• Chet's journey to financial planning

• His current role

• Why he got involved with helping veterans with financial planning

• His PhD work

This week's podcast is the 300th Informed Decisions Personal Finance Podcast, so it is a little bit different than the usual!

Key topics are:

• Inflation vs Investments over the past few years, what has or has not retained your purchasing power
• Informed Decisions Financial Planning may be hiring!
• I interview my kids, my most challenging interview to date!

Hope you enjoy!

In this week's podcast I take a look at Section 72 policies. What are they and what's good and bad about them? What would the outcome look like if you saved the premium instead?

Section 72 policies are often discussed as a tool to manage inheritance tax liabilities and to maximise the legacy they leave to loved-one.

I hope it helps.

In this week's podcast I tackle a topic that's been heavily addressed already, inflation - but in the context of what it means for your pension assets. You may have noticed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) suggesting that inflation rates are easing off from recent highs. However, if we cast our minds back to the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, history shows us that inflation tends to come in waves. It's not gone away - particularly for us long term investors!

I hope it helps

In this week's podcast I take a look at Bonds

If you've got a slice of your pension or investment pie in bonds—be it individual or a fund, government or corporate—you're in good company. Many savvy investors do, and have always done. It's always been seen as a smart move, a bit of "financial wisdom" passed down through generations! But lately, thanks in no small part that Bonds haven't been doing great, some are second-guessing this wisdom.

I hope it helps.

In this week's podcast, I take another look at Lifestyle and Default Investment strategies for pension funds in Ireland. Something I've discussed before.

For the past 7 years, I have been making the case for avoiding Lifestyling for most investors (those that can handle volatility). And it's been a lonely place! While I had nothing but positive feedback from investors regarding these pieces - there was been little if any coverage of it from anyone else. Was I mad, or missing something? It appears not.

I hope it helps.

In this week's podcast, I talk about Larry Fink, Warren Buffet, and my granny's kitchen.

Larry Fink is renowned for his role as the CEO of BlackRock, one of the world's largest investment management firms. Much like Warren Buffett, Fink has earned a reputation as a visionary in the world of finance, leveraging his expertise to advocate for long-term investment strategies and the power of capital markets to drive economic growth.

While it might be considered by some as a 'poor cousin' of the Berskshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting, Fink publishes an annual letter that gets little coverage but does contain some interesting ideas and reflections on markets, investing and life.

Hope you find it interesting.

In this week's podcast, I talk about the Wealth of Health.

Something slightly off-topic this week, and something far more concise that usual. I hope it helps you.

A definition of wealth is 'a plentiful supply of a particular desirable thing'.

Money is a desirable thing - and we put a lot of focus here on accumulating and protecting that in an efficient, stress-free and proven way. What else is desirable to most of us?

I hope it helps.