Empower Your Retirement

By Frank and Frankie Guida

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Welcome to Empower Your Retirement podcast, your trusted companion on the path to retirement prosperity. As the cornerstone of financial security for families and individuals, we're dedicated to making your retirement dreams a reality. Dive into insightful discussions led by the Guida family, renowned for their decades of experience in financial planning and wealth management.

Tune in to our podcast as we share actionable insights, insider tips, and expert advice to navigate the complexities of retirement planning. Whether you're aiming to maximize your savings, minimize risks, or optimize your investment portfolio, we're here to guide you every step of the way.

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Episode Date
IRA vs. 401(k): What Are You Really Working With?
May 19, 2026
Is Your Retirement Plan Due for a “Spring Cleaning”?
May 12, 2026
Not All Financial Advisors Are the Same—Here’s Why It Matters
May 05, 2026
Why Retirement Feels More Complicated Than It Should
Apr 28, 2026
What Rising Country Artists Say About Staying Grounded
Apr 21, 2026
Lessons on Life and Retirement from a Nashville Storyteller
Apr 14, 2026
Why Your Retirement Accounts Aren’t Fully Yours
Apr 07, 2026
Why So Many Retirement Spending Plans Fall Short
Mar 31, 2026
Why Retirement Changes the Rules of Investing
Mar 24, 2026
The Mega Backdoor Roth Most Savers Overlook
Mar 17, 2026
Is $1.6 Million Really the Retirement Number?
Mar 10, 2026
The Money Lessons School Never Taught
Mar 03, 2026
The Retirement Number Myth: Why Headlines Get It Wrong
Feb 24, 2026
The One Percent Fee That Can Quietly Cost You Millions
Feb 17, 2026
Are You Asking the Right Retirement Questions—or Missing the Biggest One?
Feb 10, 2026
The Risk Nobody Sees: Inflation in Retirement
Feb 03, 2026
Retirement Planning Starts Earlier Than You Think
Jan 27, 2026
The Tax Moves Most Retirees Never Think About
Jan 20, 2026
The Retirement Question Everyone Asks: “Will My Money Last?
Jan 13, 2026
The 2026 Rule Change That Could Shake Up Your 401(k)
Jan 06, 2026
Holiday Harmony: Trisha Yearwood’s Christmas Journey
Jan 01, 2026
Are Roth Conversions Putting You on a Hamster Wheel?
Dec 30, 2025
The Cost of Letting Your Retirement Money Sit Still
Dec 23, 2025
The Retirement Number Myth: What Really Matters
Dec 18, 2025
Retirement Reimagined: Strategies for More Income and Less Tax
Dec 09, 2025
Giving While Living: The Real Cost of Early Inheritance
Dec 02, 2025
From Pension to Paycheck: Is an Annuity Right for You?
Nov 25, 2025
Is Your 401k at Risk? The Hidden Pitfalls Revealed
Nov 18, 2025
Behind the Name: Cheap Trick’s Untold Stories and New Album
Nov 14, 2025
Should You Roll Over Your 401(k) or Leave It?
Nov 11, 2025
The Retirement Tax Trap: What Most Miss
Nov 04, 2025
Unlocking the Power of 59½: Your Retirement Game Changer
Oct 28, 2025
Holiday Spending and Retirement: What’s Sneaking Up on Your Wallet?
Oct 21, 2025
Are You Gambling with Your Retirement?
Oct 14, 2025
Retirement Isn’t Just About Money—It’s About Living Your Dream Life
Oct 07, 2025
Buy Back Your Time: The Secret to Early Retirement
Sep 30, 2025
59½: The Age That Changes Your Retirement Playbook
Sep 23, 2025
Don’t Fumble Your Savings—Tax Moves Every Retiree Needs
Sep 16, 2025
Retiring from Your Business? Start Here to Keep More of What You’ve Earned
Sep 09, 2025
Retire Without Regret: De-Risk Your Portfolio Now
Sep 02, 2025
The Social Security Puzzle: When Should Couples Claim?
Aug 26, 2025
Why Integrity Is Non-Negotiable in Retirement Planning
Aug 19, 2025
How Much Can You Really Live On in Retirement?
Aug 12, 2025
Is Your Retirement Plan as Outdated as the Penny?
Aug 05, 2025
What Happens to Your 401(k) When You Leave Your Job?
Jul 29, 2025
Why Annuities Get a Bad Rap—and When They Actually Work
Jul 22, 2025
From Baby Watch to Market Watch: Planning for Life’s Big Changes
Jul 15, 2025
The One Thing That Could Ruin Your Retirement
Jul 08, 2025
Retire at 65—But at What Cost?
Jul 01, 2025
Why Rushing to Claim Social Security Could Cost You
Jun 24, 2025
Why Taxes Might Cost You More Than Healthcare
Jun 17, 2025
Tariffs and Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Timing the Market
Jun 10, 2025
Risk, Reward, and Retirement: Are You Ready?
Jun 03, 2025
How to Boost Your Retirement Income: A Financial Game Plan
May 27, 2025
Can You Make Retirement Tax-Free?
May 20, 2025
Is Your Retirement Portfolio Ready for Market Volatility?
May 13, 2025
How to Minimize Taxes on Your Retirement Savings
May 06, 2025
How to Secure Your Financial Future in Uncertain Times
Apr 29, 2025
Is Your Retirement Plan Missing Out? How to Maximize Your Life Savings
Apr 22, 2025
Finding Stability During Trump’s Tariffs | Understanding Risk Tolerance
Apr 15, 2025
The Power of Roth Conversions | Are You Paying Too Much in Taxes?
Apr 08, 2025
CRS Interviews with Chase Matthew, Hudson Westbrook & Redferrin
Apr 01, 2025
Retirement: The 30-Year Vacation You Need To Think About
Mar 25, 2025
Are You Retirement Ready? | Making the Most of Your Retirement
Mar 18, 2025
Minimize Your Tax Burden | The Power of Tax Planning
Mar 11, 2025
Maximize Your Retirement: Smart Strategies for Financial Stability
Mar 04, 2025
Unlocking Steady Retirement Income | Are Annuities Right for You?
Feb 25, 2025
Are You Making These Common Retirement Mistakes?
Feb 18, 2025
Is Your Retirement Portfolio Prepared for the Next Market Crash?
Feb 11, 2025
How to Build Your Own Pension Plan for Retirement
Feb 04, 2025
Is Your Retirement Plan Prepared for the Unexpected?
Jan 28, 2025
Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Social Security?
Jan 21, 2025
How Can You Maximize Retirement Income? Don’t Miss These Key Elements!
Jan 14, 2025
The New Year’s Resolution Retirees Should Make
Jan 07, 2025
The Reason Why You Should Forget About the 4% Rule
Dec 31, 2024
Don’t be Overexposed to the Stock Market: What Retirees Need to Consider Instead
Dec 24, 2024
Retire Early: Can You Afford to Quit Now?
Dec 17, 2024
Financial Freedom Through Tax Efficiency
Dec 10, 2024
Time to Embrace Annuities? Addressing The #1 Fear of Retirees
Dec 03, 2024
Balancing Your Risk Tolerance During All-Time Highs in the Market
Nov 26, 2024
What You Need to Know about 401k Contributions in 2025
Nov 19, 2024
Exploring The Misconceptions About Social Security
Nov 12, 2024
When Should You Take Social Security?
Nov 05, 2024
Required Minimum Distributions: What You Need to Know
Oct 29, 2024
Identifying Hidden Fees in Your Portfolio
Oct 22, 2024
Understanding Inheritance Taxes
Oct 15, 2024
The Balancing Act of Federal Rate Cuts and Market Risks
Oct 08, 2024
Talking to Lynyrd Skynyrd About Retirement
Oct 01, 2024
The 4% Rule: Is It Enough?
Sep 17, 2024
The Retirement Challenges Younger Baby Boomers Face
Sep 10, 2024
Understanding The Impact of Age on Social Security Benefits
Aug 27, 2024
Determining Personal Risk Tolerance in Retirement Planning
Aug 20, 2024
Balancing Your Portfolio During Market Volatility
Aug 13, 2024
Working Because You Want To Vs. Needing To
Jul 30, 2024
Managing Risk: Assessing And Diversifying Your Portfolio
Jul 23, 2024
Strategies For Maximizing Tax-Free Growth
Jul 16, 2024
Aligning Retirement Goals And Mindset
Jul 09, 2024
Reducing Risk In Retirement
Jun 25, 2024
Decluttering Your Portfolio In Retirement
Jun 18, 2024
Managing Fees For Financial Planning
Jun 11, 2024
The Impact Of Taxes On Retirement Planning
Jun 04, 2024
Optimizing Your Financial Future Through Tax Planning
May 28, 2024
Exposing The Unwanted Fees In Your Retirement Plan
May 21, 2024
Using a 401k As a Bridge To Social Security
May 14, 2024
Creating A Comprehensive Retirement Plan
May 07, 2024
Can You Still Retire With $1 Million?
Apr 30, 2024
Maximizing Tax Savings With Roth Conversions
Apr 16, 2024
Protecting Retirement Savings During Market Downturns
Apr 09, 2024
Don’t Have An Identity Crisis In Retirement
Mar 26, 2024
Ron Swanson And Taxes In Your Retirement Plan
Mar 19, 2024
Helping Your Adult Children Without Harming Your Retirement
Feb 27, 2024
Retirement Options For Small Business Owners
Feb 20, 2024
Beat the Tax Man in Retirement: Strategies To Help You Save
Feb 13, 2024
Hidden Fees Could Be Draining Your Retirement
Feb 06, 2024
Your 401(k) Is Not Free - Tony Robbins' Wake-Up Call On Your Retirement Savings
Jan 23, 2024
Financial Fitness: Achieving Your Retirement Goals in 2024
Jan 09, 2024
Unlocking Retirement Income: Understanding Annuities and Tax-Saving Opportunities
Dec 26, 2023
The Power of Roth Conversions, Even If You’re Already Retired
Dec 19, 2023
Decoding Dave Ramsey: Unveiling the Risks of 100% Stock Investment in Retirement
Dec 12, 2023
Unlocking Early Retirement: Strategies Towards Financial Freedom
Dec 05, 2023
Revolutionizing Your Retirement: Rethinking the 60/40 Portfolio
Nov 28, 2023
Planning Your Financial “Feast”: Navigating Inflation In Retirement
Nov 21, 2023
Your Financial Future: Lessons from Gen Z and Strategies for a Tax-Efficient Retirement
Nov 14, 2023
Maximizing Your Retirement: Options for RMDs and Tax Strategies
Nov 07, 2023
What Does The War Mean For Retirement Investors
Oct 31, 2023
Should You Leave Your Financial Advisor For A Retirement Planner
Oct 24, 2023
Nick Saban May Be Eyeing Retirement: Have You Created A Retirement “Game Plan”
Oct 17, 2023
Taxes And Volatility Are Here To Stay: Safe-Guarding Your Retirement Savings
Oct 10, 2023
Want To Retire Early? Here’s What You Need To Consider
Oct 03, 2023
What’s Changed In 401(k)s Over The Last Decade
Sep 19, 2023
Should Baby Boomers Wean Off Stocks in Retirement?
Sep 12, 2023
Improve Your Retirement Planning with a Positive Attitude
Aug 29, 2023
Most Seniors Regret Their Retirement Planning Decisions and Want A Do-Over: Avoiding Your Own Regrets
Aug 21, 2023
Financial advisors retire too: The benefits of working with multi-generational financial advisors
Aug 14, 2023
Wedding disasters only effect that 1 day, retirement disasters can upend your whole life
Aug 07, 2023
Frank Guida Interviews Candace Owens
Aug 05, 2023
3 months after tax season, Americans do NOT like the results
Jul 31, 2023
A One-On-One Conversation With Country Music’s Jason Aldean
Jul 29, 2023
Why so many Financial Advisors quit the business
Jul 24, 2023
How does your family history factor into your longevity risk
Jul 17, 2023
How much money should you take from your retirement savings each month to meet your spending needs?
Jul 10, 2023
Navigating The Varying Views On The Economy To Help Protect Your Savings No Matter What
Jun 26, 2023
Cleaning Out The “Dirt” In Your Portfolio Starts With Knowing Where To Find It
Jun 19, 2023
If You Feel Like Your Advisor Is Missing Something, Get A Second Opinion
May 22, 2023
Financial “Check Engine Lights”
May 15, 2023
Paging Doctor Google
Apr 24, 2023
The New RMD Rules
Apr 17, 2023
What Do Recent Bank Failures Mean For YOU
Mar 27, 2023
Your Withdrawal Strategy Must Be Your Own
Mar 13, 2023
A One-On-One Conversation With Country Music’s Jason Aldean
Mar 07, 2023
Champagne…Or Alka-Seltzer
Mar 06, 2023
Overcoming Your Retirement Angst
Feb 27, 2023
It’s Your Income That Makes Taxes So Complicated
Feb 13, 2023
Increased Taxes On The Wealthy Could Affect You
Feb 06, 2023
When To Cut Ties With An Advisor
Jan 30, 2023
The Tax Landscape Is Changing
Jan 23, 2023
What Does SECURE 2.0 Mean For You
Jan 16, 2023
Early Retirement: Why Put It Off If You Can Still Pull It Off?
Jan 09, 2023
The Era Of “Loud Layoffs” Is Here
Dec 19, 2022
How “Over Saving” Can Hurt You
Dec 12, 2022
What If You Could Spend MORE Than You’d Planned
Nov 21, 2022
Numbers Don’t Lie…Do Yours Add Up
Nov 14, 2022
An Interview With Country Music Star Jason Aldean
Nov 08, 2022
What You Think You Need Vs. What You Actually Need
Nov 07, 2022
What Is “Sequence Of Returns” Risk
Oct 24, 2022
Many Have Opinions, But Few Seem To Agree
Oct 17, 2022
Taking The Tax Advantages Of A Down Market
Oct 10, 2022
Can You Pass The Balance Test
Sep 26, 2022
The 60/40 Portfolio Is Having Its Worst Year Since 1936
Sep 19, 2022
What Google Reveals About Your Financial Worries
Sep 12, 2022
Hall of Famer Ray Lewis Preaches About “Mental Wealth”
Sep 07, 2022
Keeping Up With The Everchanging Tax Rules
Aug 29, 2022
Smart Vs. Wise, What’s The Difference
Aug 22, 2022
The Psychology Of Money; Book Talk; Seeking Financial Help; Taxes
Aug 08, 2022
Recession and Inflation; Tax Season; Book Talk; 60 40 Rule
Aug 01, 2022
Recession; NASA; Finding a Financial Advisor
Jul 25, 2022
Bear Market; Comfortable Retirement; Social Security Taxes
Jul 11, 2022
Cockroach Portfolio; Market Reality; Long Term Care Insurance
Jun 27, 2022
Mike Pence; Recession and Financial Knowledge
Jun 20, 2022
Inflation and Social Security
May 30, 2022
Social Media; Warren Buffett; Estate Plans and 401k's
May 23, 2022
Crypto, Inflation and Lowering Your Taxes
Apr 18, 2022
Tax Planning, Expectations in the Market and 401k Fees
Apr 11, 2022
Inflation, Fees and Dolly Parton
Apr 04, 2022
Working Longer, ROTH IRA's and Tricky Retirement Decisions
Mar 21, 2022
Reacting To Market Volatility
Mar 14, 2022
Stocks And The World Situation
Mar 07, 2022
Inflation and Risk Tolerance
Feb 14, 2022
Wild Volatility
Feb 07, 2022
Rebalancing Your Assets & Risk Tolerance
Jan 31, 2022
What Will Happen With The Market This Year
Jan 17, 2022
Rapid Inflation and Millennials
Dec 13, 2021
Lazy Cash
Dec 06, 2021
Skimpflation
Nov 22, 2021
Inflation and Taxes
Nov 01, 2021
End Of Year Planning
Oct 25, 2021
Are All Couples On The Same Page?
Oct 18, 2021
Most Satisfying & Tax Resolution
Oct 11, 2021
Replacing Bonds In Your Portfolio
Oct 04, 2021
When To Turn On Your Social Security
Sep 27, 2021
Reduce Your Tax Burden
Sep 20, 2021
Goal of Retirement and Finding Clients Money
Sep 06, 2021
Pensions And Planning Properly
Aug 30, 2021
New Millionaires
Aug 02, 2021
401k's - Roth Or Not Roth
Jul 26, 2021
Retirement Concerns
Jul 19, 2021
Asset Rich & Written Plans
Jul 05, 2021
Grandkids & Inflation
Jun 28, 2021
Inflation
Jun 14, 2021
Black Swan Event
May 24, 2021
Marriage And Finances
May 24, 2021
Biden's Tax Hikes
May 17, 2021
Unknown Fees In Your Portfolio
May 03, 2021
401k's And Your Taxes
Apr 26, 2021
Annuities
Apr 12, 2021
Lowering Your Spending In Retirement - Annuities
Apr 02, 2021
The National Debt
Mar 29, 2021
Replacing Your Paycheck In Retirement
Mar 22, 2021
Robo Advisors
Mar 15, 2021
Takeaways From 2020
Mar 08, 2021
Volatility In The Market
Feb 22, 2021
Role-Playing For Your Retiement
Feb 15, 2021
Optimistic For 2021
Dec 14, 2020
The Economy And Spending
Dec 07, 2020
Finding The Right Financial Advisor
Nov 30, 2020
Long Term Care
Nov 23, 2020
ROTH Conversions and RMD's
Nov 06, 2020
The Debate and Charitable Giving In Taxes
Oct 30, 2020
ROTH Retirement Accounts & Your Retirement Paycheck
Oct 09, 2020
Netflix & Selling Your Small Business
Sep 25, 2020
Estate Planning & Making Money Last In Retirement
Sep 11, 2020
Election Gridlock - Spam - Couples' Portfolios
Aug 28, 2020
Stocks In Retirement And This Financial Crisis
Aug 21, 2020
Inflation In Retirement
Aug 07, 2020
Hidden Fees In Your Portfolio
Aug 03, 2020
Early Retirement and The Upcoming Presidential Election
Jul 17, 2020
MLB Pensions and Annuities
Jul 13, 2020
What's The Most Important Part When Planning For Retirement?
Jul 06, 2020
Having The Right Tools For Retirement
Jun 29, 2020
Finding The Right Advisor & Preparing For The Next Bear Market
Jun 22, 2020
Financial Plans & The Five Steps To Retirement
Jun 12, 2020
Handling Your Own Finances
Jun 05, 2020
How Frank Got Into The Retirement Business; What's In Store With Their Online Webinars
May 22, 2020
How to Prepare for Times Like These
May 18, 2020
What To Do With Your 401k's After Layoffs
May 11, 2020
Things To Do And Not To Do In This Downturn
May 07, 2020
Getting Your House in Order and The New Stimulus Package
May 01, 2020