Ray Brown's Wealth Strategies

Ray Brown’s Wealth Strategies helps retirees and those approaching retirement make more informed decisions about their money, income, and financial future. Drawing from decades of experience, Ray Brown breaks down retirement planning topics such as market risk, guaranteed income, Social Security, life insurance, long-term care, required minimum distributions, and building a financial strategy that reflects your personal comfort level. Through practical explanations, real client stories, special guests, and questions from Ray’s Mailbox, each episode explores ways to reduce uncertainty and create a retirement plan built around your individual goals, needs, and circumstances. Whether retirement is several years away or already here, Ray’s goal is to help you better understand where you stand and what steps may help you move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

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  Episode #4

  Does Your Portfolio Still Match Your Comfort Zone?

  Aug 24, 20266 minS1

  <p>Your financial strategy should reflect your personal circumstances, not a cookie-cutter formula. In this episode, Ray discusses how spouses can have very different attitudes toward risk and why age, health, retirement income, and individual goals should all influence the way a portfolio is structured.</p><p>Ray examines underperforming accounts, ongoing advisory fees, and the importance of understanding whether the service you receive justifies what you are paying. He also explains why diversification may involve more than simply owning different stocks or mutual funds, introducing a two-bucket approach that combines market-based investments with insured or guaranteed assets.</p><p>...

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  Episode #3

  A Lifetime of Financial Planning: One Client’s 40-Year Journey

  Aug 17, 202618 minS1

  <p>Financial planning is rarely a one-time transaction. It changes as your career, family, health, and retirement needs evolve.</p><p>In this episode, Ray is joined by longtime client and friend Mike Shusda, who shares how their financial planning relationship began in the 1980s. What started with protecting Mike’s wife and young son through life insurance eventually grew to include pension decisions, retirement income, market investments, long-term care coverage, required minimum distributions, and planning for future generations.</p><p>Mike explains how he selected a pension option designed to continue supporting his wife, why he maintains both guaranteed an...

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  Episode #2

  Why Retirees Need Professional Guidance More Than Ever

  Aug 10, 202612 minS1

  <p>Retirement planning has become increasingly complicated, but uncertainty does not have to control your financial future. In this episode, Ray explains why many retirees are more afraid of running out of money than they are of dying and how professional planning may help ease that fear.</p><p>Ray discusses the role of guaranteed lifetime income, including how certain income strategies may be used as a bridge while delaying Social Security benefits. He also introduces an analytical retirement planning tool that evaluates income, spending, inflation, taxes, Social Security, pensions, required distributions, and other financial factors to help determine the...

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  Ray Brown's Wealth Strategies

  Can Your Retirement Survive a Market Downturn?

  Aug 3, 202616 minS1

  <p>After several strong years in the stock market, many retirees may be taking on more risk than they realize. In the premiere episode of Ray Brown’s Wealth Strategies, Ray explains why recent market gains can create a false sense of security and why your current portfolio may no longer reflect your true comfort level.</p><p>Ray introduces his one-to-ten risk tolerance scale and explains how retirees can balance growth potential with financial guarantees through a two-bucket retirement strategy. He also discusses the dangers of withdrawing income during a market decline, why time becomes increasingly important near retirement, an...

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