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The Long View

Michael Finke: Here’s What Makes Retirees Happy

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

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

A respected retirement researcher discusses what types of spending are correlated with a better retirement--and which are not.

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0:00.0

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

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

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

0:26.5

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

0:32.4

Hi, and welcome to the Longview. I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance for Morningstar, Inc. My colleague

0:38.8

Jeff Patak is away, so I'll be conducting today's interview solo. Our guest today on the podcast

0:44.2

is nationally renowned retirement researcher Dr. Michael Finca. Michael's Professor of Wealth Management

0:50.0

and the Frank M. Engel Distinguished Chair in Economic Security at the American College of Financial Services.

0:56.9

He joined the college in June 2016, having served since 2006 as a professor and PhD coordinator

1:03.5

in the Department of Personal Financial Planning at Texas Tech University.

1:08.2

From 1999 through 2006, he served as the Director of Graduate Studies at the

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University of Missouri. Michael has published more than 50 peer review articles with a focus on the

1:19.2

value of financial advice, financial planning regulation, investments, and individual investor

1:24.6

behavior. He was named to the 2012 Investment advisor IA.25 list and the 2013 and

1:31.9

2014 investment news power 20. His research conducted with Wade Fow, questioning the 4% rule,

1:39.1

was published in the Journal of Financial Planning and won the 2014 Montgomery Warshower Award for the most influential

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article in the publication. He had previously won the award with Thomas Langdon in 2013.

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He was also selected to present his research on financial literacy and aging at the 2015 MIT

1:57.8

Center for Finance and Policy Conference. Michael, thank you so much for being here and

2:02.4

welcome to the Longview. Thank you, Christine. I'd like to start with the first topic that I ever

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