ThinkAdvisor Perspectives Podcast

Episodes
Busting Retirement Income Myths With Michael Finke
The Entrepreneurial Mindset With Reed Colley
When Advice Matters the Most With Andrew Crowell
Financial planning professionals are called on to address a lot of challenges for their clients, from setting up a sustainable retirement income stream to helping people prepare for the high cost of their children’s college education. Those services are all of significant importance, but in the experience of Andrew Crowell, vice chairman of wealth management at D.A. Davidson, it is during life’s most difficult moments that advisors can provide the most value and peace of mind to their clients. W...
Getting Social Security Claiming Right With Joe Elsasser
The passage early this year of the Social Security Fairness Act was a major development in the lives of many current and former government workers, one that could have a big effect on their benefit claiming strategies. The law change is just one of many factors that add significant complexity to the Social Security claiming process, according to Joe Elsasser, a certified financial planner and the founder and president of Covisum. Getting the claiming decision right, while difficult, is among the...