Both tracks bundle
Both courses, with a year of access. For couples at different stages, or anyone who wants the full picture.
Build: Budget to Retirement
- Welcome and your goal (15 min)
What the course covers, how the plan works, and the retirement goal you're aiming at. - Your compensation (30 min)
Gross pay versus take-home, where payroll deductions go, and why the employer match is part of your pay. - Budgeting best practices (50 min)
Pay yourself first, 50/30/20 as a starting point, needs and wants, sinking funds, and the savings pool. - Emergency fund and debt (30 min)
How big an emergency fund should be, where to keep it, and the order to tackle debt and saving. - Retirement account types (45 min)
401(k), IRA, Roth, HSA, brokerage and cash. Tax now versus tax later, limits, and what happens to money over a limit. - Growth and compounding (30 min)
Compounding, real versus nominal returns, why a growth rate is an assumption, and what fees cost. - Retirement income and spending (50 min)
How much retirement costs, Social Security timing, other income, taxes on withdrawals, and the order to draw accounts. - Putting it together (30 min)
Read the year-by-year plan, see what moved it, and try the four big levers. - Capstone: a thousand futures (60 min)
Monte Carlo simulation, percentiles, probability of success, sequence-of-returns risk, and flexible spending. - Your action plan (15 min)
Choose three actions for the next 90 days, check your confidence, and get your certificate.
Prepare: The Retirement Countdown
- Welcome and your goal (15 min)
What the course covers, how the plan works, and the retirement goal you're aiming at. - Your compensation (30 min)
Gross pay versus take-home, where payroll deductions go, and why the employer match is part of your pay. - Budgeting best practices (50 min)
Pay yourself first, 50/30/20 as a starting point, needs and wants, sinking funds, and the savings pool. - Emergency fund and debt (30 min)
How big an emergency fund should be, where to keep it, and the order to tackle debt and saving. - Retirement account types (45 min)
401(k), IRA, Roth, HSA, brokerage and cash. Tax now versus tax later, limits, and what happens to money over a limit. - Growth and compounding (30 min)
Compounding, real versus nominal returns, why a growth rate is an assumption, and what fees cost. - Retirement income and spending (50 min)
How much retirement costs, Social Security timing, other income, taxes on withdrawals, and the order to draw accounts. - Putting it together (30 min)
Read the year-by-year plan, see what moved it, and try the four big levers. - Capstone: a thousand futures (60 min)
Monte Carlo simulation, percentiles, probability of success, sequence-of-returns risk, and flexible spending. - Your action plan (15 min)
Choose three actions for the next 90 days, check your confidence, and get your certificate.