Category Archives: Podcast

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And today we’re talking about tax advantage savings accounts to help you pay for qualified medical expenses. Today, we’re specifically focusing on FSA and DCAP, and then we’ll do another episode about Health Savings Accounts. But today we have Kelsie here from…

[musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. Today we’re excited to talk about a new savings option that will become available to DCP customers this fall. Starting October 1st, the DCP or Deferred Compensation Program will have a Roth option, and we have Catherine here today, who works at DRS as…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And we wanted to take some time on our podcast, to…. Sometimes it’s a bit of a touchy subject, but investing in the stock market, more specifically investing when the stock market is down. And while we can’t give specific advice, we…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And we got a question from one of our listeners asking about using your funds from DCP in your retirement. “How does DCP help your retirement income?” And we at Retirement Systems, spend so much time telling people to save, save, save…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. Today we’re doing a book review and one of the best financial books that I’ve probably come across in my short years. The book is called “Financial Feminist” written by Tori Dunlap. And I actually started following Tori a few years ago…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS and on the podcast we certainly love to talk about preparing for retirement and some of the most common questions around retirement that we get are usually related to understanding Medicare. But luckily, Washington state has a great program that provides a…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with the DRS. And in addition to managing money and saving for retirement and paying off loans, one of the largest sort of loan debts that Americans have is student loan debt. And so, we’re happy to have an episode today to talk about…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Well, welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And of course, on the program, we talk about all sorts of savings goals for retirement. And a great one we’re talking about today is how to save for college. Seth, yeah… Seth Yeah, I’m super excited. We have Luke and…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Well, welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And today we’re looking at a particular topic where we know that a lot of employees who work here may not work here their entire career. They may leave public employment and go to work for the private sector or start…