Episodes

Gold Fever: Myths, Memories, and Market Reality
Aug. 29, 2025

Gold Fever: Myths, Memories, and Market Reality

Gold Fever: Myths, Memories, and Market Reality - Guest host Jeff Perry sits down with senior portfolio manager Brian Regan to unpack why gold still captures investors’ imaginations and also their dollars. From the historic c...
Love, Legacy & Liquidity: How to Protect Your Wealth and Your Relationships
Aug. 25, 2025

Love, Legacy & Liquidity: How to Protect Your Wealth and Your Relationships

Navigating love, legacy, and liquidity- this episode of Something More with Chris Boyd dives deep into the financial complexities of second marriages, blended families, and estate planning. Chris and Russ Ball explore how to ...
Fed Under Fire: Politics, Powell, and the Future of Monetary Policy
Aug. 22, 2025

Fed Under Fire: Politics, Powell, and the Future of Monetary Policy

In this episode of Something More with Chris Boyd , Chris and Russ Ball unpack the political drama surrounding the Federal Reserve and its embattled Chair, Jerome Powell. From historical power struggles to current-day maneuve...
5 Questions to Answer Before Retiring Early
Aug. 18, 2025

5 Questions to Answer Before Retiring Early

5 Questions to Answer Before Retiring Early Thinking about retiring early? Before you hand in your notice and book that dream vacation, make sure you have asked yourself the right questions. In this episode of Something More ...
Alternative Assets in Retirement Plans: Good or Bad Idea?
Aug. 15, 2025

Alternative Assets in Retirement Plans: Good or Bad Idea?

Alternative Assets in Retirement Plans: Good or Bad Idea? In this episode of Something More, Chris Boyd is joined by Jeff Perry and Russ Ball to unpack the hidden world of private equity and private credit. Following Presiden...
Boomers, Benefits & the Budget: What’s Next for Social Security?
Aug. 11, 2025

Boomers, Benefits & the Budget: What’s Next for Social Security?

Boomers, Benefits & the Budget: What’s Next for Social Security? In this timely and informative episode of Something More with Chris Boyd, Social Security expert Marcia Mantell (see link below) returns and joins Chris Boyd an...
Taxes, Tech & Tangents
Aug. 8, 2025

Taxes, Tech & Tangents

Taxes, Tech & Tangents- A Financial Mishmash-n this eclectic and engaging episode of Something More with Chris Boyd, Chris Boyd and Jeff Perry cover a wide range of timely topics- from nostalgic movie favorites to serious fin...
Long-term Care Insurance: One size does not fit all
Aug. 4, 2025

Long-term Care Insurance: One size does not fit all

Long-term Care Insurance: One size does not fit all – Linda Thalheimer of Long Life Planning (see website link below) joins Jeff Perry and Russ Ball to dig into the topic of long- term care insurance. The podcast begins with ...
Mail Bag: Avoiding beneficiary IRA taxes, OBBB, tax deductions, and 529 planning
Aug. 1, 2025

Mail Bag: Avoiding beneficiary IRA taxes, OBBB, tax deductions, and 529 planning

Mail Bag: Avoiding beneficiary IRA taxes, OBBB, tax deductions, and 529 planning Jeff Perry and Russ Ball tackle questions from listeners and clients. To start this episode, Jeff and Russ discuss options for beneficiaries of ...
Portfolio Pitfalls: 5 Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make
July 28, 2025

Portfolio Pitfalls: 5 Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make

Portfolio Pitfalls: 5 Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make – Timing the market, lack of international equity exposure, taking on too much investment risk, attempting to predict the movement of interest rates, and lacking protect...
Memories Over Money: A New Take on Wealth Transfer
July 25, 2025

Memories Over Money: A New Take on Wealth Transfer

Memories Over Money: A New Take on Wealth Transfer – Chris Boyd, Russ Ball and Jeff Perry dig into a wide variety of issues and conflicts concerning how people plan and spend, or don’t spend their accumulated wealth. Topics i...
When to Buy Municipal Bonds
July 21, 2025

When to Buy Municipal Bonds

When to Buy Municipal Bonds – Municipal bonds are debt securities issued by governmental entities to finance public projects like schools, highways, or water systems. For investors seeking stability and tax advantages, munici...
OBBB Is Law, So What’s In It?
July 14, 2025

OBBB Is Law, So What’s In It?

OBBB Is Law, So What’s In It? – Chris Boyd and Jeff Perry get into the weeds of the One Big Beautiful Bill recently signed by President Trump. The episode begins with a broad overview of the Trump agenda that was included in ...
Brian Regan is Focused on the 2nd Half
July 11, 2025

Brian Regan is Focused on the 2nd Half

Focus on the 2nd Half – As we enter the second half of 2025 with the stock market at record high levels, Senior Portfolio Manager Brian Regan joins Chris Boyd and Jeff Perry for a detailed review of the first half of the year...
Taxes, Timing, and Total Wealth – A Holistic Approach
July 7, 2025

Taxes, Timing, and Total Wealth – A Holistic Approach

Taxes, Timing, and Total Wealth – A Holistic Approach In this insightful episode of Something More with Chris Boyd , Chris and Russ Ball explore the critical role of integrated financial planning—where tax strategy, investmen...
2025 At The Half – A Mid-Year Market Check-In
July 3, 2025

2025 At The Half – A Mid-Year Market Check-In

2025 At The Half – A Mid-Year Market Check-In As we hit the halfway mark of 2025, Chris Boyd and Russ Ball of the AMR team at Wealth Enhancement take a thoughtful look at the year’s financial journey so far. From market volat...
The Purpose Code
June 30, 2025

The Purpose Code

The Purpose Code – Worried about your purpose? Most people are. But no one has to be Chris Boyd and Jeff Perry welcome Dr. Jordan Grumet, M.D. (see website link below) for a lively discussion about Dr. Grumet’s self-improveme...
Climbing the Wall of Worry
June 27, 2025

Climbing the Wall of Worry

Climbing the Wall of Worry – In the context of the endless news cycle of significant political, economic, and geo-political events, Chris Boyd, Jeff Perry, and Russ Ball discuss what an investor should do with all the externa...
Time to open the Mailbag; RMD's
June 23, 2025

Time to open the Mailbag; RMD's

Time to Open the Mailbag – Chris Boyd and Jeff Perry open the Mailbag and answer listener and client questions. The episode opens with a listener question asking, I have multiple IRAs, how many RMDs do I need to take each yea...
IRA Age Milestones
June 20, 2025

IRA Age Milestones

IRA Age Milestones – If you have an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), are you aware of the many key age milestones? Chris Boyd and Jeff Perry take you through a chronological timeline from childhood to your mid- seventies ...
Things to consider before buying a second home
June 16, 2025

Things to consider before buying a second home

Things to consider before buying a second home – Chris Boyd and Jeff Perry are joined by Britta Ferguson CFP®, CEPA® who is a Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor with Wealth Enhancement to explore the pros and cons of ow...
Targets of Fraud
June 13, 2025

Targets of Fraud

Targets of Fraud – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15 and according to the World Health Organization, one in six people 60 years and older experience financial fraud or abuse each year. Elder fraud reports to the FBI’...
Best Books?
June 9, 2025

Best Books?

Best Books? – Chris Boyd opens this episode with a story from his most recent trip to the dentist where the hygienist was asking for financial planning book recommendations and advice as to how she should go about finding a f...
5 Biggest Stealth Retirement Costs
June 6, 2025

5 Biggest Stealth Retirement Costs

5 Biggest Stealth Retirement Costs – Chris Boyd and Jeff Perry review a recent article from Kiplinger’s magazine (linked below) as they discuss the “Five Biggest Stealth Costs in Retirement.” The conversation begins with the ...