Summary: Today on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast, Bryan talks with Mike Egan, the author of Your Stronger Financial Future. In the book, Mike details several popular myths about social security, saving, and investments, and then explains the truth about each one, giving the reader solid knowledge and formulas about how much to save for retirement. Consumerism Commentary Podcast #127 Your Stronger Financial Future: S05E23 / 151 jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#wp_mep_44').mediaelementplayer({ m:1 ,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen'] ,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30 }); }); Download – RSS – iTunes Table of contents [00:00] Introduction from Bryan J Busch [00:33] Interview with Mike Egan – [00:47] Misconceptions – [02:37] Social Security isn’t a ponzi scheme – [07:37] Raising the retirement age – [10:11] Contributions to Social Security? – [11:40] Retirement savings – [14:05] Good debt as an investment – [15:48] 7-year mortgages – [17:31] Emergency fund – [23:12] End We always welcome feedback from listeners. If you have any comments for this episode or for any other, or if you have suggestions for future episodes, please leave us comments here or email us at podcast at this domain name. Theme music by Mindcube. Podcast 127: Your Stronger Financial Future is a post from Consumerism Commentary. New to Consumerism Commentary? Start here.
