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
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Apr 7, 2020 • 46min
CARES Act: What's in the Coronavirus Stimulus Package - 268
Recovery rebates, new rules for retirement account distributions, stimulus checks for those on Social Security & unemployment benefits. Plus, should a listener invest his forbearance, buy foreclosures, and capitalize on the financial crisis? We also get into the cash-on-cash math for rental real estate and potential property tax deduction changes for Californians under a revised Prop 13. Send in money questions, read the transcript & access free financial resources in the show notes: http://bit.ly/YMYW-268
Mar 31, 2020 • 43min
Analyzing 5 Investing Strategies for Volatile Markets - 267
In these volatile financial markets, are you reconsidering your investing strategies? Joe and Big Al discuss cash, selling stocks in taxable accounts and repurchasing them in tax-deferred accounts, doing nothing and staying globally diversified, writing an investment policy statement, doing Roth conversions, and fixed indexed annuities (AKA equity-indexed annuities). Also: international and emerging market stocks, the Coronavirus stimulus package, inflation and much more. Send in money questions, read the transcript & access free financial resources in the show notes: http://bit.ly/YMYW-267
Mar 24, 2020 • 54min
Tax Brackets Explained: How Much Are You Really Paying in Taxes? - 266
If you’re in the 22% tax bracket, does 22% of what you make go to the IRS? How does capital gains tax work with ordinary income tax? Joe & Big Al explain how tax brackets work and answer your Roth contribution and Roth conversion questions: like what's the point of a Roth conversion if you're just leaving the money to your kids? Plus some Mega Backdoor Roth talk and spousal contributions. Send in money questions, read the transcript & access free financial resources in the show notes: http://bit.ly/YMYW-265
Mar 17, 2020 • 50min
Bear Market Investing Strategies and Revisiting the 5-Year Roth IRA Withdrawal Rules - 265
Tax loss harvesting, Roth conversions and more: Joe and Big Al explain how bear markets like the one we're in now are the time to utilize these investing strategies in your retirement portfolio. And the fellas go over those Roth IRA 5-year withdrawal rules again. They’ll cover some Roth withdrawal mistakes and Roth rollover consequences, and they have a mea culpa for one of their peers. Send in money questions, read the transcript & access free financial resources: http://bit.ly/YMYW-265
Mar 10, 2020 • 49min
How Much of Your Net Worth Should Be in Cash? - 264
How much of your money should you keep in cash? Should you buy VBK, the Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF? Plus, asset allocation and asset location, the pros and cons of the Roth 401(k), Medicare, spousal and survivor Social Security benefits, tax-saving charitable giving, small business strategies, who qualifies to be called Joe Anderson’s “peer,” and whether you’d rather hang out with a James or a Jimbo. Send in money questions, read the transcript & access free financial resources: http://bit.ly/YMYW-264
Mar 3, 2020 • 34min
7 Roth Conversion Strategies - 263
When to do a Roth IRA conversion, the pro-rata and aggregation rules, spousal conversions, Roth contributions and more. Send in money questions, read the transcript & access free financial resources: http://bit.ly/YMYW-263
Feb 25, 2020 • 47min
What's the Right Retirement Asset Allocation for You? - 262
With volatility, should you time the market and change the asset allocation of your investment portfolio, your pension, or your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)? Plus, asset location: should equities be in a brokerage account, Roth IRA or traditional IRA? And diversification vs. concentration, calculating how much you’ll have in retirement, how to get there from here, and Joe’s favorite, negative listener feedback. Ask money questions, read the transcript & access free financial resources: http://bit.ly/YMYW-262
Feb 18, 2020 • 48min
Real Estate Investing: How to Find Bread & Butter Rental Properties - 261
How do you run the numbers to find a good, profitable rental property? Should you pay off the mortgage, buy more real estate, or save for retirement? Should you buy a home all cash? Can a property be considered a rental for tax purposes? Should you refinance your home to pay student loans? What can you do with unused education savings? And what do we have against 72(t) SEPP for early retirement withdrawals? Ask money questions, read the transcript and access free financial resources: http://bit.ly/YMYW-261
Feb 11, 2020 • 42min
When is the Tax Deadline for a Roth Conversion? - 260
As Tax Day approaches, you've got taxes on your mind. When do you have to pay the tax on your Roth IRA conversion? Is converting beyond the current tax bracket ever recommended? Plus, answers to more of your SECURE Act retirement questions on IRA contributions and inherited IRAs and other assets, and Roth conversion and Backdoor Roth strategies for self-employed small business owners with Solo 401(k)s and SIMPLE-IRAs. Ask money questions, read the transcript & access free financial resources: http://bit.ly/YMYW-260
Feb 4, 2020 • 43min
"Collect Social Security at Age 70" is Common Advice. Why? - 259
We address a challenge to the advice to wait until age 70 to take Social Security and we tackle your questions on making the most of your benefits, what happened to annual projections for those on restricted applications, using a revocable trust to protect assets from Medicaid, converting from 403(b) to Roth IRA, rolling Roth 401(k) to Roth IRA, and whether to contribute to a Roth 401(k) or Traditional 401(k). Ask money questions, read the transcript & access free financial resources: http://bit.ly/YMYW-259
