Is Your Retirement Portfolio Taking Too Much Risk?

Is your retirement portfolio taking more risk than your retirement income can handle? Kevin Madden explores how market volatility can expose weaknesses in a retirement strategy and why balancing growth, protection, and income matters. He discusses approaches to guaranteed income, the role annuities…

What If Retirement Comes Earlier Than You Planned?

What happens if retirement arrives before you’re ready for it? Kevin Madden explores how a written income plan can help retirees prepare for market uncertainty, unexpected layoffs, health challenges, and the loss of a regular paycheck. He discusses the role annuities and other income sources can pl…

Think Your Portfolio Is Conservative? The Numbers May Say Otherwise

Is your retirement portfolio safer than you think, or riskier than you realize? Kevin Madden explains how hidden investment risks, market volatility, and poor diversification can affect retirement outcomes, especially as retirement gets closer. He shares a real-world example of uncovering unexpecte…

What If Your Retirement Lasts 40 Years?

Could your retirement last 40 years, and is your income prepared to keep up? Kevin Madden explores how longer life expectancies are changing retirement planning, why cash flow matters more than account balances, and how guaranteed income sources can help reduce uncertainty. He also discusses the fu…

Will AI Rewrite Your Retirement Timeline?

Could artificial intelligence force your retirement timeline to change before you are ready? Kevin Madden examines how job disruption, unexpected career changes, and DIY financial planning can affect retirement decisions. He also discusses the value of human guidance, early tax planning, Roth conve…

The Retirement Tax Trap Most Savers Never See Coming

The biggest threat to your retirement savings might not be market volatility, it could be taxes hiding in plain sight. Kevin Madden explains how required minimum distributions, Roth conversion planning, Social Security timing, inflation, and retirement income strategies can impact long-term financi…

Why More Retirees Are Taking a Second Look at Annuities

What if the key to a more confident retirement isn't growing your nest egg, but turning it into reliable income? Kevin Madden explores why more retirees are revisiting annuities, how guaranteed income strategies may fit into a retirement plan, and the importance of creating dependable cash flow aft…

What Dolly Parton Can Teach Us About Retirement

What if retirement isn't about reaching a certain age, but deciding you're ready for a new chapter? Inspired by the life and legacy of Dolly Parton, Kevin Madden discusses how purpose, financial readiness, and confidence shape retirement decisions. The conversation explores creating reliable retire…

Could Your Retirement Plan Survive a Market Correction?

What happens if the market stumbles just as you’re preparing to live on your savings? Kevin Madden explores the balance between growth, risk management, and creating reliable retirement income. The conversation covers why some investors seek alternatives to stock market volatility, how guaranteed i…

The Retirement Risk No One Expected to Follow the Baby Boomers

What if the biggest retirement risk isn't a market crash, but the way inflation, taxes, and withdrawals quietly reshape your financial future? On this episode, Kevin Madden discusses the aging baby boomer generation, market participation, and why diversification remains important in retirement. The…