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David is asked about the pros and cons of the Indexed Universal Life – or LIRP – and what to look for when researching it. As far as LIRPs are concerned, David suggests looking for contracts that are both tax- and cost-free. David discusses some…

David shares that he got into the industry during the “calm before the storm.” It was 1997 and, during the State of the Union, President Bill Clinton announced that the national deficit was simply zero. Today, less than 25 years later, the…

There’s this belief among financial experts that life insurance is the financial silver bullet. However, as David explains, that’s not 100% accurate.  Yes, life insurance can mitigate every retirement risk and solve all forms of retirement…

David shares that the 2022 Trustees Report raises a sharp warning cry about the catastrophic short- and long-term trajectories of the Social Security program. The surplus that had built up over the years as Baby Boomers plowed money into the Social…

One of David’s jobs as the host of the Power of Zero Show is to constantly remind listeners of the horrifying fiscal outlook the U.S. is facing. This episode looks at components that are contributing to this “fiscal apocalypse”. David Walker,…

Life insurance retirement plans or LIRPs are long-term propositions. They only really work if you think of them like a marriage, meaning they work best if it’s until death do you part.  Don’t start an LIRP unless you’re planning on dying while…

Today’s episode addresses the question ‘Do we continue to let inflation run roughshod over our purchasing power, or do we raise interest rates and risk plunging our country into a recession?’ David states that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell…

This episode focuses on the unsettling math behind Dave Ramsey’s recommendation to buy term and invest the difference. David shares the definition of the ‘Buy Term and Invest the Difference’ approach, and talks about Ramsey’s claim that…

David shares a stat from the US Labor Department: as of May 11th, inflation over the last 12 months through April of 2022 has been 8.3%. David explains that the general belief is that inflation doesn’t necessarily translate to more taxes because the…

“I don’t want to pay the taxes on my Roth Conversion” is the single greatest objection David sees every week. David believes that whoever makes that argument is basically saying that they don’t want to pre-emptively pay a tax before the IRS…