Aug 16, 2026

The 60/40 portfolio has been the default retirement recommendation for so long that almost nobody stops to ask why it worked. In this episode, Brandon and Brantley go after one of the sacredest of sacred cows — and the problem, it turns out, sits almost entirely on the 40 side.

Here's the uncomfortable part: the...

Aug 9, 2026

Everybody has an opinion about who should buy whole life insurance. We've given ours plenty of times — built on fifteen-plus years and a few hundred conversations about who it works for and who it doesn't. This week we did something different. We set the opinions aside and went looking for who actually owns cash value...

Aug 2, 2026

If you've spent any time reading about indexed universal life insurance online, you already know the greatest hits. The insurance company will slash your cap whenever it feels like it. The illustration is a work of fiction. The policy will quietly implode under the rising cost of insurance. The "tax-free"...

Jul 26, 2026

There's a version of the life insurance conversation that comes with a velvet rope. Someone from the private client side of a bank or advisory firm tells you they have something they don't discuss with just anybody, and then they start explaining private placement life insurance.

We've been on the receiving end of that...

Jul 19, 2026

Heading into 2026, the federal estate tax exemption was scheduled to sunset and roughly cut in half. A lot of life insurance marketing was built around that deadline: set up an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) and lock in coverage before the exemption dropped. Then the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed on July...