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The Your Life, Your Money Podcast helps you thrive in life, wealth and retirement. The show is designed to navigate the complexities around money, building and securing wealth, and achieving financial independence. Scott Sierens, financial advisor at Sierens Financial Group, will provide thoughts, strategies, and ideas on each episode to help you make smart and sound financial decisions. The goal is to take complex financial subjects and make them simple and easy to understand so you can feel confident to take action, enjoy life, and eliminate financial stress and anxiety.

Scott, along with guests from across various industries, will cover topics such as tax savings strategies, investment and wealth management, IRAs, 401(k)s, retirement planning, income strategies, pensions, estate planning, social security, healthcare, and much more.

Retirement isn't an age or number. It's finding the balance between living life today and feeling financially confident about YOUR tomorrow.

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The Retirement Hazard Zone

Feb 8, 2024

In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss the retirement hazard zone. This is the 10 years leading up to retirement and the first decade of retirement itself. Listen in Scott compares this period to driving through a construction zone, focusing on the need to slow down, think differently, and be prepared for the unexpected.

Before we jump in, Scott will discuss the top 5 financial scams targeting retirees and pre-retirees and share some essential tips to help you avoid financial fraud.

 

Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:

0:00 – Intro

0:58 – Scams targeting older adults + prevention

14:50 – Thinking differently in retirement

19:00 – Preparing for the unexpected

21:56 – Slowing down

25:39 – Listener question on Social Security

 

NCOA Article on Scams

https://www.ncoa.org/article/top-5-financial-scams-targeting-older-adults

 

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