Since its debut in 1992, Money Matters was created to deliver objective and timely financial advice on WSB, Atlanta’s legendary, award-winning news/talk radio station. Now, in addition to airing weekly on WSB, Money Matters is available as a podcast, tailor-made for both modern retirees and those still in the planning stages.
Hosted since 2009 by Wes Moss — CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, best-selling author, Forbes contributor, and managing partner at Capital Investment Advisors in Atlanta — and backed by the Retire Sooner Team, the Money Matters podcast aims to continue the show’s legacy of demystifying retirement finances. From dissecting the latest financial news to offering personalized answers to listener questions, the goal of Money Matters is to keep you informed and empowered. Our focus? Providing clear, actionable advice without the financial jargon to help 1 million families retire sooner and happier.
Join us in this exciting new chapter, and let’s journey toward a financially secure and joyful retirement together.
Football is back, fall is around the corner, and there’s plenty happening with the economy and markets. On this episode of the Money Matters Podcast, Wes Moss and Connor Miller sort through some of the current financial stories and explore what they may mean for investors and retirees.
· Analyze the U.S. economy, inflation, and S&P 500 earnings as summer winds down.
· Explore The Retire Sooner Method and Wes’s latest research on the characteristics associated with happier retirees.
· Consider the challenges the sandwich generation may face while juggling kids, aging parents, and retirement goals.
· Compare recent trends in large-cap stocks, dividend growers, small caps, and diversified portfolios.
· Follow how oil prices, federal debt, interest rates, and housing costs may influence the economy.
· Track CPI and PCE inflation and potential changes to how these closely watched measures are calculated.
· Examine why fewer Americans 55+ seem to be participating in the labor force and the factors that may influence retirement decisions.
· Consider how growing investment in artificial intelligence may influence jobs, productivity, and economic growth.
· See how changing immigration trends may affect employment and unemployment data.
· Review the financial and lifestyle characteristics associated with retirement happiness in Wes’s research.
· Reflect on Dolly Parton’s legacy and her apparent attention to purpose and giving.
From inflation and the stock market to AI and retirement planning, Wes and Connor attempt to make sense of a busy financial landscape. Listen and subscribe to the Money Matters Podcast for more educational conversations about the economy, investing, and retirement.