Nate discusses how to use certain marketing conditions to your advantage combined with Donor Advised Funds to donate more money to charity in a tax savvy way.

Source: https://www.google.com/finance/quote/TSLA:NASDAQ?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjaquOr5aKMAxVWHNAFHSXNEJwQ3ecFegQIPxAf

Nate discusses a video that has been making its rounds among his clients that is simply a fear mongering advertisement to sell more newsletter subscriptions and should not be taken seriously.

Source: https://www.retirementwatch.com/offer/rw-default?source=RWDD8715T&step=0&CID=434710&AFID=506988&CLICKID=01_177173239_16f527e5-17dc-4e86-a4ca-263b15cb6e5f

https://www.retirementwatch.com/offer/rw-default?source=RWDD8715T&step=1&CID=434710&AFID=506988&CLICKID=01_177173239_16f527e5-17dc-4e86-a4ca-263b15cb6e5f

Nate discusses the new Act and the positives and negatives of it, and how it could impact retirees and the Social Security Trust Fund.

Source: https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/01/05/biden-signs-social-security-fairness-act-/?kw=Biden%20Signs%20Social%20Security%20Fairness%20Act&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=newsroomupdate&utm_content=20250105&utm_term=ta&oly_enc_id=4791J5393367D8I&user_id=7dece68a50d12914b4929182d0b4cb5001dd82cb0e00296b32af6f59bb259b0a

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/01/03/debate-is-the-social-security-fairness-act-fair/?kw=Debate%3A%20Is%20the%20Social%20Security%20Fairness%20Act%20Fair%3F&utm_position=1&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=lifehealthweekender&utm_content=20250105&utm_term=tadv&oly_enc_id=4791J5393367D8I&user_id=7dece68a50d12914b4929182d0b4cb5001dd82cb0e00296b32af6f59bb259b0a

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2024/12/30/social-security-fairness-act-could-cause-new-problems/?kw=Social%20Security%20Fairness%20Act%20Could%20Cause%20New%20Problems&utm_position=1&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=weekendreview&utm_content=20250104&utm_term=tadv&oly_enc_id=4791J5393367D8I&user_id=7dece68a50d12914b4929182d0b4cb5001dd82cb0e00296b32af6f59bb259b0a

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2024/12/27/social-security-fairness-act-calls-for-2024-back-payments/?kw=Social%20Security%20Fairness%20Act%20Calls%20for%202024%20Back%20Payments&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=earlywire&utm_content=20241230&utm_term=tadv&oly_enc_id=4791J5393367D8I&user_id=7dece68a50d12914b4929182d0b4cb5001dd82cb0e00296b32af6f59bb259b0a

Nate discusses the positives and negatives about the Trump tariffs and how they could affect prices, the market, and retirees’ investments.

Source:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7255316/#:~:text=The%20wasteful%20effects%20of%20protectionism,marginally%2Dsignificant%20increase%20in%20unemployment.

https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/tariffs/

https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-are-tariffs-and-how-do-they-affect-you/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-promises-tariffs-on-all-products-from-mexico-until-it-curbs-flow-of-migrants-into-u-s

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trudeau-says-he-had-a-good-call-with-trump-after-threat-of-tariffs

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-unveils-tariff-ultimatums-against-canada-mexico-and-china

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-art-of-the-tariff-how-trump-can-help-save-the-middle-class

Nate has heard multiple times that Trump wants to cut Social Security, hearing that the source of those concerns was project 2025, so he downloaded all 922 pages, and gets to the bottom of it.

Source:

https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

Nate discusses the cost of living adjustment increase for 2025 along with the Medicare premium increase, and again tries, possibly in vain, to temper election season emotions.

Source:

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2024/10/10/social-security-cola-for-2025-set-at-2-5/?kw=Social%20Security%20COLA%20for%202025%20Set%20at%202.5%25&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=newsroomupdate&utm_content=20241010&utm_term=ta&oly_enc_id=4791J5393367D8I&user_id=7dece68a50d12914b4929182d0b4cb5001dd82cb0e00296b32af6f59bb259b0a

https://www.aarp.org/retirement/social-security/info-2024/cola-set-for-2025.html#:~:text=In%20their%202024%20annual%20report,a%20month%20for%20most%20recipients.

Nate discusses a few articles around the theme of underspending in retirement and why some retirees may be hesitant to spend money in retirement, even if their strategies show that they could spend higher amounts.

Source:

https://www.morningstar.com/retirement/tips-help-you-spend-less-or-more-retirement

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timmaurer/2023/09/24/scared-to-spend-overcoming-the-retirement-cycle-of-fear/?sh=4937ce036c5f

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-anxiety-of-spending-money-you-definitely-have/ar-AA1ojOvF

Nate discusses Kamala Harris’s 25% proposed tax on unrealized capital gains.

Sources:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2024/08/29/kamala-harris-plan-to-tax-unrealized-capital-gain-is-scary-heres-why/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2024/08/28/kamala-harris-has-big-plans-for-your-taxes-here-is-what-you-could-pay/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/30/facebook-posts/harris-backs-an-unrealized-capital-gains-tax-it-wo/

https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2024/