Financial Life Planning for Busy Parents

By Mike Morton, CFP®, RLP®, ChFC®

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Are you super busy with your career, kids, and life? Discover ways to get organized and enjoy a wonderful life! We cover smart strategies for personal finance, investing, and how to enjoy your time and money. Breakthrough the complicated financial landscape with easy-to-understand information that you can actually follow. I discuss how to become wealthy: tips and habits to change in your life to achieve financial freedom. I dive into topics such as savings, investing, education planning, insurance, tax planning, and more. If it's related to financial planning and financial success, you can be sure we'll cover it. I love to discuss listener questions, so please connect and follow me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwsmorton

Episode Date
Home Hack: Live with your Mom (in-law)
May 13, 2024
Don’t Fall for Flashy Headlines: Shiller PE Ratio
Apr 30, 2024
Don’t be Daft, use a DAF: Donor Advised Fund
Apr 23, 2024
The Joker Fund
Apr 16, 2024
IRA Beneficiaries: It’s all about the Benjamins
Apr 09, 2024
Don’t Panic: Overcoming Financial Avoidance
Mar 26, 2024
Dude, Where's My Money?
Mar 12, 2024
Top Secret Asset Locations
Mar 05, 2024
Anne Lester on Personal Finance
Feb 13, 2024
Risk: Why Timeframe Matters
Feb 06, 2024
Bitcoin ETF
Jan 30, 2024
Financial Portfolio Yearly Review Checklist
Jan 23, 2024
How to use your After-Tax 401k Contributions
Jan 09, 2024
Year End Review: What you did well and what to improve?
Jan 02, 2024
They can make you want to rollover
Dec 20, 2023
How to Hire a Financial Advisor
Dec 12, 2023
I’ve made the list, you check it twice
Dec 05, 2023
Not Your Father’s Personality Test
Nov 21, 2023
Set and Forget
Nov 14, 2023
Cut the Cords
Nov 07, 2023
Ongoing Costs
Oct 31, 2023
Beneficiaries
Oct 24, 2023
Three Account Types and Why You Need to Know About Them
Oct 17, 2023
Traditional 401k vs. Roth 401k – Which is truly better?
Oct 03, 2023
529 Masterclass: Three strategies to maximize the benefits of education savings plans
Sep 26, 2023
The 411 on 529’s
Sep 19, 2023
Attention
Sep 12, 2023
Should I Pay Down my Mortgage?
Sep 05, 2023
The icy grip of death awaits you ☠️
Aug 29, 2023
Be More Aggressive
Aug 22, 2023
Inflation is a Drag
Aug 15, 2023
The Logistics Matter
Aug 08, 2023
Read the Ingredients – Even on your investment funds
Aug 01, 2023
Your Life Doesn’t Matter
Jul 25, 2023
Rich vs. Wealthy
Jul 11, 2023
Choosing an Estate Trustee
Jul 04, 2023
Financial Misunderstandings
Jun 13, 2023
How to Beat the Stock Market
May 30, 2023
HSA’s: Healthy Retirement Saving
Apr 25, 2023
Clean Back Door Roth IRA
Apr 18, 2023
Get Your Parents to Pay
Apr 11, 2023
Portfolio for Kids
Apr 04, 2023
Ep. 100: Top 5 Brilliant Money Hacks to Save you Thousands
Mar 28, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank
Mar 21, 2023
5-Minute Savings for Kids
Mar 14, 2023
Should I Finance a New (or used) Car?
Mar 07, 2023
Secure Act 2.0
Jan 24, 2023
One Thing
Jan 18, 2023
Feel Good About Investing
Dec 13, 2022
End of Year Portfolio
Nov 29, 2022
Private Schools
Nov 15, 2022
Interest Rates
Nov 08, 2022
Kids and Money (Part 2)
Nov 01, 2022
Kids and Money
Oct 25, 2022
Taxes: How Much Do You Really Know?
Oct 11, 2022
Student Loan Forgiveness
Oct 04, 2022
You Can’t Beat the Market
Sep 27, 2022
Why I paid off my HELOC
Sep 14, 2022
Education Savings: All About 529’s
Aug 30, 2022
Education Savings
Aug 23, 2022
Invest Early and Wisely
Aug 16, 2022
Be Alert to Spend Less
Aug 09, 2022
The Value of a Financial Advisor
Aug 02, 2022
Unhurried Time
Jul 26, 2022
Good to the Last Drop
Jul 19, 2022
Mortgage Payoffs
Jul 05, 2022
Retirement Savings: How much?!?
Jun 28, 2022
Official Bear Market: What To Do
Jun 22, 2022
Intentional Attention (Part 2)
Jun 14, 2022
Attention: Don’t Make Your Family Compete With Your Phone
Jun 07, 2022
Protect Your Loved Ones: Estate Planning 101
May 31, 2022
How to Spend: Wait a Week
May 24, 2022
(Part 2) Set up Automatic Savings – Your Future Self with Thank You
May 17, 2022
(Part 1) Set up Automatic Savings – Your Future Self will Thank You
May 17, 2022
What is Your Plan for a Bear Market?
May 10, 2022
Teaching Kids About Money
May 03, 2022
Healthy Spending: Avoid Advertising
Apr 19, 2022
What is Human Capital and Why Does it Matter?
Apr 12, 2022
How To Spend: Focus on Healthy Spending
Apr 05, 2022
How to Handle Having Many 401k, IRA, and Other Bank Accounts
Mar 29, 2022
What Apps Do You Use? (Part 1)
Mar 22, 2022
What Apps Do You Use? (Part 2)
Mar 22, 2022
Wars and Investing
Mar 15, 2022
SEP-IRA vs. Solo 401k?
Mar 08, 2022
Masterclass: ETF vs. Mutual Funds (Part 2)
Mar 01, 2022
Masterclass: ETF vs. Mutual Funds
Mar 01, 2022
You Might be Losing $100k in Fees
Feb 22, 2022
How to Pay for Education Expenses
Feb 15, 2022
How to Invest in the Current Market Environment
Feb 08, 2022
Interest Rates Rising
Feb 01, 2022
I’m 18 Years Old. How Should I Think About Investing?
Jan 25, 2022
Target Date Funds
Jan 18, 2022
Why Figure Out Your Net Worth?
Jan 11, 2022
Which Account Do I Use First?
Jan 04, 2022
2021 In Review
Dec 28, 2021
Use a Donor Advised Fund to Save on Taxes
Dec 21, 2021
Portfolio Rebalancing: Keep Risk in Check
Dec 14, 2021
What is Freedom Investing?
Dec 07, 2021
8 Tips to Pay Less Tax Continued
Nov 30, 2021
8 Tips to Maximize Tax Savings
Nov 30, 2021
Tax Strategies when donating 100% of your Income to Charity
Nov 23, 2021
Treasury Bonds at 7%? Yes please.
Nov 16, 2021
Financial Planning for the Great Resignation
Nov 09, 2021
How Do You Tax Unrealized Capital Gains for Billionaires?
Nov 02, 2021
Save Money With Smart Year-End Tax Planning
Oct 26, 2021
Should you Invest in this Hot investment?
Oct 19, 2021
How to use your HSA as a Retirement Account
Oct 12, 2021
What do your Investments Cost?
Oct 05, 2021
The Lesson I Learned in March 2020
Sep 28, 2021
Has Risk Changed?
Sep 21, 2021
How you should think about Risk
Sep 14, 2021
How Billionaires Avoid Taxes
Sep 07, 2021
Why Hire a CFP?
Aug 31, 2021
BONUS: Stock Market Bubbles
Aug 24, 2021
Are we in a Stock Bubble?
Aug 17, 2021
BONUS: Index Funds, Robos and Markets
Aug 15, 2021
Why I No Longer Recommend Using Robo-Advisors
Aug 10, 2021
How to Maximize Employer Benefits such as After-Tax 401k and ESPP
Aug 03, 2021
Are you Investing or Speculating?
Jul 27, 2021
How to Invest Your Emergency Fund
Jul 20, 2021
Investing: Active Vs. Passive
Jul 13, 2021
Why a 60/40 Portfolio is Not for You
Jul 06, 2021
Independence Day: Are you Financially Free?
Jun 29, 2021
Should you invest in Bitcoin?
Jun 22, 2021
How to Prepare for Inflation
Jun 15, 2021
Financial Planning Done Right
Jun 08, 2021
How to create a paycheck in Retirement
Jun 01, 2021
Ep15 – Roth IRA for Minors
May 25, 2021
Ep 14: How to turn $3,000 into $50,000,000!
May 18, 2021
Ep 13: Should you invest in individual stocks?
May 11, 2021
Ep 12: How to invest extra cash into the Stock Market
May 04, 2021
Ep 11: How to think about Insurance to protect you and your family
Apr 27, 2021
Ep 10: After-Tax 401(k) Contributions
Apr 20, 2021
Ep 9: How to use your HSA as a Retirement Account
Apr 13, 2021
Ep 8: How to use a Backdoor Roth
Apr 06, 2021
Ep 7: Which account should I save money next?
Mar 30, 2021
Ep 6: My company just went through an IPO. Now what!?
Mar 23, 2021
Ep 5: What is a Donor Advised Fund and why have one?
Mar 09, 2021
Ep 4: Individual Retirement Accounts: Traditional vs. Roth
Feb 23, 2021
Ep 3: Health Savings Account (HSA) - What is it and how to use it?
Feb 12, 2021
Ep 2: Portfolio Allocation - How to think about your investments
Feb 09, 2021
Ep 1: Stimulus Package - What it means for You
Feb 05, 2021