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The Long View

Dan Otter and Scott Dauenhauer: Why Retirement Savings Options for Educators Are So Bad

The Long View

Morningstar

Finance, Dan Lefkovitz, Amy Arnott, Entrepreneurship, Investing Leaders, Jeff Ptak, Investors, Christine Benz, Influential Investors, Careers, Long-term Investing, Financial Services, Business, Investing, Morningstar

4.5775 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The leaders of 403bwise on how to fix the broken retirement system for teachers.

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0:00.0

At Jackson, we've created a digital retirement planning experience with you and mine.

0:05.5

Visit jackson.com to explore our easy-to-understand resources and user-friendly tools

0:10.1

that are designed to enable financial professionals and clients to plan a path to financial freedom.

0:15.5

Jackson is short for Jackson Financial Incorporated, Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Lansing, Michigan,

0:20.5

and Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York, purchase New York.

0:26.6

Please stay tuned for important disclosure information at the conclusion of this episode.

0:32.7

Hi, and welcome to the Longview.

0:34.9

I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for Morningstar.

0:39.3

And I'm Jeff Patak, Chief Ratings Officer for Morning Star Research Services.

0:43.3

Our guests on the podcast today are Dan Otter and Scott Dornhauer. Together they run the website 403BWise,

0:50.3

which is geared toward providing education and advocacy on retirement planning for educators. Dan

0:56.2

started 403BYs in 2000 with John Moore as a means of shedding light on the often opaque

1:01.4

landscape of retirement plans for K through 12 educators. Scott is a certified financial planner

1:07.2

and principal and owner of Meridian wealth management. He got interested in the 403B space

1:12.3

after researching retirement plan options available to his wife, who is a teacher. They've each

1:17.7

written books about 403Bs in retirement planning for K through 12 educators. Dance is called

1:23.1

Teach and Retire Rich, while Scott's book is called Wild West, providing fiduciary advice to public

1:28.9

school employees. They also host a podcast called Teach and Retire Rich, and they recently

1:34.4

released a short podcast series called Learned by Being Burned, Teachers in the K-12 403B. Dan and

1:41.5

Scott, welcome to the Longview. Thank you so much for having us.

1:45.8

Well, we're thrilled to have you here.

1:47.9

Now, let's just start with a little bit of stage setting.

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