Retirement Planning Education, with Andy Panko
Teaching you all about IRAs & Roth IRAs, employer retirement plans, taxes, Social Security, Medicare, portfolio withdrawal strategies, annuities, estate planning and much more!
Retirement Planning Education, with Andy Panko
Latest Episodes
#219 - Q&A edition...paying down a mortgage vs paying tax on Roth conversions, Social Security survivor benefits, converting ALL pre-tax money to Roth, updating account beneficiaries, and MORE!
Listener Q&A where Andy talks about: Whether to use money in a 457b to pay down a mortgage or to pay taxes on Roth conversions ( 7:56 )How Social Security survivor benefits work, and the optimal ages for spouses to...
#218 – "Real" person retirement planning chat with Mark
Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Mark. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when he started getting serious about planning for ret...
#217 - Q&A edition...unrealized gains in brokerage accounts, variable withdrawal strategies, unused 529 funds, protecting against fraud from advisors and MORE!
Listener Q&A where Andy talks about: How to sell and rebalance positions in a brokerage account when they have unrealized gains and you're trying to be tax-efficient about it ( 7:06 )His thoughts on a few different...
#216 - Trump accounts: what they are, how they work, and use cases
Andy discusses the ins and outs of Trump accounts:Legislative backgroundHow to open themHow to fund themInvesting inside themHow to distribute from themReporting around themTaxat...
#215 - Summary of the 2026 annual Social Security trustees report
Andy summarizes the recent 2026 annual Social Security trustees report, including what it would actually mean if the system's trust fund were to deplete, and what changes can be made to ensure that doesn't happenLinks in this ...
