Simplicity vs. Asset Location Tradeoffs

Today's episode tackles a handful of questions that come up often for high-income professionals planning for the future. We dig into how to optimize your retirement accounts and take advantage of key tax benefits, explore how cash balance plans work inside a group practice, and look at whether a target-date retirement fund ever makes sense in a taxable account. We also talk through what to do with your retirement savings over the next year if you won't have access to workplace profit sharing until the end of 2026.

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00:00 WCI Podcast #448 07:30 Optimizing Retirement Accounts 20:38 Adjusting Risk with a Cash Balance Plan 25:34 Target Retirement Funds in Taxable 30:55 Saving for Retirement in Taxable?