• Response and Recovery is a Team Sport
    Oct 25 2023

    This special podcast is a live audio recording from the Southeast Retirement Planners client workshop “Response and Recovery is a Team Sport” on October 19, 2023, at Moretz Mills. This client workshop features special guest speaker, Brock Long who shares with our clients the importance of being financially prepared when a disaster occurs.

    Brock is an Executive Chairman at Hagerty Consulting, the former Administrator of FEMA under President Trump, and a 20-year veteran of emergency management and homeland security.

    Long is a native of Newton, NC, and lives in Hickory, NC.

    With so much financial information and data being sent out, pushed out, and processed every day, The Southeast Retirement Planners Podcast aims to help simplify what can sometimes be complex financial situations. Located in Hickory, NC – Southeast Retirement Planners is an independent financial advisory firm that works closely with individuals and businesses to help create sustainable financial plans.

    The advisory team at SRP will host each episode and will routinely be joined by clients, business leaders, and other important guests. The SRP podcast will give you actionable ideas and invites you to be a part of important conversations about how to better navigate the financial landscape and how some things “beyond the balance sheet” may impact your financial success.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Hal Rowe, First Talk with Hal Rowe WHKY
    Oct 11 2023

    In this episode, Hal Rowe host of First Talk with Hal Rowe on WHKY Talk Radio joins Bob Fincher from Southeast Retirement Planners to discuss his role as host of First Talk, his career in radio, and the future of the medium. 

    With so much financial information and data being sent out, pushed out, and processed every day, The Southeast Retirement Planners Podcast aims to help simplify what can sometimes be complex financial situations. Located in Hickory, NC – Southeast Retirement Planners is an independent financial advisory firm that works closely with individuals and businesses to help create sustainable financial plans.

    The advisory team at SRP will host each episode and will routinely be joined by clients, business leaders, and other important guests. The SRP podcast will give you actionable ideas and invites you to be a part of important conversations about how to better navigate the financial landscape and how some things “beyond the balance sheet” may impact your financial success.

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    42 mins
  • Charity Hand, Hospice Resale Shop
    Aug 22 2023

    In this episode, Charity Hand joins Bob Fincher from SRP to have a discussion about her role in running the Hospice Resale Shop in Viewmont (Hickory, NC) and how that business grows within the non-profit world.

    With so much financial information and data being sent out, pushed out, and processed every day, The Southeast Retirement Planners Podcast aims to help simplify what can sometimes be complex financial situations. Located in Hickory, NC – Southeast Retirement Planners is an independent financial advisory firm that works closely with individuals and businesses to help create sustainable financial plans.

    The advisory team at SRP will host each episode and will routinely be joined by clients, business leaders, and other important guests. The SRP podcast will give you actionable ideas and invites you to be a part of important conversations about how to better navigate the financial landscape and how some things “beyond the balance sheet” may impact your financial success.

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    43 mins
  • Building Community with Vicki Murray, Safe Harbor
    May 30 2023

    In this episode of the Southeast Retirement Planners podcast, host Kelle Huffman is joined by Vicki Murray, CEO of Safe Harbor. Safe Harbor, a nonprofit organization located in Hickory, NC is a “Christ-centered community for women to rebuild, renew and recover.” Kelle and Vicki discuss Safe Harbor’s mission and the significant positive impact of the organization on the community.

    With so much financial information and data being sent out, pushed out, and processed every day, The Southeast Retirement Planners Podcast aims to help simplify what can sometimes be complex financial situations. Located in Hickory, NC – Southeast Retirement Planners is an independent financial advisory firm that works closely with individuals and businesses to help create sustainable financial plans.

    The advisory team at SRP will host each episode and will routinely be joined by clients, business leaders, and other important guests. The SRP podcast will give you actionable ideas and invites you to be a part of important conversations about how to better navigate the financial landscape and how some things “beyond the balance sheet” may impact your financial success.


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    28 mins
  • Building and Maintaining a Growing Veterinary Practice with Dr. Christine Duke, D.V.M.
    Apr 18 2023

    In this episode of the Southeast Retirement Planners podcast, host Bob Fincher is joined by Dr. Christine Duke, D.V.M. of Animal Hospital North in Hickory, NC to discuss the building and maintaining a growing veterinary practice.

    With so much financial information and data being sent out, pushed out, and processed every day, The Southeast Retirement Planners Podcast aims to help simplify what can sometimes be complex financial situations. Located in Hickory, NC – Southeast Retirement Planners is an independent financial advisory firm that works closely with individuals and businesses to help create sustainable financial plans.

    The advisory team at SRP will host each episode and will routinely be joined by clients, business leaders, and other important guests. The SRP podcast will give you actionable ideas and invites you to be a part of important conversations about how to better navigate the financial landscape and how some things “beyond the balance sheet” may impact your financial success.

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    1 hr
  • Managing Your Wealth in 2023
    Mar 9 2023

    In this episode of the Southeast Retirement Planners podcast, Ryan Edwards and Les Stewart discuss managing your wealth in 2023. Topics include proactive tax planning, 2023 tax brackets, tax rates, contribution limits, reviewing the Secure 2.0 Act, family tax bracket management, Roth IRA conversion benefits, and charitable contributions limits.

    With so much financial information and data being sent out, pushed out, and processed every day, The Southeast Retirement Planners Podcast aims to help simplify what can sometimes be complex financial situations. Located in Hickory, NC – Southeast Retirement Planners is an independent financial advisory firm that works closely with individuals and businesses to help create sustainable financial plans.

    The advisory team at SRP will host each episode and will routinely be joined by clients, business leaders, and other important guests. The SRP podcast will give you actionable ideas and invites you to be a part of important conversations about how to better navigate the financial landscape and how some things “beyond the balance sheet” may impact your financial success.


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    21 mins
  • Brian Koehl Regional VP, Corebridge Financial
    Feb 21 2023

    In this episode of the Southeast Retirement Planners podcast, Ryan Edwards and Les Stewart welcome Brian Koehl Regional Vice President of Corebridge Financial to discuss annuities and how individuals can protect income and principles through these programs.

    With so much financial information and data being sent out, pushed out, and processed every day, The Southeast Retirement Planners Podcast aims to help simplify what can sometimes be complex financial situations. Located in Hickory, NC – Southeast Retirement Planners is an independent financial advisory firm that works closely with individuals and businesses to help create sustainable financial plans.

    The advisory team at SRP will host each episode and will routinely be joined by clients, business leaders, and other important guests. The SRP podcast will give you actionable ideas and invites you to be a part of important conversations about how to better navigate the financial landscape and how some things “beyond the balance sheet” may impact your financial success.

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    18 mins
  • Secure Act 2.0
    Feb 7 2023

    In this episode of the Southeast Retirement Planners podcast, Ryan Edwards and Les Stewart dive into the top 10 provisions in Secure Act 2.0 with topics including:

    • The enhancement of tax credits for small businesses, changes to required minimum distributions
    • Catch-up contribution increases for individuals between the ages of 60 and 63
    • Self-correction of the inadvertent plan and IRA violations without submission to the IRS
    • Matching employer contributions for student loan payments
    • Required auto-enrollment and auto-escalation for most new plans
    • Allowing SIMPLE and SEP contributions to be made on a Roth basis
    • Two new ways to save for emergencies through a 401(k) plan with the creation of emergency savings accounts and yearly emergency distributions of $1,000.
    • Permitting all employer contributions in a 401(k), 403(b), or governmental 457(b) plan to be offered to employees on a Roth basis.
    • Rollover of excess 529 assets to Roth IRAs.


    With so much financial information and data being sent out, pushed out, and processed every day, The Southeast Retirement Planners Podcast aims to help simplify what can sometimes be complex financial situations. Located in Hickory, NC – Southeast Retirement Planners is an independent financial advisory firm that works closely with individuals and businesses to help create sustainable financial plans.

    The advisory team at SRP will host each episode and will routinely be joined by clients, business leaders, and other important guests. The SRP podcast will give you actionable ideas and invites you to be a part of important conversations about how to better navigate the financial landscape and how some things “beyond the balance sheet” may impact your financial success.

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    22 mins