Happy New Year! This week on The Dale Buckner Podcast, Brett Hansen joins Dale to discuss New Year’s resolutions. Brett and Dale list the many different parts to having a successful financial resolution, including having an emergency fund, establishing a budget, and getting out of debt. Tune in this week to learn more about how you can prepare yourself and your family for a financially successful year by using these examples to create your New Year’s resolutions.

This week on The Dale Buckner Podcast, John Kletchka, CPA, joins Dale once again to discuss legacy tax planning. John Kletchka gives his insight into the world of tax planning when it comes to developing a legacy plan. Tune in this week to hear John and Dale discuss the different ways that you can lower taxes when planning your legacy, such as Roth conversions, charitable donations, trusts, and more.

Blurb: This week on The Dale Buckner Podcast, Dale invites John Kletchka, CPA to discuss tips for individuals and businesses regarding their end of year tax planning. John Kletchka and his firm work closely with businesses and individuals alike in the Amarillo area and Texas Panhandle to reduce their tax implications, figure out their deductions, and give insight on the best time to realize gains and losses. Tune in this week to learn more about how you can reduce your tax burdens as the year ends, and how to get a head start on potentially reducing taxes in 2025.

This week on The Dale Buckner Podcast, Teresa returns to the show to share the final part of the 12 Reasons Not to Be Your Own Advisor series. In this episode, Dale and Teresa discuss the remaining behavioral finance principles and the biases that govern how people act, and how these biases can affect one’s investing behavior. Tune in this week to learn more about the biases that may be affecting you or someone you know, how to avoid these biases, and the conclusions that Dale and Teresa have drawn from these principles and biases.

This week on The Dale Buckner Podcast, Brett joins Dale again to discuss tax planning tips to help individuals reduce their tax burdens. Brett and Dale talk about year end tax planning, how to lower your taxes for the current year, and go over lifetime tax planning to help you prepare for retirement with a potentially lower tax bill. Tune in this week to learn more about how tax planning today can help you next year, and for years to come, in reducing your overall tax burden.

This week on The Dale Buckner Podcast, Brett returns to discuss with Dale ways that individuals can earn tax free income during their retirement. From Roth IRAs to Roth conversions and more, Brett and Dale discuss some helpful tips on how to enjoy your retirement income without worrying about paying income tax. Tune in this week to learn more about how you can utilize Roth IRAs, or convert your current IRA to a Roth, to take advantage of the tax-friendly Roth IRA retirement account.

This week on The Dale Buckner Podcast, Dale and Teresa continue their discussions on behavioral finance principles for the second part of the 12 Reasons Not to Be Your Own Advisor. This week, Dale explains the principles of mental accounting, anchoring, time bias, and more. Tune in this week to learn more about how our human instincts and behaviors can be detrimental to investments, and how you can work to avoid falling back on these behaviors when planning your own investments.

This week on The Dale Buckner Podcast, Dale and Teresa begin a multi-part series about the 12 Reasons Not to Be Your Own Advisor. These 12 reasons are based on some of the stand-out behavioral finance principles that are discussed in Make Money, Think Rich. Tune in this week to learn about some of the key points about why emotional investing can be harmful for your investment income, the difference between bulls and bears, and a few of the reasons that being your own advisor might not be in your best interest.