Financial Planning Explained
Hosted by Michael Menninger · financialplanningexplained
4.9from 33 ratings
- 242
- Episodes
- 92
- Transcribed
- 33
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 97K
- YouTube views
About Financial Planning Explained
Learn about financial planning strategies, ways to reduce taxes, how much you can spend in retirement, Social Security benefits, Roth IRA conversions and contributions, portfolio diversification, creating retirement income, and more. Episodes include review of case studies and interviews with subject matter experts. At Menninger & Associates, our philosophy is based on the fundamentals of financial planning. Further, we strongly believe that education and knowledge are powerful. In the end, all decisions are ultimately made by our clients, so each client knows why they are making those decisions thanks to our extremely informative meetings. Tune into this educational channel to learn strategies used every day!
- Publisher
- financialplanningexplained
- Category
- business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Nov 2020
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
92 of 242 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Third Quarter Market Recap: AI, Oil & Interest Rates | What It Means for You | Brad Sorensen, CFA
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Cash Management Q&A: HELOCs, Treasury Bills, & Debt Payoff vs. Investing | Nick DeVito, CFP
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
NUA & Retirement Planning Explained: Real Client Case Study | Nick DeVito, CF
Inside a recent episode
Third Quarter Market Recap: AI, Oil & Interest Rates | What It Means for You | Brad Sorensen, CFA
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We don't even know what, if you think back 20, 30 years ago before the internet, could you think that there would be You know, thousands and thousands of people involved in producing YouTube videos and doing all that social media stuff and driving to deliver food. And it's like, no, you can never ranch in that. And Amazon started out as a bookstore. People don't remember that. Many people don't even remember listening to this, don't even know that. But they were just selling books for a while. And now they're one of the largest retailers in the world. But they employ lots of people. So the economy, that's what we've learned, is never bet on the bad scenario because humans, and especially in America, we've shown, at least through history, that we can adjust and make these technologies work for us instead of against us. […]
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- Brad Sorensen
- Nick DeVito
- Cheryl Lagunilla
- Michael Mandio
- Mackensie Ellis
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- YouTube views
- 97,130
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 26 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 62
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 85
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