SML Planning Minute

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SML Planning Minute shares concise and entertaining financial ideas, for individuals, families, and business owners.

Episode Date
What Happens to a Large, Uncashed Check When You Die?
Oct 27, 2026
Attracting and Retaining Your Best Employees with Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plans
Oct 20, 2026
Some Simple Tricks That Can Help You Spend Less
Oct 13, 2026
Don’t Make This Million-Dollar Mistake with Your 401(k) – Revisited
Oct 06, 2026
Don’t Forget Your Annual Policy Checkup
Sep 29, 2026
You’ve Heard of FOMO. What Is FORO?
Sep 22, 2026
Does It Make Sense to Own a Vacation Home?
Sep 15, 2026
Twelve Ways to Make Yourself More Likable
Sep 08, 2026
Seven Life Insurance Tax Benefits Many People Are Unaware Of
Sep 01, 2026
New York City’s Pied-à-Terre Tax
Aug 25, 2026
Talking About Money with Your Kids
Aug 18, 2026
Is a Health Savings Account Right for You?
Aug 11, 2026
What is the “Time Value of Money?”
Aug 04, 2026
The Strange Case of Rob, Michele and Nick Reiner
Jul 28, 2026
When Unmarried Couples Split Up
Jul 21, 2026
Social Security Is in Bad Shape. Does It Still Make Sense to Wait?
Jul 14, 2026
Is It Possible to Spend Too Little in Retirement?
Jun 30, 2026
10 Commonly Misunderstood Insurance Terms Explained
Jun 23, 2026
Dealing with the Latest Financial Trend: Spending Your Kids’ Inheritance
Jun 16, 2026
What Exactly Is a Reverse Mortgage?
Jun 09, 2026
Should I Turn Down My Inheritance?
Jun 02, 2026
Careless Spending Can Erode Income Gains Revisited
May 26, 2026
Are You Sure You Want to Be an Executor?
May 19, 2026
The Latest on Wealth Taxes
May 12, 2026
Social Security and Divorce
May 05, 2026
How Much Does Life Insurance Really Cost?
Apr 28, 2026
The IRS Dirty Dozen 2026
Apr 21, 2026
So, What Exactly Is a Trump Account?
Apr 14, 2026
Estate Planning When You Live in a Foreign Country
Apr 07, 2026
Business Planning Needed Now More Than Ever
Mar 31, 2026
What’s the Latest on the Long-Term Care Front?
Mar 24, 2026
About That Coming AI Apocalypse
Mar 17, 2026
Good News: Life Expectancy is Going Up
Mar 10, 2026
The Spirit of Charles Ponzi Lives On
Mar 03, 2026
Should You Collect Social Security and Invest the Difference?
Feb 24, 2026
Nine Reasons You Need an Agent When You Buy Life Insurance
Feb 17, 2026
Are My Retirement Savings on Track?
Feb 10, 2026
Are You Ready for the Great Wealth Transfer?
Feb 03, 2026
Does “Buy Term and Invest the Difference” Really Work?
Jan 27, 2026
Being a Millionaire Ain’t What It Used to Be
Jan 20, 2026
Going Paperless: To Be or Not to Be?
Jan 13, 2026
Important Tax Considerations for Newlyweds
Jan 06, 2026
Six Ideas on How to Manage Debt Revisited
Dec 30, 2025
Be Skeptical of Financial Advice on Social Media
Dec 23, 2025
Do You Really Want to Disinherit a Family Member?
Dec 16, 2025
Are You Ready for the New York LLC Transparency Act Starting January 1, 2026?
Dec 09, 2025
The Latest on the Scamming Front
Dec 02, 2025
Nine Mistakes Wealthy People Make
Nov 25, 2025
Should I Use My Savings to Delay Collecting Social Security?
Nov 18, 2025
What Wealthy People Know That the Rest of Us Don’t
Nov 11, 2025
Is a 529 Plan Really Your Best Option?
Nov 04, 2025
Minimizing Capital Gains Tax on the Sale of a Business
Oct 28, 2025
10 Mistakes People Make When Buying Life Insurance
Oct 21, 2025
Even with Medicare, the Cost of Health Care Can Be Shocking
Oct 14, 2025
Can You Save Too Much for Retirement? – Revisited
Oct 07, 2025
Mistakes People Make When Things Are Going Well
Sep 30, 2025
Avoiding a Conservatorship
Sep 23, 2025
The Role of Optimism in Retirement Planning
Sep 16, 2025
Teaching Your Kids What You Wish You Had Learned With Hannah Kesler
Sep 09, 2025
Are You an Independent Contractor?
Sep 02, 2025
Does It Make Sense to Reject an Inheritance?
Aug 26, 2025
Six Big Mistakes People Make with Their Wills Revisited
Aug 19, 2025
One Big Beautiful Bill and What It Means to You
Aug 12, 2025
What Happens When You Get Audited?
Aug 05, 2025
Thinking of Collecting Social Security Early? Not So Fast.
Jul 29, 2025
Practical Estate Planning Ideas for “Middle Tier” Families
Jul 22, 2025
Want to Be an Effective Business Leader? Learn How to Listen.
Jul 15, 2025
Thirteen Celebrity Estate Planning Lessons Revisited
Jul 08, 2025
Six Reasons Single People Need Life Insurance Too
Jun 24, 2025
The Epidemic of Gray Divorce
Jun 17, 2025
Financial Considerations When You Become an Empty Nester
Jun 10, 2025
Four Trending Scams to Stay Ahead of
Jun 03, 2025
Selecting the Right Entity for Your New Business
May 27, 2025
Eight Reasons Why Young People Need Life Insurance
May 20, 2025
Planning for Retirement
May 13, 2025
Understanding Opportunity Cost
May 06, 2025
New Challenges for a Long Retirement
Apr 29, 2025
Debunking Common Myths About Retirement
Apr 22, 2025
Can I Avoid the Dreaded IRS Audit?
Apr 15, 2025
What Have Billionaires Been Up to Lately?
Apr 08, 2025
Understanding Social Security Taxation
Apr 01, 2025
Five Reasons to Purchase Life Insurance for Your Children
Mar 25, 2025
Careless Spending Can Erode Income Gains
Mar 18, 2025
Six Estate Planning Tips from Warren Buffett
Mar 11, 2025
Are These the Good Old Days? – Revisited
Mar 04, 2025
Can Money Buy You a Longer Life?
Feb 25, 2025
Financial Infidelity is a Real Thing
Feb 18, 2025
What is a Spendthrift Clause, and When Do People Use It?
Feb 11, 2025
Is Gen Z Falling Behind Already?
Feb 04, 2025
Five Ways to Help Protect Yourself from Scams in 2025
Jan 28, 2025
Getting Life Insurance is Easier Than it Used to Be with Angela Thieschafer Revisited
Jan 21, 2025
What Counts as a Will?
Jan 14, 2025
The Social Security Fairness Act: Is it Really Fair?
Jan 07, 2025
Dealing with Grief and Your Finances at the Same Time
Dec 31, 2024
How Much Money Do You Need to be Considered Wealthy? – Revisited
Dec 23, 2024
The Biggest Regrets People Have in Retirement, and Lessons for Future Generations
Dec 17, 2024
Go Beyond Financial Considerations when Deciding to Downsize
Dec 10, 2024
One Third of People Have More Credit Card Debt Than Emergency Savings
Dec 03, 2024
5 Ways to Use Home Equity as a Source for Retirement Income
Nov 26, 2024
Six Ideas on How to Manage Debt
Nov 19, 2024
Behavioral Economics, and How it Affects Your Financial Decisions Revisited
Nov 12, 2024
Business Succession Planning Needed More Now Than Ever
Nov 05, 2024
Connecting the Dots: Using Life Insurance With Social Security
Oct 29, 2024
Does It Make Sense to Give Money to Your Kids While You’re Still Living?
Oct 22, 2024
Nine Thoughts on Divorce and Finance
Oct 15, 2024
Planning for Single Parents Revisited
Oct 08, 2024
Why You Need a Real Person to Help With Your Life Insurance Needs
Oct 01, 2024
Important Retirement Savings Rules Changes You May Have Missed
Sep 24, 2024
Planning is a Dynamic, Not a Once-and-Done, Process
Sep 17, 2024
Millennials, Gen X and Gen Z Need to Prepare for Retirement Now Revisited
Sep 10, 2024
Celebrity Estates: Discord in Tony Bennett’s Family
Sep 03, 2024
Can You Save Too Much for Retirement?
Aug 27, 2024
The IRS Digs Deeper
Aug 20, 2024
Estate Tax Uncertainty – Will We or Won’t We? A Potential Solution for Married Couples
Aug 13, 2024
Don’t Make This Million-Dollar Mistake with Your 401(k)!
Aug 06, 2024
Does State Taxation Cause the Wealthy to Move to Different States? – (Revisited)
Jul 30, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against the Moores!
Jul 23, 2024
Can Money Buy You Happiness?
Jul 16, 2024
New Study Confirms: 20 Percent of Americans over Age 50 Have No Retirement Savings at All
Jul 09, 2024
Business Owners: Reach Out to Your Attorney and Insurance Agent Immediately!
Jun 25, 2024
Why Don’t Schools Teach Financial Literacy?
Jun 18, 2024
Investment Scams Are Becoming More Sophisticated
Jun 10, 2024
10 Common Mistakes Made with Life Insurance Beneficiary Designations, Revisited – Part 2
Jun 04, 2024
10 Common Mistakes Made with Life Insurance Beneficiary Designations, Revisited – Part 1
May 28, 2024
IRS Delays RMD Rules Again
May 21, 2024
Do You Rely on Your Spouse (Particularly Your Husband) to Make Financial Decisions?
May 14, 2024
What’s Going to Happen with O.J. Simpson’s Estate?
May 07, 2024
Why Everyone Needs an Estate Plan
Apr 30, 2024
Making the Right Choices With Your Wealth Revisited
Apr 23, 2024
The Social Security Administration (SSA) Gets It Right
Apr 16, 2024
Fair Versus Equal – What’s the Legacy You Want to Leave to Your Children? – Revisited
Apr 09, 2024
Social Media May Be Hurting Your Finances
Apr 02, 2024
Is Phased Retirement Right for You?
Mar 26, 2024
How to Act Like a Wealthy Person
Mar 19, 2024
Combating Identity Theft
Mar 12, 2024
Concern About Generation Z
Mar 05, 2024
Are You Ready For the 2026 Estate Tax Sunset?
Feb 27, 2024
Not Just A Prenup: How to Protect Your Estate Before You Get Married Again
Feb 20, 2024
How Life Insurance Can Help with a Blended Family
Feb 13, 2024
Are These the Good Old Days?
Feb 06, 2024
Study Indicates that Half of Older Americans May Unretire
Jan 30, 2024
Estate Planning and Sibling Rivalry
Jan 23, 2024
Five Important Financial Truths about Millennials Revisited
Jan 16, 2024
Problems at the Social Security Administration
Jan 09, 2024
The Unique Challenges Faced by the “Sandwich” Generation
Jan 02, 2024
Tax Gap Projections and Increased IRS Enforcement
Dec 26, 2023
Avoiding a Fake Charity
Dec 19, 2023
IRS Again Delays New Reporting for Gig Workers and Independent Contractors
Dec 12, 2023
Disinheriting Adult Children for Their Political Beliefs Revisited
Dec 05, 2023
What Does Life Insurance Have to Do With Divorce Revisited
Nov 28, 2023