Episode 179: Forecasts, Futures, and Funds: Inside the Hedge Fund Playbook
In this episode of Retire with Style, Wade Pfau and Alex Murguia explore the complex world of hedge funds, focusing on strategies like global macro, event-driven, and managed futures. They explain the role of derivatives, the impact of forecasting, and how these approaches can complement a broader investment portfolio, especially in the context of retirement […]
Episode 178: Hedging Your Bets in Retirement: What You Should Know
In this episode, Wade and Alex explore the world of hedge funds—what they are, how they’re structured, and how they’ve evolved from simple hedging tools into complex investment vehicles. They break down common fee models, challenges in measuring performance, and the impact of data biases. The conversation also covers key hedge fund strategies—including long-short, market […]
Episode 177: Winning the Loser’s Game: A Look at Alternative Investments
In this episode of Retire with Style, Dr. Wade Pfau and Dr. Alex Murguia explore the evolving world of alternative investments and their potential role in retirement planning. They discuss the concept of “Winning the Loser’s Game”—emphasizing the value of steady, disciplined strategies over high-risk maneuvers—and examine how alternatives like cryptocurrencies, private equity, and hedge […]
Episode 176: Strategic Retirement Planning: Q&A on Income, Taxes, and Investments
In this episode of Retire with Style, hosts Alex Murguia and Wade Pfau tackle a range of financial planning questions in a lively Q&A session. They explore Social Security strategies, the role of single premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) in retirement income, and investment approaches for managing required minimum distributions (RMDs). The discussion also covers the […]
[Best of 2023 Repost] Ep. 60: The Retirement Planning Guidebook- Helping you find the path to a great retirement
With the New Year coming up quick, we wanted to highlight some of our best episodes to round out 2023. This week we’ll be revisiting our conversation about the release of the 2nd Edition of Wade’s Retirement Planning Guidebook and how to set up the f…
[Best of 2023 Repost] Ep. 65 The Ins, Outs, and everything in between of Social Security Claiming Strategies with Mary Beth Franklin
With the New Year coming up quick, we wanted to highlight some of our best episodes to round out 2023. This week we’ll be revisiting our conversation with Mary Beth Franklin on Social Security claiming strategies (originally Episode 65).
We’ll be ba…
Episode 106: A reimagined approach to funding retirement income.
In this episode we sit down with Rebecca Meskin & Cara Reisman from Blackrock to discuss a paper we collaborated on; A reimagined approach to funding retirement income: Defining individual styles and solutions using the RISA® framework. During th…
Episode 105: Managing Taxes in Retirement using the Effective Marginal Tax Rate
Tax planning is the topic du jour for this week, as Wade and Alex discuss a recent article from Advisor Perspectives that Wade wrote with Joe Elsasser from Covisum. Wade describes the effective marginal tax rate approach for managing Roth conversions…
Episode 104: Year End Planning Considerations
Wade and Alex discuss with Rob Cordeau, CFP®, RICP®, CHFC®, the most frequently dealt with year-end planning topics that he discusses with clients. As we near the end of year, there are various deadlines that should be addressed to help maximize your…
Episode 103: Using RISA® Framework to find the right retirement plan strategy between spouses
In today’s episode, we discuss how married couples frequently do not have the same retirement income style and how the RISA® Framework is used to identify solutions so that both individuals can feel confident with a retirement plan that satisfies bot…
