Episode 89: RISA® in Action: Doing right by the client with Andrew Lippert

Alex and Wade discuss with Andrew Lippert from Simplified Wealth how the RISA® enables his ability to view a client’s situation agnostically and start the recommendation process with how the client wants to source retirement income. Andrew also discu…
Episode 88: What to Look for in Annuity Illustrations and Contracts (Part 2)

On this week’s episode, Wade is continuing his conversation with Brian Bass, MSFS, CFP®, RICP®, AEP®, CLU®, and Jason Rizkallah, CFP®, RICP®, of McLean Asset Management about what listeners need to know when looking at annuity illustrations and annui…
Episode 87: RISA® in Action: The Client Discovery Meeting with the 4:8 Group and more.

In today’s RISA® in Action entry, Wade and Alex speak with Bob Bove and David Meler from the 4:8 Group. Bob and David discuss their stewardship approach to wealth management and how the RISA® successfully helps them service clients with their values …
Episode 86: What to Look for in Annuity Illustrations and Contracts (Part 1)

On this week’s episode, Wade is hosting without Alex. But Brian Bass, MSFS, CFP®, RICP®, AEP®, CLU®, and Jason Rizkallah, CFP®, RICP®, of McLean Asset Management join Wade to get serious about what listeners need to know when looking at annuity illus…
Episode 85: RISA® in Action with Doug Oosterhart, CFP®

For this week’s RISA® in Action episode, Wade and Alex welcome Doug Oosterhart, CFP®, from LifePoint Planning. Doug was truly an early adopter of the RISA®, asking his clients to take the assessment through the link in Wade’s book and then provide hi…
Episode 84: Understanding the Index Choices for Index Annuities

On today’s episode, Wade and Alex are joined by Branislav Nikolic, who is a Managing Director and Head of Insurance at the Index Standard. In his role, he is responsible for evaluating different market index options used in structured annuities. He p…
Episode 83: More on Annuities with the Author of Annuities for Dummies – Part 2

Our special Friday bonus episode this week is Part 2 of the discussion with Kerry Pechter, whose “2nd edition of Annuities for Dummies” was released on July 20th. In this episode, we learn how Kerry uses annuities within his own retirement plan, and …
Episode 82: More on Annuities with the Author of Annuities for Dummies – Part 1

This week Alex and Wade welcome Kerry Pechter to the show. Kerry is the author of “Annuities for Dummies”, which is part of the wildly popular For Dummies series of books. The second edition will be released on July 20th and pre-orders for the book a…
Episode 81: RISA® in Action: How the RISA® is used to initiate meaningful and personal retirement planning conversations.

We speak with Neal Gordon, Gordon Wealth Planning, and discuss how he uses the RISA® to enable him to get to the heart of financial planning and the emotional matter of what retirement plans make the most sense. We discuss how the RISA® enables him t…
Episode 80: Protection as An Asset Class

In today’s episode, Alex and Wade discuss Wade’s recent research paper, “Protection as an Asset Class.” After getting into a discussion of what an asset class means, they talk about two ways to think about a structured annuity as an additional asset …