Money Over 50

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au In the final installment of this 5 part series, Michael Hogue and Dallas Davison discuss the importance of moving from planning phase to doing phase.

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au Your hosts Dallas Davison and Michael Hogue point out how not working backwards can derail your retirement plans. This is the fourth episode in this 5 part series.

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au In episode 3 of the 5 part series Dallas Davison and Michael Hogue comment on the importance of getting started today.

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au Leaving money on the table is a key reason retirement plans get derailed. In part 2 of this 5 part series, Dallas Davison and Michael Hogue discuss the ways this can be avoided.

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au The first episode in a 5 part series, Dallas Davison and Michael Hogue talk through the risks of an inaccurate budget and what this can mean for your retirement.

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au Dallas and Michael pontificate over the cost of private school and university for your children and look at alternatives of spending (assumed) $20,000 pa. on education versus adding this amount to your children’s superannuation funds.  This podcast is a bit of fun in that there is certainly no right or wrong answer...

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au One of the common mistakes that Dallas and Michael see with aspiring retirees, is that they have an inaccurate  estimate of how much they will spend each year in their retirement.  Most often than not, people underestimate how much they will really spend leading to less than ideal outcomes.   The podcast discusses...

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au Dallas and Michael discuss the common attributes of people who tend to need help with planning for their retirement: don’t have the time to do the research. don’t have a ‘head for numbers’. don’t want to, or don’t enjoy, working on their finances.  don’t have a good understanding of our taxation system. don’t have...

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au Dallas and Michael discuss how this common question is not actually the best question to ask. Other questions to ask that will have a larger impact are: What types and amounts of contributions should I be making to super?; What asset allocation and investment strategies should I be choosing inside my super fund?; A...

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au Michael and Dallas discuss a strategy whereby driving a lower-cost car during the last 15 years of your working life, and contributing what you would have spent in car repayments to your superannuation fund, can allow you draw an additional $30,000 pa. each year for the first 24 years of your retirement. Resulting...

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au Dallas and Michael talk about the generational shift of aged 50's and 60's seeking career changes.   Often changing to a part-time role that they are super passionate about. With increased job satisfaction, reduced stress levels, and a newfound purpose, these career changers often work in semi-retirement beyond the...

For all listener questions/feedback, please contact the team at podcast@mo50.com.au Dallas and Michael talk about the three main options that you have for your family home in retirement: keep; downsize; or rent. These options are compared with the pro’s and con’s of each. The podcast explores how downsizing your home would ideally lead to an increased retirement income of at least $10,000 pa. and...