Decoding Retirement
Hosted by Robert "Bob" Powell and Robert Powell and Bob Powell · Yahoo Finance
4.5from 23 ratings
- 77
- Episodes
- 17
- Transcribed
- 23
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Decoding Retirement
Decoding Retirement breaks down the complex and often confusing world of retirement planning to help you make smart, stress-free financial strategies. Host, Robert “Bob” Powell, has no problem telling you what no one tells you about life.. after work. Each episode provides practical and actionable tools to navigate the ever-changing retirement landscape, empowering you with the expertise to secure your financial future confidently. Every Tuesday at 3PM ET on your favorite podcast platform.
- Publisher
- Yahoo Finance
- Category
- business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Sept 2024
- Latest episode
- 13 Jan 2026
Latest episodes
17 of 77 episodes have a transcript.
13 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
What veterans need to know about retirement planning
6 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
What advisors need to know about financial planning in 2026
30 Dec 2025
Falling short of retirement goals? Here's how you catch up
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What veterans need to know about retirement planning
Published 13 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Maximize your VA benefits. You'll be at both benefits. Don't leave anything on the table there. Your pension, if you're a reservist or a guardsman, you have to wait until you're 59 and a half. If you're a traditional 20 year, you're going to get it as soon as you retire so you're going to get your benefits almost immediately. If you're a reservist or a guardsman, try to get good years at the end of your career to reduce the age because every good year you have reduces your age from 59 and a half down to a younger age. So you get, like, if you do the last five years of your career on active duty, you'll shrink that from 59 and a half down to 54 and a half so you can optimize that way. […]
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- Dan Kunze
- Michael Doshier
- Dave Goodsell
- Chris Wilson
- Beth Pinsker
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 18 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.4 / 5
- 5 ratings
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- 89
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Robert "Bob" Powell and Robert Powell and Bob Powell host the show. Published by Yahoo Finance.
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