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- 5:02 Listener E mails and Business Talk – Jim riffs on listener comments on real estate, general business topics and the economy as he talks about the top stories in 2011.
- 5:10 – J. Andrew Szkaradek | CFP® – President and Founder of Strategic Wealth Solutions, Inc. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ with eleven years of experience helping clients manage their financial lives. Andy specializes in estate planning, retirement planning, tax compliance and planning, cash flow analysis, education funding and investment management. He is also a member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Miami-Dade Chapter of the FPA He has a Bachelor Degree in Accounting from Siena College (Loudonville, NY) and began his career in Albany, NY with the Tax Department of The Ayco Co, L.P. a Goldman Sachs Company. While there he was involved in tax compliance and planning for corporate executives, small business owners and other high net-worth individuals. He then moved to New York City and joined the Personal Financial Services Division at PricewaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P. This division was responsible for tax compliance and planning as well as estate and retirement planning. Thereafter, Andy joined the Wealth Management Division at U.S. Trust Company as an Assistant Vice President. He created financial plans for clients including but not limited to estate planning, retirement analysis and planning, cash flow models, tax planning and investment asset allocation. After leaving New York, he joined Raymond James & Associates in Coral Gables, Florida. There, he continued to create financial plans for individuals focusing on cash flow analysis, estate and retirement planning, tax, insurance analysis and investment management. We discuss financial planning in 2012.
- 5:30 Executive Health and Wellness
- Penny Shaffer Market President at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida– we discuss many of the questions we get on a regular basis from our listeners about health care, insurance, health care reform and much more – e mail your questions!!!
- Victor Franks, Ph.D. – has spent the last 13 years on Fisher Island as a massage therapist, trainer and wellness consultant for the captains of industry and finance. Author of AquaBliss: the Zero-Gravity Solution, Dr. Francs is a knowledgeable and clear voice in the jungle of conflicting information regarding your personal health and well-being. He is a Ph.D. in Naturopathic medicine. We discuss losing the extra weight you put on during holiday season.
- 5:45 Social Media
- Javier Morales – President and CEO and Alex Thomas Vice President of Associates In Business, Inc. Javier and Alex have over 20 years of marketing experience for clients such as Travelscream in the Caribbean, Air Jamaica, The Florida Marlins and others. We discuss the show’s new web page, how it was constructed, what we are going to do to market it and much more about the progress of the social media makeover they are creating for Fried on Business.