Financial Planning Explained

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP welcomes Kyle Ryan, CFP, one of the financial advisors on staff at Menninger & Associates. This episode is the final leg of a three-part series on Life Insurance Planning. This episode goes into detail about the different uses of life insurance (term vs. permanent), and the design of a life insurance program for a...

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP is again joined by Kyle Ryan, CFP, one of the financial advisors on staff at Menninger & Associates. This is part two of a three-part series on Life Insurance Planning. This episode discusses the different options when designing a life insurance policy, as well as level vs. increasing death benefits. The hosts als...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP sits down with Kyle Ryan, CFP, one of the financial advisors on staff at Menninger & Associates. This is the first of a three-part series on a new topic for this show, Life Insurance Planning. This episode explains the different types of insurances, but really details life insurance and just how important it is. The episode de...

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP discusses a topic long overdue on the show, the Taxation of Trusts. Trusts are used as a very important tool for estate planning, and are commonly used to help effectively transfer wealth to the next generation. In this episode, Mike details Revocable vs. Irrevocable trusts and investing in a trust. He also gives...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP is joined by Kyle Ryan, CFP, one of the financial advisors on staff at Menninger & Associates. This is a timely and important episode that discusses the new SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022. The SECURE 2.0 Act provides extraordinary incentives for small business owners to establish retirement plans for their employees. Kyle and Mike go...

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP sits down with Ryan Keefe and Kyle Ryan, CFP. Ryan and Kyle are two of the financial advisors at Menninger & Associates. This episode touches on a broad scope of topics ranging from asset distribution, paying yourself as a small business owner, and borrowing from a retirement account. This is a very descriptive an...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP is joined again by Ryan Keefe and Kyle Ryan, CFP. Ryan and Kyle are two of the financial advisors at Menninger & Associates. This is a great episode for young professionals in the workforce. Topics include: establishing initial credit, being prepared for a financial emergency, and the most important component of a financial pl...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP welcomes Ryan Keefe and Kyle Ryan, CFP. Ryan and Kyle are two of the financial advisors at Menninger & Associates. In this episode the guys dive into the topic of “When is a good time to start retirement planning?” This episode covers everything from capital gains, inheritance taxes, even the current homebuying conditions.

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP sits down with Ryan Keefe and Kyle Ryan, CFP. Ryan and Kyle are two of the financial advisors at Menninger & Associates. Continuing last weeks discussion in Part 2 of a 2-part series, on what exactly is financial planning, the guys cover the remaining three areas of financial planning, including: Investment Planni...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP is joined again by Ryan Keefe and Kyle Ryan, CFP. Ryan and Kyle are two of the financial advisors at Menninger & Associates. Back by popular demand, the trio continues the series of viewer question & answer. This episode discusses in detail, the first three out of the six areas of financial planning including: Cash Management,...

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP welcomes Ashley Downs and Joel LeBendig. Ashley and Joel are the co-founders of Resync Body Works. In this episode, Ashley, Joel, and Mike discuss the many challenges of breaking away from being an employee to starting their own small business. As a new business owners, Ashley and Joel discuss the evolution of how...

Viewer Q&A Part III with Ryan Keefe & Kyle Ryan, CFP This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP welcomes Ryan Keefe and Kyle Ryan, CFP. Ryan and Kyle are two of the financial advisors at Menninger & Associates. This three-part series covers questions that clients and viewers have asked us over time. In Part III, the panel discusses questions that we get regularly about...

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP sits down with Ryan Keefe and Kyle Ryan, CFP. Ryan and Kyle are two of the financial advisors at Menninger & Associates. This three-part series will cover questions that clients and viewers have asked us over time. In Part II, the panel tackles rebalancing your 401(k), the 60/40 balanced portfolio, and the proper...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP is joined again by Ryan Keefe and Kyle Ryan, CFP. Ryan and Kyle are two of the financial advisors at Menninger & Associates. This three-part series will cover questions that clients and viewers have asked us over time. In Part I, the panel discusses combatting inflation in your retirement portfolio, the Fed raising interest ra...

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP is joined by Ryan Keefe and Kyle Ryan, CFP. Ryan and Kyle are two of the financial advisors at Menninger & Associates. The panel discusses in detail what the investment philosophy is at Menninger & Associates. There are many facets involved in properly choosing investments for clients, and the guys tackle each of...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP sits down with Kyle Ryan, CFA and Nick DeVito. Kyle is a senior advisor at Menninger & Associates and Nick is the newest member of the team. They both have recently dealt with student loan debts, so this topic is very pertinent to the two. With the conversation of student loan forgiveness promised by the White House, millions...

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP is joined again by Thomas Balis, CFA. Thomas is the founder and chief investment officer of Cornerstone Portfolio Research. Cornerstone is the team that Mike’s firm uses as their outsourced Chief Investment Officers, as they serve in the role of assisting Mike’s team in making investment decisions for their client...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP welcomes Thomas Balis, CFA. Thomas is the founder and chief investment officer of Cornerstone Portfolio Research. Cornerstone is the team that Mike’s firm uses as their outsourced Chief Investment Officers, as they serve in the role of assisting Mike’s team in making investment decisions for their client’s managed portfolios....

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP sits down with Brian McCarthy. Brian is the Founder & President of Open Tier Systems. They are a leading provider of IT, VoIP, and Networking solutions and services for small to medium sized businesses. Brian and Mike touch on cyber security for businesses and how to keep your assets and website safe. This episode...

On this week’s episode of Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP is joined by Randy Crabtree, CPA. Randy is the Co-Founder and Partner at Tri-Merit Specialty Tax Professionals. This is a great episode as it touched very niche parts of tax planning, as Randy’s firm educates other CPAs and industrial clients including R&D and other unique tax credits. Further, Randy and Mike draw...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP welcomes back real estate agent, David Cary and his new Co-Founding Partner, Douglas Braun. Dave and Doug recently opened their own real estate agency called Prime Real Estate, which employs 20 agents. This episode touches on all the questions we get asked regularly about the housing market. From the recent increase in interes...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP is excited to welcome Stacy Francis, CFP. Stacy is one of twenty of the nation’s leading wealth managers on CNBC’s Digital Financial Advisor Council, and frequently appears in media outlets such as Forbes, Kiplinger, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Stacy and Mike discuss her expertise, which is financial planning for wo...

On this week's on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP finishes a two-part case study on Planning Considerations. This series touches on all six major aspects of financial planning including: Cash Management, Tax Planning, Risk Management, Investment Planning, Retirement Planning, and Estate Planning.   In part two, Mike discusses topics including: widowed spouses, taxes, ben...

This week on Financial Planning: Explained, host Michael Menninger, CFP begins a two-part case study on Planning Considerations. This series is special because it is designed to touch on all six major aspects of financial planning including: Cash Management, Tax Planning, Risk Management, Investment Planning, Retirement Planning, and Estate Planning. In part one, Mike touches on examples including...

Inflation continues to rise; will it ever end? This week is Part II of our timely two-part series on Financial Planning: Explained. In this two-part series, Host Michael Menninger, CFP® welcomes Gene Goldman, CFA. Gene is the Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research of Cetera Investment Management. In part II, Gene and Mike discuss indicators used to determine what to expect from the mark...