5/10/25: To celebrate National Military Appreciation Month, we're joined by Thomas Racca, a personal finance expert and manager of ⁠Navy Federal Credit Union's⁠ Personal Finance Management team, where he manages a team of financial counselors promoting financial literacy and providing budgetary guidance to Navy Federal's members.

5/9/25: If I want my pension to carry over to my wife after I pass, the penalty would be around $12k per year. Would it be smarter to take out a life insurance policy on myself?

5/8/25: I'm 39 years old and have been with my employer for 15 years and plan to retire with them. Am I on track for a retirement around age 59?

5/7/25: Did I pull the retirement plug too early? And if so, should I get a part-time job?

5/6/25: Given the rocky markets we've seen the last few weeks, is this the ideal environment to consider the purchase of an annuity?

5/5/25: We're in our mid 50s and ready to call it quits, can we do it?

5/4/25: I feel like if I can make it to retirement, my wife and I will be okay, but it's the next 10-15 years that gives me a bit of worry.

5/3/25: A recently released survey shows a drop in retirement confidence. Mark and I discuss what it takes to turn this around.

5/2/25: I'm 70 years old and I want to payoff my mortgage ASAP. Should I use my TSP to pay it off?

5/1/25: With some proceeds from a real estate transaction about to come our way, should we invest in the market or wait until things settle down?

4/30/25: I'm only 47, yet I'm burned out and looking to call it quits next year, for good. Can I do it?

4/29/25: After taking a lower paying job, I'm now worried that I might have to work longer than anticipated.

4/28/25: I think we have enough saved for retirement, but given how crazy the world is right now, I need some reassurance.

4/27/25: I'm very burnt out and contemplating leaving my current employer, where I've been for almost 25 years. Will it blow up my financial future?

4/26/25: Stocks fell last week following President Trump's criticism of Fed chair Jerome Powell. This comes after Powell warned tariffs could hurt the U.S. economy. Mark and I discuss.

4/25/25: I was thinking of retiring soon, however with the current state of the stock market I am not sure now is a good time and I want to make sure we have enough to weather a recession.

4/24/25: With a combined income of $320k, should I be making all my retirement contributions Roth?

4/23/25: My goal is to retire in exactly seven years. Am I on track to make this happen?

4/22/25: My husband thinks we don't have enough money to retire, I think we do. Who's right?

4/21/25: With a lot of retirement decisions to be made, we want to make sure we don't mess things up.