TaylorMade Retirement with Taylor Demars, CFP®
Welcome to TaylorMade Retirement! Featuring Taylor Demars, a 3rd-generation financial advisor and CFP®, this podcast explores what it really takes to build a retirement that works- for your money and your life.
Each episode breaks down strategies, stories, and steps to help listeners approach retirement with clarity and confidence. From cutting taxes to avoiding common retirement traps, Taylor draws on decades of family expertise to make complex financial ideas easy to understand.
Because life should shape your money, not the other way around.
TaylorMade Retirement with Taylor Demars, CFP®
Latest Episodes
My Investments Underperformed the Market - Should I Fire My Advisor?
It’s one of the most common (and emotional) questions investors ask: If my portfolio isn’t keeping up with the market, is my advisor doing their job? On the surface, it feels like a simple comparison, but there’s usually a lot more going on ben...
Pension Payout Decision: The Break-Even Analysis Most People Miss
Should you take the pension lump sum or monthly payments? It's one of the most important — and most permanent — financial decisions you'll make in retirement. And most of the advice out there starts and ends with the math.Today, Taylor ...
Volunteering: The Best Investment You Might Make In Retirement
Retirement isn’t just about stepping away from work. It’s about stepping into something meaningful. While most people focus on finances, the happiest retirees often find something deeper: purpose, connection, and a reason to get out of bed each...
5 Reasons To Retire Before 62 With $3.2M in a 401(k)
Can you really retire before 62 with $3.2 million in a 401(k)? Taylor walks you through a real client case study where a couple with $3.2M chose a retirement plan that scored lower, projected less money — and gave them a better retirement than ...
The Surprisingly Hard Part of Retirement Nobody Warns You About
Most retirement conversations are about saving enough. Today we're talking about the other side of that. What happens when you've saved, you're there, and you still can't bring yourself to spend it? It's more common than people admit. And it ca...