Smart Retirement Planning
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Weekly Retirement Education to Help You Retire with Confidence.
Editorial Join Zac Blackerby and Ford Stokes, RSSA®, MBA, each week on The Smart Retirement Plan Show as they discuss the retirement topics that matter most to today's pre-retirees and retirees.
From Social Security and retirement income planning to taxes, Medicare, investment strategies, estate planning, and protecting your family's financial future, every episode is designed to help you make smarter financial decisions for retirement.
Whether retirement is just around the corner or you've already retired, our goal is simple:
Help You Build a Smarter Retirement Plan.
Welcome to the
Smart Retirement Plan Show
Retirement should be one of the most enjoyable chapters of your life.
Unfortunately, for many Americans, it has become one of the most confusing.
Questions about Social Security, inflation, taxes, healthcare costs, Medicare, market volatility, Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs), estate planning, and generating dependable retirement income have become increasingly complex.
That's exactly why we created The Smart Retirement Plan Show.
Every week, hosts Zac Blackerby and Ford Stokes, RSSA®, MBA, break down today's most important retirement planning topics into practical, easy-to-understand conversations that help you make informed financial decisions.
No confusing financial jargon.
No scare tactics.
No sales pitches.
Just clear, educational retirement planning designed to help you retire with greater confidence.
Our Mission
Our mission is to educate pre-retirees and retirees so they can make informed financial decisions that help them:
• Generate dependable retirement income
• Maximize Social Security benefits
• Reduce unnecessary taxes
• Protect retirement savings from market volatility
• Prepare for healthcare and Medicare expenses
• Plan for long-term care
• Build an estate plan that protects their family
• Leave a lasting financial legacy
We believe retirement planning should never begin with financial products.
It should begin with understanding your goals, your family, and the retirement lifestyle you want to enjoy.
Once those goals are clearly defined, you can build a written retirement plan designed specifically for your life.
What You’ll Learn
Every episode covers topics that can have a meaningful impact on your retirement.
Retirement Income Planning
Learn strategies designed to help create dependable monthly retirement income that supports your lifestyle throughout retirement.
Social Security Planning
Discover how claiming strategies, spousal benefits, survivor benefits, and timing decisions may affect your lifetime retirement income.
Retirement Tax Planning
Understand how proactive tax planning may help reduce taxes during retirement while potentially preserving more of your hard-earned savings.
Investment Management
Learn about portfolio diversification, tactical asset allocation, risk management, and strategies designed to help protect and grow retirement assets.
Medicare Planning
Understand Medicare enrollment, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement plans, prescription drug coverage, and healthcare planning during retirement.
Estate Planning
Learn why wills, trusts, beneficiary designations, and legacy planning are essential parts of a complete retirement plan.
Long-Term Care Planning
Explore ways to prepare for one of retirement's largest financial risks while helping protect your family from unexpected caregiving expenses.
Market Updates
Stay informed on economic news, interest rates, inflation, market trends, retirement legislation, and how these developments may affect retirees.
Never miss an episode of The Smart Retirement Plan Show.
Every week you'll hear timely discussions on retirement planning, Social Security, taxes, investing, Medicare, and retirement income planning.
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Meet Your Hosts
Zac Blackerby
Host
Zac Blackerby is a broadcaster, entrepreneur, and podcast host known for making complex topics approachable and engaging. His conversational interviewing style helps listeners better understand retirement planning through practical discussions and thoughtful questions.
Zac's passion for helping audiences learn makes every episode informative, enjoyable, and easy to follow.
Ford Stokes, RSSA®, MBA
Host
Ford Stokes is a nationally recognized Financial Advisor, Registered Social Security Analyst (RSSA®), author of The Smart Retirement Plan, financial radio show host, member of the Forbes Finance Council, contributor to Forbes.com, and retirement educator.
Ford has spent decades helping individuals and families prepare for retirement by protecting and growing their wealth through comprehensive retirement planning.
His areas of focus include:
• Retirement Income Planning
• Social Security Optimization
• Tax-Efficient Retirement Strategies
• Tactical Asset Allocation
• Strategic Investment Management
• Medicare Planning
• Estate Planning
• Legacy Planning
Ford believes every family deserves a written retirement plan that provides confidence, clarity, and financial independence throughout retirement.
Get Your Complimentary Copy of
The Smart Retirement Plan
Planning for retirement doesn't have to be overwhelming.
Ford's new book, The Smart Retirement Plan, provides practical retirement education covering:
• Retirement Income
• Social Security
• Retirement Taxes
• Medicare
• Investing
• Estate Planning
• Long-Term Care
• Retirement Rules
• Creating Your Own Retirement Paycheck
Download your complimentary digital copy today.
It deserves a written plan.
Join thousands of listeners who tune in each week to gain practical retirement planning insights designed to help them make smarter financial decisions.