Robert Brokamp

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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing · How Your Social Security Benefit Is Actually Calculated · 15 Aug 2026 podcast

Finally, I should address the elephant in the room, which is that the Social Security Trust Fund is expected to run dry sometime around 2032 or so, at which point the program will only be able to pay around 75% to 80% of benefits.

Now, I hope that our government comes up with a solution before then.

And you know, it's an election year, so feel free to find out what the various candidates are proposing.

I do think that any potential changes may change some of the nuts and bolts of how Social Security benefits are calculated, but I also think that the essential machinery that I have described in this episode will mostly remain the same.

So Fred, I hope that helps you zero in on an answer to your question.

And if you, dear listener, have a question or feedback on these Saturday episodes, send them to podcast at fool.com.

I can't promise we'll be able to answer each question, but we'll do our best, perhaps along the way or in our mailbag episode in September.

And that my foolest friends is the show.

Thanks so much for listening and thanks to Bart Shannon, the engineer, for this and every Saturday episode.

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I'm Robert Brokamp, full on everybody.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing · In Retirement, More Spending Leads to Higher Taxes · 8 Aug 2026 podcast

When you're retired, spending this year could affect your tax bill for years to come. matched

I explain why in this Saturday personal finance edition of the Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing Podcast. matched

I'm Robert Brocamp, and before we dig into this week's topic, I'd like to highlight a new foolish resource. matched

You know, one of my earliest educational experiences about investing came during a literature of the American South class in college, believe it or not. matched

And the lesson didn't come from the professor, but from one of my fellow students' dads, who was a financial advisor, and asked the professor if he could talk for 15 minutes about the importance of starting investing early. matched

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