The Warren Buffett Strategy That Could Save Your Retirement

Most retirees overlook the simplest yet most powerful investment rule that Warren Buffett swears by: avoid losing money at all costs. In this episode, financial expert Chris Drew breaks down Buffett’s surprisingly straightforward approach to retirement planning and how you can practically implement…

Invest Like Buffett, Spend Like a Planner — Avoiding Emotional Trades & Retirement Runout

Chris Drew pulls Warren Buffett’s best rules into real-world retirement planning: how to stay calm through big market drops, why “don’t lose money” is still the first rule, and how to design a portfolio that preserves capital while producing income. The show tests Buffett’s advice against modern re…

Gameplan to Win Retirement — Offense, Defense & the Red-Zone Plays

Treat retirement like a championship: plan your offense (grow and diversify), lock down your defense (emergency fund, insurance, estate work), and use special teams—tax planning and Social Security—to win in tight spots. In this football-themed episode Chris Drew lays out an easy-to-follow playbook…

Income, Options & Peak-65 Planning — Discipline, Flexibility & the Retirement Playbook

What really makes a retirement work: predictable income, real flexibility, and the operational work you do before your date. Chris Drew turns three unexpected quotes into a practical roadmap — the right retirement isn’t about the age you stop working, it’s about the income that lets you live how yo…

Rethinking Retirement Rules — 4%, 60/40 & Social Security in a Volatile Market

High interest rates, volatile markets and recession talk mean the old retirement rulebook needs updating. In this episode Chris Drew walks through the retirement rules retirees still trust — the 4% distribution rule, the 60/40 stock/bond playbook, the “rule of 100/110” for asset allocation — and ex…

SECURE 2.0 Highlights — Roth SEPs/SIMPLE, RMDs at 73, New Penalty Exceptions

Congress quietly packed SECURE Act 2.0 with dozens of changes that matter to anyone saving for retirement — and in this episode Chris Drew walks through the pieces you can act on today. Learn which employer plans now allow Roth after-tax contributions (including SEP and SIMPLE IRAs) and how employe…

Stop Waiting — How to Start Retirement Planning (Myths, Excuses & First Steps)

Too many people delay the single conversation that fixes half their retirement anxiety. In this episode Chris Drew dismantles the most common excuses — “I don’t know where to start,” “it’s too overwhelming,” “advisors only work with the wealthy,” “I’m too late,” and “I don’t want a lecture” — and t…

Retirement Red-Zone Checklist — What to Do 10→0 Years Out

Getting close to retirement? This episode gives a real, operational checklist for each milestone — 7–10 years, 5–7 years, 3–5 years — so you stop guessing and start executing. Chris Drew covers the high-impact moves: max your catch-up contributions, build a tax plan (Roth timing, partial rollovers,…

Polls, Panic & Planning — How to Calm Retirement Anxiety and Catch Up

New polls show Americans are worried — about retirement savings, rising costs, and whether today’s paychecks will ever stretch to a secure retirement. Chris Drew breaks the anxiety cycle with a plainspoken planning session: how to turn fear into a checklist (budget/spending plan, emergency fund, ta…

Cash Flow First — Income Rules, Spending Plans & Behavioral Finance for Retirement

Cash flow — not net worth — determines whether retirement feels secure. In this episode Chris Drew lays out a practical cash-flow playbook: identify and layer income sources (Social Security timing, pensions, part-time work, distributions and guaranteed income), build a real spending plan that sepa…