Retiring With Enough
Retiring With Enough focuses on Simplifying Retirement through three main paths to a happy retirement: Money, Purpose and Freedom. Dr. Guidry maintains a CRPC™ (Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor) designation and has over 70 years of life experience with over 50 years investing experience as a DIY (Do It Yourself) investor.
Episodes
209 episodes
Is My Financial Advisor Delivering?
It’s been a little over one year since I placed some of my assets with a financial advisor. One year, already!!!! A one-year review of my portfolio and its performance was promised. So, here’s an update on my portfolio and a one-year review.&nb...
Happy 4th Birthday RWE
Join me for the 4th Birthday celebration of the Retiring With Enough podcast.In this podcast I list and discuss the five most listened to podcasts from Retiring With Enough during the last four years.
Taking Time to Reflect
“Learning without reflection is a waste. Reflection without learning is dangerous.” – ConfuciusIt’s the day after the night before, and I’m sitting quietly on my front porch. Join me as I reflect on our 50th Wedding A...
The Ten Traits of Successful Investors
Successful investors use different strategies, but the best ones tend to share a common set of traits. This podcast outlines the ones that matter most.
Lessons From 50 Years of Marriage
“I can’t promise that we’ll ever be rich, and I can’t promise that we’ll ever be famous. I can promise that if you marry me, you’ll live an interesting life”. It’s been 50 years, and I think I’ve delivered on my promise.
Retirement Risks: Self Inflicted Wounds
There are many things in life over which we have little or no control. Normally, these events have little long-term effect on our lives or finances. The biggest financial problems are self-inflicted. We are our biggest problem! After...
Has Retirement Outgrown Monte Carlo Simulations?
What are Monte Carlo Simulations, what value do they provide pre-retirement, and do they remain valid during retirement?Join me and episode co-host Kevin Lyles, CRPC™️ as we discuss whether Monte Carlo Simulations are still valid during ...
The Smart Tripper: Traveling in Shoulder and Off-Season
"The world is a book, and those who do not travel only read a page." — St. AugustineIf traveling when demand is highest, the trip cost is also highest. If traveling when demand is lower, the trip cost is less....
Retirement is Not the Finish Line
Finding purpose in retirement is often less about discovering one perfect calling and more about intentionally building a meaningful life. My initial vision was to quit practicing Dentistry one year after I transitioned my practice....
Delaying Social Security: Is It Worth the Wait?
If delayed claiming of Social Security benefits is such a great deal, why do only about 4% to 9% of Americans actually wait until age 70 to collect Social Security? Are the other 91% of Americans ignorant of this strategy, or is there som...
Retirement With Purpose- Cesar A. Aguirre
Join me and Cesar A. Aguirre as we discuss his book: Retirement With Purpose The Ten R's for a Joyful Retirement.
The Value of Being Underestimated
Being underestimated is a powerful advantage that allows you to work in silence and surprise others with your success. It serves as a competitive edge, fostering the freedom to take risks, innovate, and prove assumptions wrong without the p...
Simplified RMDs: Timing and Tactics
I started taking RMD‘s two years ago. RMDs may be straightforward, but the decision is not! ...
The Emotional Side of Aging Parents
Join Sarah Thompson and me as we discuss in detail her experiences with ill and aging parents.
Push, Pull, or Pause: The Smart Way to Transfer Money
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but writing checks is almost a thing of the past. Most people write very few, if any, checks anymore. The digital transfer of money has become quicker and easier with the advent of multiple options for cash trans...
Hack Fatigue: Trump Accounts and Public Trust
"Hacks" are everywhere, including an article I recently read concerning the Trump account "hack" that could turn small savings into a tax-free fortune. After reading the article, I felt it was technically correct, but disingenuous. It is not pr...
Fun Buckets and Retirement Spending
Kevin Sebesta, CRPC joins me for a fun and entertaining discussion about spending in retirement. We speak about how to maximize spending for fun, travel, and personal care.
Can You Think Your Way to Happiness?
You can’t think your way out of every hardship, but you can train your mind to notice joy more easily, recover faster from setbacks, and create meaning even when life isn’t perfect. Shifting mindset isn’t about positive quotes...
Is Any Safe Withdrawal Rate Truly “Safe”?
“At 3 percent, you are probably safe; at 4 percent, you are taking real risks; and at 5 percent, you had better like cat food and vacations very close to home." -Attributed to various, popularized in financial planning circles.<...
The Red Thread
I feel strongly that people are put in certain places, exposed to certain individuals, and placed in certain situations for specific reasons. Whether your belief is based on faith, kismet, fate, destiny, or happenstance, there are references to...
Retirement All Stars #7- Tim Hamburger
Join me as I interview Tim Hamburger, a unique and giving person who shares his life and financial story.
Can AI Build a Better Retirement Plan?
I've been contemplating recently whether AI could be a useful aid in retirement planning. I asked ChatGPT about the benefits and problems with using AI for retirement planning, and asked ChatGPT to formulate a retirement plan for me.
The Big Circle
"If some lives form a perfect circle, others take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand." -Nicholas SparksThis is the SIXTH, and most likely the last podcast about the reestablishment of our household into our cur...
