Episodes

Fixing Problems Inside Your Retirement Plan

Fixing Problems Inside Your Retirement Plan

Ford Stokes & Sam Davis share three quick tips to improve your retirement plan before getting into our Problem Solvers of the week. We also list the top five retirement dreams that Americans have today. Active Wealth Management wants to help you understand your...

Replace Your Bonds & Bank CDs for a Better Retirement

Replace Your Bonds & Bank CDs for a Better Retirement

Ford Stokes & Sam Davis share some of the best strategies for replacing the bonds and bank CDs that are likely holding-back your portfolio. We think you deserve better rates of return on your smart-safe investments! Get Your Complimentary Retirement Plan Today:...

Protect & Grow Your Savings with Smart-Safe Investments

Protect & Grow Your Savings with Smart-Safe Investments

Ford Stokes & Sam Davis share details about some of the best investment tools available today for protecting your retirement income and dealing with inflation. Plus, we welcome Bonnie Dobbs to the show for an interview about changes impacting Medicare recipients...

Bringing Your Retirement Vision to Life

Bringing Your Retirement Vision to Life

Ford Stokes & Sam Davis discuss a quote of the week from Henry Kissinger before explaining why you need to have a vision for your retirement. Plus, Ford welcomes the Executive Director of Veterans for Trump – Jessie Jane Duff – to the show for a segment about the...

How Much Risk Are You Taking with Your Retirement?

How Much Risk Are You Taking with Your Retirement?

Ford Stokes welcomes Sam Davis back to the show as they discuss Team USA’s success at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Then, they get into multiple segments including an all-new Problem Solver, Right or Wrong, and “Just Don’t Do It!” Does your risk tolerance align with your...

Responding to the Market’s Wild Week

Responding to the Market’s Wild Week

On this week’s show, Ford and guest co-host Matt McClure discuss Wall Street’s wild ride in recent days. Why did the latest jobs data contribute to the biggest one day sell-off in two years? They will break it down for you. Plus, putting together a solid retirement...

Timing is Everything: How and When to Reduce Financial Risk

Timing is Everything: How and When to Reduce Financial Risk

This week, Ford welcomes guest co-host Matt McClure to talk about the different risks you face when planning for retirement. They’ll also discuss how important it is to know when to reduce risk – and how to keep your investments safe as you approach your golden years....

Better Alternatives for Your Bonds & Bank CDs

Better Alternatives for Your Bonds & Bank CDs

In this episode, Ford welcomes Josh Lumme to discuss the best alternatives available today for the bonds and bank CDs you may currently have in your retirement portfolio. Is your money working as hard as you do? Schedule your Complimentary Consultation...

Protect Your Retirement from Ongoing Inflation

Protect Your Retirement from Ongoing Inflation

On this episode, Ford discusses the biggest news of the past week with the assassination attempt of Donald Trump. Plus, how can you protect your financial future from ongoing inflation? Ford and Sam share some strategies that you won’t want to miss. Schedule your...

Trump Debates Biden: How the Election Will Affect Retirees

Trump Debates Biden: How the Election Will Affect Retirees

Ford Stokes and Sam Davis discuss the first presidential debate of 2024 and explain how the government plays a role in your retirement plan. Schedule your Complimentary Consultation now: RetirementResults.com/plan For More Information & to Check Out Previous...

Creating a Retirement Plan with Pension-like Income

Creating a Retirement Plan with Pension-like Income

Ford Stokes and Sam Davis discuss how you can include pension-like income in your retirement plan and beat the current bank CD rates with MYGA alternatives. Schedule your Complimentary Consultation now: RetirementResults.com/plan For More Information & to...

How to Start a Personal Pension & Retire with Confidence

How to Start a Personal Pension & Retire with Confidence

Ford Stokes and Sam Davis explain how you can prepare for retirement by establishing an income plan that includes a personal pension from fixed indexed annuities. June is Annuity Awareness Month – please reach out to us with your questions and to look at the best...

How to Protect Your Buying Power in Retirement

How to Protect Your Buying Power in Retirement

On this week’s show, Ford and Sam share some tips to help you protect your buying power from inflation as you navigate retirement. In this episode, you will also hear an example of how we recently helped a listener in our Problem Solver of the week. Plus, we debut an all-new segment to celebrate special retirees. 

Sunny Money: How to Improve Your Financial Outlook this Summer

Sunny Money: How to Improve Your Financial Outlook this Summer

This week, Ford and Sam offer valuable tips and strategies to help you improve your financial outlook this summer. Plus, we share a problem solver of the week and some important things you will want to do once your nest egg reaches $500,000 to better protect and grow your hard-earned money. 

Beat the Bank CDs and Build a Better Retirement

Beat the Bank CDs and Build a Better Retirement

On this week’s episode, Ford shares some key inflation data that was recently released before welcoming Vertical Vision’s Josh Lumme to discuss the best bank cd alternatives and personal pension solutions for your retirement plan. 

How to Create a Super Personal Pension for Your Retirement

How to Create a Super Personal Pension for Your Retirement

Ford Stokes and Sam Davis discuss how the right kinds of annuities can give you both cashflow and cash value throughout your retirement. They address common questions from pre-retirees and retirees and explain how you can get started with a complimentary financial plan today.

Avoid These Financial Pitfalls for a Better Retirement

Avoid These Financial Pitfalls for a Better Retirement

Ford Stokes and Sam Davis share some of the most common financial mistakes they encounter when helping people prepare for a successful retirement. We also highlight some common misconceptions in a new edition of “right or wrong”. For More Information & to Check...

Are You Ready for Retirement?

Are You Ready for Retirement?

Ford Stokes and Sam Davis share a checklist of six essential steps investors should be taking as they prepare for retirement. Have you met with a fiduciary advisor who can help you reduce risk, taxes and fees? Call Retirement Results now at (770) 685-1777 Schedule...

The Ultimate Tax Guide for 2024: How to Build Tax-Free Wealth

The Ultimate Tax Guide for 2024: How to Build Tax-Free Wealth

On this episode, Ford Stokes and Sam Davis share some important reminders and valuable insights ahead of Tax Day 2024. Plus, what are America’s seniors loving (and regretting) about their retirement? We share the results of a recent survey and think you'll find it...

Spring Cleaning for Your Money: How to Declutter Your Finances

Spring Cleaning for Your Money: How to Declutter Your Finances

Ford Stokes and Sam Davis share seven tips to help you take action today and start “spring cleaning” your financial life. Also on this show, pensions are a valuable tool for retirement planning – but do you know what to do if your job doesn’t offer a pension plan? Let...