02.25.25 Ask An Advisor With Wes Moss

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

How much money do you need to retire? Fiduciary financial advisor Wes Moss outlines two straightforward methods to determine the amount you'll need for a comfortable retirement. Wes walks you through factoring in income streams like Social Security and pensions, alongside your individual spending goals, to arrive at your target number. Also, "doom and gloom" headlines can often dominate financial news. Should you listen? Wes shares his perspective. Plus, Christa shares your #AskWes questions and Wes gives his take. All this and more on the February 25, 2025, Ask an Advisor episode of the Clark Howard podcast. Submit your questions at clark.com/ask. Mentioned on the show: Calculators - Clark Howard We hope you enjoy our weekly Ask An Advisor episodes, in which Christa and Wes discuss investing and retirement savings in depth. Let us know what you think in the comments! Learn more about Wes: Wes Moss, CFP® Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.2	I'm Krista Dibiasias here with Mr. West Moss.
1:12.4	Wes Moss. Hi, Krista. How you doing? I'm great. I'm excited about today's show.
1:17.7	I know. Hopefully we've got questions flooding in. We do. We definitely have a lot of questions,
1:22.3	but I hear the first thing you're going to talk about is something we're all wondering,
1:25.9	like, how do you figure out how much you need for retirement?
1:29.7	You know, I think that even if you know how much you need for retirement, you don't think about it every day.
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