How you invest for retirement depends on how long until that event. Jack Otter joins Jim Blasingame to advise college graduates how to save for retirement and encourage small business owners and employees to consider index funds for retirement.

Are there advantages to leasing vs buying? Jack Otter joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the tax and financial advantages of leasing or buying a car and working with independent community banks.

Health care benefits has to be more than insurance. Luke Vandermillen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a number of elements that should be part of an employee health care benefits program in addition to insurance.

Luke Vandermillen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss innovative and creative ways companies are approaching employee benefits.

Don't try to manage employee benefits yourself. Luke Vandermillen joins Jim Blasingame to encourage small businesses to seek professionals who can help them manage employee benefits.

Humans are not hard-wired for long-term financial planning. Ornella Grosz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why long-term financial planning has to be learned, plus perspectives on how to use student loans.

Do you know why you spend money? Ornella Grosz joins Jim Blasingame to explain that you can't find financial success until you're honest with yourself about how your financial behavior and relationship with money.

Let the government help sell your business to your employees. Jerry Ripperger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) as a tax advantages plan to help employees buy your business.

There is still time to fund certain retirement plans and your HSA for 2011. Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss retirement plans you can still put into place - and fund - for 2011, as well as your health savings account (HSA).

This year, because of a Washington D.C. holiday, the personal tax filing date is April 17. Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to remind us to file either a return or extension, plus the new tax payment extension option.