In today’s episode of the Consumerism Commentary Podcast, our guest is Dan Solin, author of The Smartest Retirement Book You’ll Ever Read and other books in the “Smartest Book” series.
Tom Dziubek talks with Solin about planning for retirement.
Production Number: S02E02
Segment Number: 41
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[00:00] Introduction from Flexo
[00:32] Interview with Dan Solin, author of the “Smartest Book You’ll Ever Read” series
– [00:48] Rethinking investing
– [02:03] Index funds
– [02:50] Exchange traded funds
– [04:19] Using your 401(k)
– [05:37] The value of the dollar
– [08:20] 4% safe withdrawal rate
– [09:14] Dan’s incident with Jim Cramer
– [13:08] Dan’s Golden Rules for Retirement
– [14:35] Fee-only financial planners
– [15:37] Registered investment advisors
– [17:35] Immediate annuities
– [19:29] Setting aside two years of living expenses
[21:35] End
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Updated January 16, 2010 and originally published November 1, 2009. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
