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Money Guy Show

How to Build a Financial Plan By Age

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Investing, Education, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

How should your financial plan evolve as you age? The Financial Order of Operations shows you what to do with your next dollar, but life insurance, estate planning, and tax strategy require a deeper framework. Financial Advisors, Brian Preston and Bo Hanson, walk through the six core areas of financial planning and reveal what to prioritize in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond to build lasting wealth in 2026. This episode covers estate planning, budgeting, tax planning, and risk management across every decade of your wealth-building journey. ⁠Jump start your journey with our FREE financial resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reach your goals faster with our products⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Take the relationship to the next level: become a client⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on YouTube for early access and go beyond the podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with us on social media for more content⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The financial order of operations shows you what to do with your next dollar, but what do you

0:05.6

do about things like life insurance, deeper tax strategy, and even estate planning?

0:10.1

Brian, I am so excited because today we're going to walk through how to build a financial

0:14.8

plan, including the specific areas that you should focus on based on your age.

0:20.6

So I'm Brian, he's Bo and we're financial

0:23.4

advisors here to fill in the missing gaps in your wealth building plan. And with that,

0:27.6

let's dive right in. So, Brian, when it comes to financial planning, there are really sort of six areas that

0:38.9

were taught about when you're studying for the CFP are coming into the industry.

0:42.1

And generally speaking, those areas are financial management, which is like budgeting and

0:46.6

cash flow, estate planning, retirement planning, investment planning, tax planning, and risk

0:52.2

management.

0:52.6

But what's interesting is even though these six

0:54.6

areas sort of permeate a well-rounded, well-thought-out financial plan, what you want to focus on

1:01.3

at each stage and in each decade varies based on where you are in your financial journey. So

1:07.2

that's exactly what we're going to walk through today. Based on where you are, what age you are,

1:12.5

what should you be focusing on if you're going to build your very own financial plan?

1:17.3

So we're wild and crazy enough financial advisors that we decided, let's go ahead and look at each

1:22.5

decade. With that, let's get into the 20s. So when we're talking about building a base,

1:45.3

one of the biggest things you can do for you is the shovel you use in your income. Because you're going to build 10,000 hours to become an expert at something. And we want to kind of give some color on that. There's just some data points, Bo, that I think give a lot of context. And I want people to pay attention to this. One in four young adults can't find jobs in their desired career paths. If you lay that over the fact that, listen to

1:50.5

this at, 62% of college graduates are not working in their intended careers after finishing

1:57.5

school. Now, look. The career that would align with the major that they got in college.

2:01.8

So they came find jobs in the careers that they went and chose. They also, 62% are not working

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