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  How I'd Retire in 5 Years Starting With $1M (2026) 12.09.2026 15мин

  Free retirement training for people within 10 years of retirement and $1M+ saved. Watch “The Sequoia System Training” here: https://learn.rootfinancial.com/c8e6cf ======================= If you have a million dollars saved and five years until retirement, this is the last stretch where you can actually change how it turns out. I've sat across from people in your exact position who assumed they were set, then had to cut back once they actually retired. This is the exact process I'd run if t...
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  10 Really Good Reasons to File for Social Security at Age 62 05.09.2026 16мин

  Two people, same age, same savings, same expenses. One files for Social Security at 62. The other waits until 70. Everyone knows the one who waits gets a bigger check. Almost nobody looks at what's happening to the other person's money while they wait. Here are 10 reasons the person who files at 62 might actually come out ahead, plus one thing that makes this decision far less permanent than you've been told. We're going to cover: - why the break-even calculator everyone gets handed (the ...
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  $3M vs $2M in Retirement: Here’s What Changes 29.08.2026 12мин

  Free retirement training for people within 10 years of retirement and $1M+ saved. Watch “The Sequoia System Training” here: https://learn.rootfinancial.com/6b74ff ======================= Andrew and Ellen are 62, sitting on 2 million dollars, and ready to walk away from work today. Then we ran one more scenario, and it changed the entire conversation. It's not really about how much you have. It's about what five more years of work actually buys you, and the number surprised even them. This ...
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  How To Invest Once You Retire 23.08.2026 17мин

  Free retirement training for people within 10 years of retirement and $1M+ saved. Watch “The Sequoia System Training” here: https://learn.rootfinancial.com/9fc86c ======================= Your portfolio only had one job while you were working. The day you retire, it gets a second one, and almost nobody splits the money the right way between the two. I watched a client with three million dollars, all sitting in three stocks, get forced back to work after 2022. Those stocks have since fully re...
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  How Much Can You Spend With $2.5 Million In Retirement? 15.08.2026 14мин

  Free retirement training for people within 10 years of retirement and $1M+ saved. Watch “The Sequoia System Training” here: https://learn.rootfinancial.com/0ce92d ======================= This is the question I get more than any other after 15 years of doing this: how much can you actually spend in retirement without running out of money? John and Tina are 60, sitting on two and a half million dollars, and ready to retire. They want to travel. They want to finally renovate the house. T...
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  19 Unsexy Habits That Lead to a Great Retirement 08.08.2026 23мин

  Free retirement training for people within 10 years of retirement and $1M+ saved. Watch “The Sequoia System Training” here: https://learn.rootfinancial.com/ad021b ======================= I've spent 15 years watching retirees blow up decades of saving with decisions that felt harmless in the moment. Not big mistakes. Small ones, repeated for years, that quietly cost people hundreds of thousands of dollars. The retirees who actually get it right aren't the smartest investors or the biggest sa...
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  Every Retirement Withdrawal Strategy RANKED (Worst to Best) 01.08.2026 17мин

  Free retirement training for people within 10 years of retirement and $1M+ saved. Watch “The Sequoia System Training” here: https://youtu.be/7lpp3XXiDyQ ======================= You probably think the way you'll pull money out of retirement is a solid, sensible plan. There's a good chance you're wrong. Most people default to one withdrawal strategy without ever comparing it to the others. But this is the decision that determines how much stress you carry every time the market drops, an...
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  The ONLY 5 Tax Strategies You Need In Retirement 25.07.2026 18мин

  Free retirement training for people within 10 years of retirement and $1M+ saved. Watch “The Sequoia System Training” here: https://youtu.be/7lpp3XXiDyQ ======================= Two people retire on the same day. Same savings, same investments, same effort over 30 years of working. A few years later, one of them has a lot more money than the other. It's not because of a better stock pick or a lucky year in the market. It comes down to five strategies almost nobody knows exist, and none...
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  Why Everything Changes After You Save $1.44 Million in Retirement 18.07.2026 14мин

  $1,440,000 sounds like the finish line. For a lot of people it's actually where a brand new problem starts, one nobody warns you about before you get there. I've sat across the table from hundreds of people getting ready to retire, and the same mistake keeps showing up right after they hit their number. It has nothing to do with how much they saved. This video is where that number actually comes from, and the one shift almost nobody makes once they cross it. We're going to cover: - how a $1...
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  I'm A Retirement Advisor: Here's What I Tell Every Client At 62 11.07.2026 16мин

  I've sat with 100 retirees, and the biggest regret almost never has anything to do with a bad investment. It's something I call the momentum trap. At 62, every single signal tells you to keep going, and almost nobody sees it coming until it's too late to get those years back. This video is what I tell every client who walks in at 62, the trap, the blind spots, and how to actually manage what comes next. We're going to cover: - the momentum trap that convinces smart...
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  Don’t Retire If This Is You - 5 Warning Signs 04.07.2026 14мин

  You can hit your number, be fully financially ready, hand in your notice, and still end up miserable. Or worse, running out of money. In 15 years as a retirement advisor, I've watched it happen again and again, and it almost always comes down to one of five warning signs. Most of them have nothing to do with how much you've saved. If even one of these is you, it's not a no. It's a not yet, and I'll show you exactly how to fix it. We're going to cover: - the story o...
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  Your Life When Retiring With $100K vs $1M vs $10M 27.06.2026 13мин

  You'd assume retiring with $10 million is a hundred times better than retiring with $100,000. It isn't. And the reason is stranger than you'd think. Because the size of your portfolio barely tells you what your life actually looks like. What changes from one level to the next isn't your lifestyle. It's the entire problem you're left trying to solve. This video runs the real numbers on all three, and the one thing every retiree has in common no matter which one they are. W...
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  Sell These 10 Things BEFORE You Retire 20.06.2026 16мин

  There are 10 things sitting in your life right now that are quietly draining your retirement. Most people never notice them. This isn't the usual save more, buy more advice. After 15 years of helping people retire, the happiest ones I've seen didn't get there by adding. They got there by letting go of the right things at the right time. This video is all 10, ranked, with the biggest one saved for last. We're going to cover: - why the very first thing on this list i...
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  If You Only Watch One Retirement Video, Make it This 13.06.2026 14мин

  Most retirement advice isn't wrong. It's incomplete. And following incomplete advice for 30 years is how people end up financially ready for retirement but completely unprepared to live it. I've seen it hundreds of times. Someone hits their number and feels nothing. So they keep working, keep deferring, keep waiting. By the time they stop, the years they actually wanted are already gone. This is the podcast I wish I could send to everyone in their 50s before those decisions get made. We're...
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  The Real Math of Working One More Year (It’s Not What You Think) 06.06.2026 9мин

  "Just one more year, to be safe." I've heard that sentence more times than almost any other in my career. One year becomes two, two becomes five. By the time they finally retire, something has shifted and retirement looks very different. This is the math of working one more year. Both sides of it. We're going to cover: - why Mark and Carol (example case) had $2.5 million saved and still couldn't say yes - the $600 a month question that changed everything in the room - what Carol said when ...
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  Why I Told My Client Not to Pay Off Their Mortgage Before Retiring 31.05.2026 9мин

  Paying off your mortgage before retirement sounds responsible. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it quietly costs you the best years of your life. In this episode, James walks through the story of a client who delayed retirement for five extra years just to eliminate an $1,800 monthly mortgage payment. On paper, the decision looked smart. Her portfolio grew, her expenses dropped, and everything became more “secure.” But the years she gave up were the healthiest and most active years of her retireme...
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  Taxes on a $3M Retirement Portfolio: What You'll Actually Owe Each Year 24.05.2026 8мин

  Most people assume retirement taxes are based on how much they withdraw. The real problem is what the IRS eventually forces them to withdraw. In this episode, James walks through what taxes can actually look like on a $3 million retirement portfolio and why two retirees with the exact same amount saved can end up with completely different tax bills. The difference is not the portfolio size. It is where the money lives. Traditional IRAs, Roth accounts, brokerage accounts, Social Security, an...
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  Here's What Happens to Your Social Security If You Retire at 60 17.05.2026 13мин

  Retiring at 60 feels like a clean plan. Work ends, savings take over, and Social Security fills the gap later. What most people do not realize is that decision has already changed their benefit. In this episode, James walks through what actually happens to your Social Security when you retire at 60, even if you do not claim benefits right away. The calculation is based on your 35 highest earning years, and if you stop working early without a full earnings history, zeros can quietly reduce yo...
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  $15M in Nvidia Stock Case Study | Don't Just "Diversify Everything" 10.05.2026 23мин

  A big single-stock win can feel like freedom one day and a tightrope the next. This plan walks through how a family holding ~$15M in NVIDIA shares can turn concentrated success into stable, low-stress wealth—without torching liquidity on taxes. Start with the only question that matters: How much diversified capital is needed to fund a confident lifestyle? Reverse-engineer that number, then use precise tools to reach it, keeping meaningful upside while lowering single-stock risk. What’s ins...
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  The Real Question Behind When to Start Social Security (It’s Not 62 vs. 67 vs. 70) 03.05.2026 15мин

  Most people think deciding when to take Social Security is a math problem. Run the numbers. Find the breakeven age. Pick 62, 67, or 70. Done. But that approach misses the point. This is not a math decision. It is a risk decision. In this episode, James reframes how to think about Social Security timing by focusing on what each choice actually protects you from. Claim early and you protect against the risk of a shorter life. Delay and you protect against the risk of living longer than expect...