Helping Families Find Happiness In Retirement

At Capital Investment Advisors, we believe that well-balanced, multi-asset income-producing portfolios are a cornerstone to helping our families work towards their retirement goals. Our financial advisors specialize in developing and maintaining portfolios that are custom-tailored to fit the client’s lifestyle, goals, and needs. We aim to help families generate a steady stream of income from their retirement savings while also advising on a wider array of areas in financial planning. The investment advising that our team offers serves our ultimate goal: helping families find happiness in retirement.

 

Retire Sooner

As a seasoned finance professional, best-selling author, broadcaster, and teacher, Wes has done extensive research on the habits of the happiest retirees. On this podcast Wes shares key lifestyle and money habits you can implement now to prepare for a secure future while not depriving yourself of happiness in the present. In addition to leveraging his 20+ years of knowledge as an investment advisor, Wes brings in guests, specialists and our team of financial professionals to teach you how to set and work towards your financial and lifestyle objectives.

With over 1.3 million downloads and counting, the mission of the Retire Sooner Podcast is to provide real-life lifestyle goals without weighing listeners down with financial jargon and unrealistic money goals.

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All Episodes

#258 – From FOMO to Focused: Retirement Strategies for Market Volatility and Asset Allocation

In this episode of the Retire Sooner Podcast, Wes Moss and Christa DiBiase explore the rol

#257 – Keys to Early Retirement: Rule 72(t), New Research, Investing Insights, and Lasting Happiness

Dreaming about retiring early, but worried you’ll never have enough? On this episode of

#252 – ETF or Index Fund? Retirement or Brokerage? Wes Moss Unpacks Strategic Moves for Early Retirement

Wes and Christa compare ETFs vs. index funds and retirement accounts vs. brokerage account

#251 – Should You Still Buy a Home? + 5 Financial Planning Essentials You Can’t Ignore

Is owning a home still a good investment? What are the 5 most important topics to cover wh

#250 – Fear, the VIX, And The Bungee Market Of 2025: Why Staying Invested Still Wins

 Explore ways fear can sometimes subside in financial markets. Examine how missing the

#249 – Bear Market Retirement Guide: Investment Strategies, Tax Moves, Vacation Decisions, Timing, And Understanding Portfolio Benchmarks

Make informed decisions about your retirement plans, even in a bear market. Learn whether

#248 – Don’t Miss The Market Rebound: Invest Through Tariff Volatility, Absorb The Mappiness Project, and Answer Listener Questions

Explore the latest developments in the tariff tumult, including how a lack of clarity may

#247 – Retire with Confidence: Tackle Inflation, Family Planning, and Staying Calm in a Noisy Market

Max out your financial insight with real-world retirement strategies and listener Q&A.

#246 – Maximize Your Retirement: 4% vs. 5% Withdrawal Rate, Inflation, Social Security, and Market Timing Explained

Take control of your financial future. Learn how to determine the withdrawal rate for your

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Sustainability of a 4% Withdrawal Rate

Studies have found that historically, a retiree could withdraw 4% of their initial retirement assets, and increase that amount every year to account for inflation, assuming a 50% to 75% portfolio allocation to stocks. Based on research, we typically use 4% as a guideline when planning withdrawals from portfolios.

Our Approach to Financial Planning

CIA focuses on a target yield and income production from investments. Our financial advice focuses on retirement income planning, striving to meet a family’s spending needs over multiple decades.

Our Multi-Asset Class Income Strategy

Utilizing our multi-asset class strategy allows us to build a diversified portfolio using historical yields as a guide.

Our Investing Style

CIA’s goal is to deliver income while prudently managing risks.

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All investments involve risks, including possible loss of principal. An Advisor’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments is important to the portfolio accomplishing its goals. The portfolio could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Stock prices fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and dramatically, due to factors affecting individual companies, particular industries or sectors, or general market conditions. For stocks paying dividends, dividends are not guaranteed, and can increase, decrease or be totally eliminated without notice. Fixed-income securities involve interest rate, credit, inflation, and reinvestment risks; and possible loss of principal. As interest rates rise, the value of fixed-income securities falls. Global investing can involve additional risks, such as the risk of currency fluctuations. Diversification can reduce (but not eliminate) the risk of loss. Please see our ADV Part 2, Item 8 for more information about investing risk.  Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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