Much in Your First Year of Retirement? | Another Opinion on Roth Conversions and RMDs

On this episode: What is the most important piece of your retirement plan? Many people are spending 10% of their savings in the first year of retirement. Is that too much? One advisor says the “tax time bomb” is no big deal. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 22, 20266 min

I Took My Retirement to Two Different Advisors with Very Different Results

How do you decide if the advice you are getting is right for you when you get two differing opinions? Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 19, 202654 min

Does All This Talk About Interest Rates Mean Anything to Your Retirement? | It's Time to Stop Listening to Kevin O'Leary | Is Your Estate Plan Worth the Paper It's Printed On? | Someone Who Is Letting Financial Headlines Dictate His Retirement Decision

On this episode: The up and down on interest rates. What works in your favor? We are now calling Kevin O'Leary, WEARY O'LEARY. A Will and a Trust is not enough without managing the details. He hates his job and he has the money...but the headlines are holding him back. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 15, 202610 min

Should retirees “Buy the Dip?”

In retirement, should you be looking for opportunity in the stock market or should you leave those days behind? Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 12, 202648 min

How Active an Investor Should You Be in Retirement | Do You Have a Plan When Social Security Cuts Back? | This Woman Fell Right into Uncle Sam’s Tax Trap | Is Inflation A Retirement Killer?

On this episode: How much wheeling and dealing should a retiree do in the stock market? Social Security says they will cut checks back by 28% in 6 years. Are you ready? What you need to know about inherited IRAs. Keeping inflation in perspective. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out The Fire Your Financial Advisor Retirement Show on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 5, 202646 min

A Listener Who Discovered What Is Truly Important in Retirement | Are You Focused Too Much on What Is Moving Your Money Forward Instead of What’s Pulling It Back? | Where You Have Your Money Placed Determines How You Spend It | Legal Documents: The Importance of Getting It in Writing

On this episode: Retirement is a time to spend and enjoy not a time to clip coupons. Why celebrate a 10% market win when you are losing 30% on taxes? How people view monthly income vs their account balance. Covering your bases with the correct legal documents in retirement. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out Fire Your Financial Advisor on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 31, 202650 min

Think You Can DIY Your Retirement Taxes? Here's What It Might Cost You | The $3 Trillion Problem Wall Street Doesn't Want to Talk About | The Retirement Account You're Probably Underusing

On this episode: A retired CPA has one warning for his friends. Greg breaks down why taxes get trickier after you stop working — and where DIY filers tend to slip up. Wall Street has a $3 trillion headache, and it's your cash. Greg unpacks why advisors get uneasy when money moves to the sidelines, and how much risk retirees really need. A listener in Indianapolis has a growing HSA and a big decision. Greg talks through whether to let it compound or put it to work now. A dripping faucet can fill a swimming pool. Greg uses that image to explain how small percentage fees quietly add up, and how a fee analysis reveals what you're paying. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Check out Fire Your Financial Advisor on YouTube ! Learn more at GoldenReserve.com or follow on social: Facebook & LinkedIn . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.