Raleigh, NC -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/07/2011 -- Radon Stancil, Certified Financial Planner™ and managing partner of Retirement Investment Strategies (http://www.financialplanstrategies.com/), a fee-based financial advisement firm specializing in retirement planning, has announced the release of a podcast discussing key components regarding retirement preparation. In the podcast, Stancil reveals when retirement planning should begin, the differences between generic and tailored retirement structures, shifting assets into safer environments of investments with age progression, and common misunderstanding of financial planning. The podcast is available for download at: http://bit.ly/iY15qo.

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“Retirement planning should begin at the start of an individual’s career; unfortunately, we don’t see people really start to focus on retirement until age 40,” said Stancil.

“Preparing for retirement is not entirely centralized on saving money, but also requires an understanding of the appropriate outlets of storing finances and minimizing taxation of those finances.”

About Radon Stancil
Radon Stancil is a Certified Financial Planner™, the gold standard among financial planners. For well over a decade, he has helped people create personalized roadmaps to financial retirement success. As an author and a financial column writer, he enjoys simply and clearly explaining to others the financial tools that can offer the greatest benefits. Radon believes there are no cookie-cutter approaches to financial planning. His specialty is helping each individual create a retirement plan that is as unique as they are.

About Retirement Investment Strategies
Retirement Investment Strategies is an independent, fee-based financial advisement firm that specializes in helping its clients plan for retirement, with an emphasis on 401k / IRA management. Owner Radon Stancil, a Certified Financial Planner™, received his formal financial planning education at Boston University. The firm is a member of the Better Business Bureau and the National Ethics Bureau, and has successfully passed the Ethics Check System™, a rigorous eight-point background check for criminal, civil and business violations. For more information, visit http://www.financialplanstrategies.com/.