Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And we wanted to take some time on our podcast, to…. Sometimes it’s a bit of a touchy subject, but investing in the stock market, more specifically investing when the stock market is down. And while we can’t give specific advice, we…
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Episode 21 – DCP earnings and annuities
Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And we got a question from one of our listeners asking about using your funds from DCP in your retirement. “How does DCP help your retirement income?” And we at Retirement Systems, spend so much time telling people to save, save, save…
Episode 20 – Book review: “Financial Feminist” by Tori Dunlap
Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. Today we’re doing a book review and one of the best financial books that I’ve probably come across in my short years. The book is called “Financial Feminist” written by Tori Dunlap. And I actually started following Tori a few years ago…
Episode 19 – How SHIBA helps with Medicare questions
Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS and on the podcast we certainly love to talk about preparing for retirement and some of the most common questions around retirement that we get are usually related to understanding Medicare. But luckily, Washington state has a great program that provides a…
Episode 18 – Student loan forgiveness and PSLF
Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with the DRS. And in addition to managing money and saving for retirement and paying off loans, one of the largest sort of loan debts that Americans have is student loan debt. And so, we’re happy to have an episode today to talk about…
Episode 17 – How to save for a child’s future with WA529
Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Well, welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And of course, on the program, we talk about all sorts of savings goals for retirement. And a great one we’re talking about today is how to save for college. Seth, yeah… Seth Yeah, I’m super excited. We have Luke and…
Episode 16 – Options for those who only work a few years
Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Well, welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And today we’re looking at a particular topic where we know that a lot of employees who work here may not work here their entire career. They may leave public employment and go to work for the private sector or start…
Episode 15 – How to choose a financial advisor
Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And today we have a great guest in our podcast studio to talk about how to choose a financial advisor. And before we get started, we just want to remind listeners that this podcast is provided as a public service, but it…
Episode 14 – Choosing between Plans 2 and 3
Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And today we’re exploring a great topic that we get questions all the time about, which is: when you’re starting as a new state employee, how do you choose between Plan 2 and Plan 3? Seth I’m so excited that we’re having…
Episode 13 – How to claim missing money
Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And we’ve got a special guest here with us today. For our podcast we like to dive into topics that can help you budget better and save money. And today we have a great guest here with us to talk a little…
