You might think that maximizing your returns is your primary goal as an investor.

But today you're going to find out you would be wrong.

Survival comes first.

And survival comes in several guises.

Hey, this is Casey Weed. Welcome to the podcast. It is my mission here on the pod to deliver clarity and purpose and elevate meaning in your life. If you're new to the show, I want you to know what I mean by that, what you can expect from this podcast. This podcast isn't just about the financial, while we are going to have a lot of

great conversations with world-class guests and among ourselves here at Howard Bailey Financial

with you on those topics of taxes, investment management, estate taxes, and more. We're also

going to be having topics and conversations around the non-financial aspects of your life in retirement, both with a world-class guest and with you weekend and week out like we are today.

Now, today is what we do every single Friday.

We get together with you on Fridays and we discuss a trending topic.

This could be a trending topic that has to do with the state of economic

affairs, new tools, new products, new strategies, all kinds of things to help you make better

investment decisions, including some of the latest blog posts, some of the latest takeaways

that we've found out there as we have curated an email for you to put in your inbox every

Friday. We call that

weekend reading for retirees. You have to get this resource because today we're going to talk

about one of four articles we put in your inbox, but you have to get the other three. We're

going out there, we're doing the research, coming up with the best material, the best reading

material for this stage in

your life over the weekend. We put that in your inbox in this weekly email, four articles,

summaries, takeaways for myself, and a litany of other invaluable resources will also come

along with that email. We'll provide you with podcast guest highlights. We'll have

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