Your Money, Your Wealth
Joe Anderson, CFP® & Alan Clopine, CPA of Pure Financial Advisors
Making fun of finance. A "Top 10 Personal Finance Podcast" and "Top 12 Retirement Podcast" (US News & World Report, 2023). One of the "10 Best Personal Finance YouTube Channels" (CardRates, 2023). “Best Retirement Podcast With Humor” (FIPhysician, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023). Learn strategies that can help you retire successfully. Financial advisor Joe Anderson, CFP® and certified public accountant Big Al Clopine, CPA answer your money questions and spitball on your 401k, IRA, Roth conversions and backdoor Roth IRA, how to pay less taxes, asset allocation, stocks and bonds, real estate, and other investments, Social Security benefits, capital gains tax, 1031 exchange, early retirement, expenses and withdrawals, and more money and wealth management strategies. YMYW is retirement planning, investing, and tax reduction made fun, presented by Pure Financial Advisors - a fee-only financial planning firm. Pure Financial adheres to the fiduciary standard of care, in which we are required by law to act in the best interest of our clients at all times. Access free financial resources and episode transcripts, Ask Joe & Big Al On Air to get your Retirement Plan Spitball Analysis: http://YourMoneyYourWealth.com
Episodes
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Dec 14, 2021 • 45min
Spitballing Retirement and the Build Back Better Tax Proposal - 356
Should those in the 35% tax bracket contribute to traditional 401(k) or Roth 401(k)? Should a self-employed cryptocurrency investor do Roth conversions or tax gain harvesting? Also, a retirement spitball for a couple, age 35, wanting to retire with $5M at age 60. Plus, do the SECURE Act rules for required minimum distributions (RMDs) apply when inheriting an inherited IRA? Finally, comments on the latest Build Back Better Act. Show notes, financial resources, Ask Joe & Al On Air: https://bit.ly/ymyw-356
Dec 7, 2021 • 33min
Saving and Investing for Retirement with Company Stock, Bonds, and VTSAX? - 355
How much company stock is too risky? Can I bonds be the "cash" in a portfolio? Would saving to a brokerage instead of 401(k) or 403(b) ever make sense? How should a self-employed investor in Vanguard's Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSAX) get retirement-ready? How to pay for new home construction and keep the earned income and child tax credits? Should Roth conversion funds come from retirement, brokerage, or Social Security? Show notes, financial resources, Ask Joe & Al On Air: https://bit.ly/ymyw-355
Nov 30, 2021 • 55min
Retirement Pension Lump Sum or Monthly Annuity Payment? - 354
Should you take your pension all at once in a lump sum when you retire or spread it out over monthly annuity payments? What if the lump sum choice requires moving your pension to an investment plan? Or maybe your only pension options are either 10-year period certain or joint with rights of survivorship? All of these pension spitball analyses are compiled into this single episode to help you choose between your own pension options. Show notes, free resources, Ask Joe & Al On Air: https://bit.ly/ymyw-354
Nov 23, 2021 • 45min
Retirement Spitballing, Social Security, and Hiring & Ghosting Financial Advisors - 353
How does the “Buy, Borrow, Die” strategy of the uber-wealthy work? Stacking capital gains vs. Roth conversions, contributing to a non-deductible IRA vs. a brokerage account, and minimizing tax when a trust is the TSP beneficiary. Also, why delay Social Security to age 70 if you don’t need the money, and estimating benefits with a future salary of $0. Finally, can you “ghost” an advisor? Should you hire a financial advisor near you? Show notes, free resources, Ask Joe & Al On Air: https://bit.ly/ymyw-353
Nov 16, 2021 • 46min
Dividends, Asset Classes, and Diversification: How to Invest for Retirement? - 352
Can your investment portfolio be over diversified? How do dividends and net unrealized appreciation (NUA) work? How will ownership inequality in the stock market impact future returns for most investors? What do Joe & Big Al think of target date funds? Plus, the YMYW podcast is now on video! Watch the fellas spitball on annuities, bonds, long-term treasuries, risk tolerance, and the buckets of money investing strategy. Show notes, video clips, free resources, Ask Joe & Al On Air: https://bit.ly/ymyw-352
Nov 9, 2021 • 47min
Estate Planning, Social Security, and TSP to Roth Conversions - 351
Is there a step up in basis on (and advantage to) a joint tenants with rights of survivorship brokerage account? Is a charitable remainder trust a good way to liquidate property? Is there a point to Roth conversions when leaving your estate to charity? Should you name your trust as beneficiary on retirement accounts? When to draw from Social Security, pension, and annuity in retirement? Plus, Roth conversions from a thrift savings plan. Show notes, resources, Ask Joe & Al On Air: https://bit.ly/ymyw-351
Nov 2, 2021 • 51min
Spitballing the Sequence of Retirement Savings - 350
In what order you should contribute into which accounts for retirement? Joe & Al explain the reasoning behind the sequence of retirement savings and where a health savings account (HSA) fits. Following some retirement plan spitball analyses and Roth conversion strategizing, the fellas explain whether capital gains are taxed progressively, how required minimum distributions are taxed, & they revisit indexed universal life insurance. Show notes, free resources, Ask Joe & Al On Air: https://bit.ly/ymyw-350
Oct 26, 2021 • 47min
How to Pay the Tax on a Roth Conversion - 349
Learn the basics of Roth IRA conversions, how to calculate the tax on a Roth conversion, when to pay the tax, and more. Plus, ideas for what to do with unused 529 plan education savings funds, rules for 401(a) accounts, understanding the alternative minimum tax, the latest tax proposals, how to calculate employer solo 401(k) contributions - and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Visit the podcast how notes for free financial resources and to Ask Joe & Al your money questions: https://bit.ly/ymyw-349
Oct 19, 2021 • 41min
Medicare, Social Security, and FIRE Early Retirement - 348
How to calculate modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) for Medicare IRMAA, Social Security benefits when you’re planning to FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early), family Social Security benefits for those with minor children, and a strategy to qualify for the Obamacare ACA subsidy. Plus, Roth conversions prior to early retirement, and untangling stock options, long-term incentives (LTI), and restricted share units (RSU). Show notes, free resources, Ask Joe & Al On Air: https://bit.ly/ymyw-348
Oct 12, 2021 • 38min
What's the Right Mix of Stocks and Bonds for Your Investment Portfolio? - 347
Asset allocation is the delicate balance of stocks, bonds, and other assets in an investment portfolio. What allocation is best for your retirement needs? What mix of domestic and international stocks is best? Is a 90/10 equities to fixed income mix crazy in a $10M portfolio? Should Dad be at 90/10 or 60/40? Can pension & Social Security count as a bond allocation? Plus, legacy tax planning: how to avoid confiscatory estate taxes? Show notes, free resources, Ask Joe & Al On Air: https://bit.ly/ymyw-347
