Episodi

  • Oct 4, 2025 Smart Income Strategy
    Oct 6 2025
    Whether you are 25 or 65, understanding and creating an income plan is essential to your financial health. This week on The Financial Fitness Show, host Mark Falter takes you through a custom step by step tutorial on the proper way to create income for your sustained financial fitness.
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    43 min
  • Sep 27, 2025 Unveiling the Top 10 Retirement Pitfalls
    Sep 27 2025
    Host Mark Falter of the Financial Fitness Show discusses the top 10 blind spots retirees face, including underestimating retirement costs, sequence of returns, loss of identity, cognitive decline, tax planning, family communication gaps, long-term care costs, over-reliance on home equity, marital misalignment, and having no exit plan or legacy vision. Falter provides practical solutions and emphasizes proactive planning to navigate these blind spots successfully.
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    44 min
  • Sep 20, 2025 The Comprehensive Guide to Financial Fitness
    Sep 20 2025
    Mark Falter's 'Financial Fitness Show' covers crucial financial strategies, including growth investing, income investing, estate planning, and tax-free investing. Falter guides listeners through the lifecycle of investing, offering tips on 401(k)s, ETFs, and modern portfolio theory. He emphasizes the importance of proper estate planning and using Indexed Universal Life (IUL) policies to ensure tax-efficient transfers to beneficiaries. Falter also encourages simplicity and actionable steps for achieving financial stability and growth.
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    44 min
  • Sep 13, 2025 The 16 Questions for Effective Estate Planning
    Sep 6 2025
    Mark Falter discusses the importance of estate planning, breaking down its key components and benefits. He dives into the repercussions of poor estate planning using real-life examples, explains terms like trustees and grantors, and provides strategies to avoid probate and minimize legal costs. Mark goes on to emphasize the use of wills and trusts, Medicaid spend down, and other essential elements to secure one's financial future and provide peace of mind for loved ones.
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    44 min
  • Aug 30, 2025 Smart Withdrawal Strategies: Avoiding Penalties and Maximizing Growth
    Aug 30 2025
    Mark Falter hosts the Financial Fitness show, focusing on understanding the penalties, calculations, and rules associated with Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) and Decedent IRAs. He offers a free retirement kit containing resources on retirement strategies and income planning. The discussion also includes tax implications and compliance tips for managing tax-deferred accounts and estate planning.
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    43 min
  • Aug 23, 2025 Bonds Explained: What Every Investor Should Know
    Aug 23 2025
    This week on the Financial Fitness Show. Host Mark Falter explains the differences between bonds and bond funds, introducing the concept of reverse dollar cost averaging and its impact on retirement income. He discusses the importance of transitioning to fixed income investments as retirement approaches and provides advice on investment strategies for 401(k) accounts.
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    42 min
  • Aug 16, 2025 How to Build Wealth Tax-Free
    Aug 16 2025
    If it's Tax-Free, it's for me! This week on the Financial Fitness Show, host Mark Falter explores six features needed to build tax-free wealth and the ultimate vehicle to make it happen! (And no, it's not a Roth IRA.) So what is it? Check out this episode of the Financial Fitness Show with Mark Falter.
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    41 min
  • Aug 9, 2025 The Trick to Creating Income
    Aug 9 2025
    It's never too early to know & understand that your hard-earned money needs to be working FOR you! This week Financial Fitness Show host Mark Falter does a deep dive into several Tricks to Creating Income. You'll never view your finances the same after absorbing this special episode of the Financial Fitness Show with Mark Falter.
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    42 min