Episode 1: Introduction to Five-Minute Finance

Our first episode introduces you to the concept of Five-Minute Finance. Instead of long episodes that might not be beneficial to you, we’re going to stay above the weeds to review various financial concepts with you.


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Ep 1: Introduction to Five-Minute Finance
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Ep 1: Introduction to Five-Minute Finance
A man standing in front of a dome discusses the importance of an emergency fund. Keywords used: man, dome, emergency fund.
3:12
Ep 10: Your Emergency Fund
Investment firms offer trusted contact service for clients. Keywords used: Investment firms, trusted contact
4:12
Ep 11: Trusted Contact and You
A man in a red shirt is standing in front of a dome, discussing how to value your business (Ep 12).
4:03
Ep 12: How to Value Your Business
A man in a black shirt while many people are taiwanese with the benefit.
3:48
Ep 13: Make Roth 401(k)s Work For You
A man is standing in front of an ornate ceiling.
4:38
Ep 14: What is a 1035 Exchange
A man in a blue shirt stands in front of a dome, discussing universal life policies.
3:54
Ep 15: Understanding Universal Life Polcies
A man in a red shirt explores the power of having a will in place.
Ep 16: The Power of a Will
A man is standing in front of a dome.
3:31
Ep 17: Making Estimated Tax Payments
Start receiving benefits at age 22 thanks to the decision on when to take social security.
3:35
Ep 18: The Decision on When to Take Social Security
A man in a red shirt is standing in front of a dome, discussing self-insurance.
3:27
Ep 19: How to Self-Insure
A man in a black shirt is standing in front of a dome discussing second marriages and estates.
2:52
Ep 2: Second Marriages & Your Estate
A man in a black shirt standing in front of a dome contemplates unexpected tax consequences.
2:43
Ep 20: Unexpected Tax Consequence of Living Too Long
Ep 21: A man in a black shirt is standing in front of a dome talking about credit scores.
3:24
Ep 21: The Lowdown on Credit Scores
A man is standing in front of a dome.
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Ep 22: Types of Stock Market Analysis
Ep 23: A man in a blue shirt standing in front of a dome discussing trends in charitable giving
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Ep 23: Trends in Charitable Giving
In Episode 24, a man in a blue shirt discusses the concept of personal savings rate.
2:41
Ep 24: What is Personal Savings Rate
Ep 25: Understanding Sequence of Returns and Its Impact on Excitability.
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Ep 25: When Sequence of Returns is Important
Traditional individual retirement accounts
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Ep 26: Why Use a Traditional or Roth IRA
A man standing in a library.
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Ep 27: What Can You Buy with a 529 Plan Distribution
A man in a red shirt standing in front of a library investigates the mystery.
3:45
Ep 28: The Mystery of the S&P 500 Index
A man standing in front of a dome.
3:11
Ep 29: The Economic Journey of Your Cup of Coffee
A man in a black shirt standing in front of a retirement dome.
3:16
Ep 3: Greatest Retirement Fear
Life holds great debates - Ep 30: Active vs Passive Management.
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Ep 30: The Great Debate – Active vs Passive Management
A man in a blue shirt discusses the Five Basics of Financial Literacy in episode 31.
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Ep 31: Five Basics of Financial Literacy
A man in a blue shirt standing in front of a dome, discussing Medicare benefits.
5:01
Ep 32: Understanding Your Medicare Benefits
Ep 33: How Procrastination Can Affect Your Financial Life featuring a man standing in front of a dome.
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Ep 33: How Procrastination Can Affect Your Financial Life
A man is standing in front of a dome while discussing the cost of medical care.
4:20
Ep 34: The Cost of Medical Care – To Self-Insure or Not
A man in a blue shirt sheds light on some unbelievable tax deductions.
3:36
Ep 35: Tax Deductions You Won’t Believe
Ep 36: Systematic Withdrawals in Retirement for regular income concept, growing up.
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Ep 36: Systematic Withdrawals in Retirement
A man in a blue shirt documenting the health consequences of teen drinking.
2:34
Ep 37: Teen Drinking and Your Liability
Ep 38: Learn the tax rules when you sell your home and understand how to maximize gain from the sale of a primary residence.
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Ep 38: Tax Rules When You Sell Your Home
Ep 39: Strategies for Managing Your Student Loan Debt
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Ep 39: Strategies for Managing Your Student Loan Debt
A man in a black shirt volunteering in front of a dome.
2:53
Ep 4: Volunteering in Retirement
A man in a red shirt discusses how to succeed at succession planning.
3:53
Ep 40: How to Succeed at Succession Planning
Zero Coupon Bonds
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Ep 41: The ABC’s of Zero Coupon Bonds
Ep 42: Maximizing Your Social Security Benefit focuses on understanding social security and maximizing benefits.
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Ep 42: Maximizing Your Social Security Benefit
A man in a blue shirt standing in front of a dome learns how to stop wasting money in Episode 43.
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Ep 43: Stop Wasting Money!
Ep 44: A man in a black shirt explores the wonderful world of Silver Sneakers.
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Ep 44: The Wonderful World of Silver Sneakers
Ep 45: Calculate Social Security benefits.
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Ep 45: How Much Social Security Will You Receive
A man in a black shirt is standing in front of a dome while discussing Roth IRA for Teens.
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Ep 46: Starting a Roth IRA for Teens
A man is standing in front of a dome.
3:28
Ep 47: Spotting Credit Trouble
A man in a red shirt with an investment decision.
3:01
Ep 48: Understanding Investment Risk – The Risk Perspective
Separating Signal, Noise, Financial Professional
3:19
Ep 49: Separating the Signal from the Noise – A Role of Your Financial Professional
A man in a black shirt standing in front of a dome discusses the benefits of prepaid debit cards.
3:34
Ep 5: Benefits of Prepaid Debit Cards
A man in a red shirt is standing in front of a dome, discussing compound interest and the benefits of early savings.
3:17
Ep 50: Let Time Work for You: Saving Early & The Power of Compound Interest
Ep 51: Saving Social Security discusses the man in a red shirt who represents social security.
5:54
Ep 51: Saving Social Security
A man in a blue shirt providing information on health care expenses during retirement according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
2:39
Ep 52: Don’t Get Caught Off Guard: What You Need to Know About Health Care Expenses During Retirement
A man in a blue shirt with the words according to the kaiser family foundation discusses health care expenses during retirement.
2:39
Ep 52: Don’t Get Caught Off Guard: What You Need to Know About Health Care Expenses During Retirement
A man wondered what it would be like on Super Bowl Sunday.
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Ep 53: Super Bowl Sunday: The Big Business Behind America’s Favorite Game
A man standing in a library.
2:25
Ep 54: Maximizing Your Retirement Income
A man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a hotel room, maximizing spring break with fun on a budget.
4:18
Ep 55: Maximizing Spring Break – Fun on a Budget Tips and Tricks
Ep 56: Understanding Inflation Metrics - Explores inflation metrics and their significance.
3:40
Ep 56: Understanding Inflation Metrics
Ep 57: A man standing in front of a dome highlighting the importance of trust for those struggling with gambling or alcohol addiction.
3:16
Ep 57: Why You Need a Trust, Especially If You Have an Imperfect Family
A man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a dome, discussing financial planning and coaching.
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Ep 58: Financial Planning and Coaching – Surprising Similarities
A man standing in front of a dome.
3:19
Ep 59: Making Sense of a Home Warranty
A certified financial planner discusses extended care coverage in front of a library.
4:36
Ep 6: Extended Care Coverage
A man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a library during Ep 60: Top Dog Costs: Understanding the Financial Commitment of Dog Ownership.
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Ep 60: Top Dog Costs: Understanding the Financial Commitment of Dog Ownership
A man is standing in front of a dome with the words fear, IRS, financial planner.
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Ep 61: Avoiding an IRS Audit: Tips and Tricks from a Financial Planner
Understanding financial information, to pay off or not to pay off.
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Ep 62: To Pay Off or Not to Pay Off -That is the Question
A man standing in front of a ceiling in Ep 63: Understanding the Link Between Currency Value and Inflation in the United States.
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Ep 63: Understanding the Link Between Currency Value and Inflation in the United States
A man in a black shirt who is a certified financial planner discusses strategies for avoiding the pitfalls of probate and protecting your legacy.
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Ep 64: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Probate: Protecting Your Legacy
A man in a blue shirt discusses the impact of account titling on FDIC insurance coverage.
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Ep 65: How Account Titling Affects Your FDIC Insurance Coverage
Retirement discussions
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Ep 66: Preparing for Retirement: More Than Just Money Matters
Ep 67: March Madness - The Financial Impact of America's Favorite Basketball Tournament, featuring a man in a blue shirt welcoming you to five minute finance.
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Ep 67: March Madness: The Financial Impact of America’s Favorite Basketball Tournament
Where help you understand complex financial concepts? Ep 68: Different Asset Classes.
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Ep 68: Understanding Different Asset Classes for Successful Investing
A man in a blue shirt navigating finances as a couple.
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Ep 69: Money and Marriage – Navigating Finances as a Couple
A man in a black shirt is standing in front of a dome during Ep 7: Medicare Coverage Gaps.
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Ep 7: Medicare Coverage Gaps
A man in a black shirt standing in front of a dome building.
3:57
Ep 70: Buiding Your Emergency Fund – A Step-By-Step Guide
Finacial understanding of uninsured motorists.
3:23
Ep 71: Don’t Get Stuck with the Bill – How to Protect Yourself From Uninsured Motorists
Ep 72: A man in a black shirt navigates the retirement realities, bridging the gap between expectations and reality in five minutes finance.
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Ep 72: Retirement Realities – Navigating the Gap Between Expectations and Reality
A man in a black shirt discussing inheritance and what you need to know on Ep 73 of Five Minute Finance.
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Ep 73: Navigating Inheritance – What You Need to Know
Ep 74: The Price of Living - A Deep Dive into American Spending Habits featuring a man in a black shirt.
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Ep 74: The Price of Living – A Deep Dive into American Spending Habits
A man in a black shirt discussing the importance of proper life insurance coverage on episode 75 of Five Minute Finance.
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Ep 75: The Importance of Proper Life Insurance Coverage
Podcast episode about the business cycle's impact on economic fluctuations.
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Ep 76: The Economic Roller Coaster – A Look at the Business Cycle
Ep 77: A man in a red shirt explaining how donating appreciated stocks can help your taxes and charity.
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Ep 77: Give and Save: How Donating Appreciated Stocks Can Help Your Taxes and Charity
A man in a red shirt comprehends the contrasting characteristics of Mutual Funds and ETFs.
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Ep 78: Understanding the Key Differences Between Mutual Funds and ETFs
A man in a blue shirt shares last-minute tips for filing taxes on episode 79 of "Five Minute Finance.
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Ep 79: Maximize Your Tax Return: Last-Minute Tips for Filing Taxes
Psychologically Ready To Retire
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Ep 8: Being Psychologically Ready To Retire
A man in a red shirt warns viewers about the top 5 retirement pitfalls to avoid on Episode 80 of Five Minute Finance.
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Ep 80: The Top 5 Retirement Pitfalls to Avoid
In Ep 81 of five minute finance, a man in a red shirt discusses protecting your business from the loss of a key person.
3:45
Ep 81: Protecting Your Business from the Loss of a Key Person
A man in a maroon shirt with the text find news in just minutes.
3:32
Ep 82: Don’t Let Floods Leave You High & Dry: Tips for Protecting Your Home
A man in a black shirt discusses the importance of a letter of instruction for planning one's legacy in the latest episode of Five Minute Finance.
3:52
Ep 83: Plan for Your Legacy – The Importance of a Letter of Instruction
A man standing in front of a dome.
4:21
Ep 84: Unlocking Medicare: Qualifying Before 65
A man in a blue shirt standing in front of a dome discusses smart ways to use your tax refund.
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Ep 85: 8 Smart Ways to Use Your Tax Refund
Podcast, financial concepts.
5:41
Ep 86: Caring for Aging Parents – How to Have the Difficult Conversations
Ep 87: A man in a blue shirt smiling in front of a dome discusses retiree health care coverage overseas.
3:50
Ep 87: Retiree Health Care Coverage Overseas
Ep 88: Don't Get Caught in the Rain: A man in a blue shirt standing in front of a dome shares the benefits of umbrella liability insurance.
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Ep 88: Don’t Get Caught in the Rain: The Benefits of Umbrella Liability Insurance
A man in a blue shirt finds financial news in minutes.
3:57
Ep 89: Don’t Let Indecision Hurt Your Financial Future
A man in a black shirt standing in front of a dome discusses insurance after divorce.
3:14
Ep 9: Insurance After Divorce
A man in a blue shirt standing in front of a library while discussing practical tips for parents of children with special needs.
3:51
Ep 90: Protecting Your Child’s Future – Practical Tips for Parents of Children with Special Needs
A man in a black shirt discusses retirement challenges for women in another edition of five minute finance.
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Ep 91: Conquering Retirement Challenges for Women
Podcast, complex financial concepts
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Ep 92: Coping with Loss – Estate Checklist
A man in a black shirt helps to decode Medicare.
5:12
Ep 93: Decoding Medicare
A man in a maroon shirt standing in front of a dome, discussing how the Fed Reserve shapes the economy and ensures financial stability.
5:24
Ep 94: How the Fed Reserve Shapes the Economy & Ensures Financial Stability