3-9-26 IRA’s – The Ticking Tax Bomb
2026-03-09
Is your IRA a ticking tax time bomb?
Most retirement savers don’t realize that every dollar sitting in a traditional IRA will eventually be taxed — and you may have little say over when, how much, or at what rate.
Danny Ratliff & Sarah Buenger break down the three critical dimensions of IRA tax planning: a proactive multi-year conversion strategy, the risks of doing nothing, and legacy planning considerations that could determine how much your heirs actually keep.
Hosted by RIA Advisors Senior Investment Advisor, Danny Ratliff, CFP, w Senior Investment Advisor, Sarah Buenger, CFP
Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer
0:00 – INTRO
0:22 – Oil, Gasoline, & Market Commentary
3:51 – What Will the Fed Do Next?
6:06 – Tax Strategies & Management
7:52 – The Ticking Tax Time Bomb
Fibonacci In Mona Lisa And Markets
2026-01-21
Did you know there is a kind of technical analysis that shares structural similarities with hurricanes, nautilus shells, sunflowers, music, and human dimensions? These examples, along with countless others, follow proportions related to the sequence of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89…
From Secular Bull To Secular Flat: The Next Likely Market Regime
2025-11-29
We’re nearing the end of a remarkably long secular bull market.
In this short video, I explain why the next phase is usually a long period of sideways, volatile returns as valuations reset and the market shifts into a secular flat regime.
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Bitcoin Isn’t as Scarce as You’ve Been Told
2025-11-24
In this short video, Parker White, CFA from @defidevcorp and I discuss how #Bitcoin infinite fractionalization mirrors monetary expansion and why the real advantage comes from who gets new money first, not just how much money exists.
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Permanent Job Losers: A Worrying Facet Of Today’s Economy
2025-11-24
Given the two-month delay, Thursday’s BLS employment report on September labor market conditions was not nearly as pertinent as the BLS data typically is. Despite it being old news, it is worth sharing that the number of jobs increased by 119k, but the unemployment rate ticked up from 4.3% to 4.4%. The markets didn’t seem …
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10-8-25 Retail Inflows Hit An All-Time Record – The Top Is Near?
2025-10-08
Retail investors just poured record amounts into the market, much of it fueled by margin debt. Liquidity and FOMO are driving prices higher.
In this short video, I explain why this kind of late-cycle euphoria often appears right before markets peak.
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