

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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Mar 7, 2018 • 38min
Seven Secrets for a Happy, Successful Retirement with Jan Cullinane - 158
Best-selling author, retirement expert and fluent backward-speaker Jan Cullinane lets us in on how many of the Seven Secrets for a Happy, Successful Retirement have to do with money - and how many don’t. And you won’t have to understand backward speak to get it! Big Al’s got a whole new mindset for happiness after visiting South America, why it might be a mistake to get married later in life - or at all if you’re Joe - and the fellas discuss a gentleman who finds himself bored after early retirement. Show notes and transcript: http://bit.ly/YMYW-158

Mar 2, 2018 • 23min
Pay Off Debt, Starve & Stack, Retire Rich & Happy with Jackie Beck - 157
How to retire rich and happy: the two income starve-and-stack strategy, losing the ego, and the Pay Off Debt by Jackie Beck app. Oh, and Rondo soda pop, and never saying the word "tissue." Joe and Big Al also talk a bit about retirement readiness and taxes. Show notes and transcript: http://bit.ly/YMYW-157

Feb 22, 2018 • 47min
Don’t Scream “Get Me Out!” How to Stomach Market Dips - 156
What happened to the market correction, what happens next, and how can you avoid hitting your GMO (get me out) point? Larry Swedroe of the BAM Alliance and ETF.com gazes into his crystal ball. Plus, 5 questions to ask your estate planner after the new tax law, and what happens to your social media estate after you die? Who will manage all those videos of Joe playing golf on Instagram?

Feb 15, 2018 • 47min
6 Things to Help You Avoid a Miserable Retirement with Catherine Collinson - 155
Avoid a miserable retirement with 6 actions that can help you prepare for the retirement of your dreams, according to Catherine Collinson of the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. Big Al’s got a list of 10 reasons people don’t create a budget. Plus, the fellas cover the best states in which to retire, and they answer yet another question Trump’s new tax law as it relates to the sale of a primary residence.

Feb 13, 2018 • 28min
SPECIAL: Market Volatility and Corrections - 154
Welcome to stock market volatility. Today the market clawed back some of its big losses from last week's correction, but what’s in store tomorrow or next week or next month? What should you be doing with your portfolio, and how will this affect your retirement? Joe Anderson, CFP®, Al Clopine, CPA and Brian Perry, ChFC® provide some guidance.

Feb 11, 2018 • 1h 5min
How To Successfully Retire at 41 with Chris Mamula- 153
Chris Mamula retired early - at age 41! He now blogs about his experiences at CanIRetireYet.com. How did he do it, after making a decade of retirement planning mistakes? Plus 5 Things to Consider Before Tapping Your Retirement Accounts, and the good, the bad and the ugly of the popular "guaranteed income" products known as annuities. But first, the fellas have a bone to pick with CNN Money about the confusing new business tax deduction.

Feb 4, 2018 • 52min
7 Changes to Social Security You Need to Know - 152
Today on Your Money, Your Wealth, seven new changes to your Social Security benefits - Joe and Big Al talk about the good and the bad. Plus, how small business owners may be in danger of screwing up their Social Security, how the new tax law lets you save big money if you’re taking required minimum distributions, and Joe’s fear of commitment is further cemented by the story of a fella who lost 60% of his life savings in a divorce.

Jan 28, 2018 • 1h 3min
Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Everything You Need to Know - 151
Cryptocurrency expert and controversial crypto-celeb Amanda B. Johnson answers the most common altcoin questions: what is digital currency? What’s a blockchain? Is Bitcoin safe? Why is Bitcoin so volatile? Should I own any cryptocurrency? Can cryptocurrency actually prevent "secret inflation"? Plus, how trading Bitcoin could ruin your mental health and 9 strategies to retire this year so you’ll have time to ponder whether or not you’ve "made it" in America - and what the heck is BillyRock?

Jan 21, 2018 • 1h 6min
Opportunities, Challenges and Tricks Coming From Trump's New Tax Law - 150
Joe and Big Al weigh in on 10 retirement resolutions experts say you should make for 2018. We’ll learn some new opportunities, challenges and potential tricks coming out of President Donald Trump’s new tax law. We’ll find out the secrets to Big Al’s big wallet, and how Joe is unwillingly helping his boy Mikey cut expenses. And we’ll hear one of the rare instances when the fellas kinda butcher the answer to an estate planning question. (Photo of Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore)

Jan 14, 2018 • 1h 9min
How To Capitalize On The Goldilocks Economy in 2018 - 149
Brian Perry, CFP®, CFA® from Pure Financial Advisors recaps 2017's global Goldilocks economy. Will the bull run continue in 2018? Should we change our asset allocation to prepare our stock and bond portfolios for a market slow down? Are you properly allocated? What would Jim Cramer do, and should you care?! Plus, tax filing season is approaching, and Big Al’s Big Brain contains a whole bunch of stuff you need to know about the new tax law before you start working on those 1040s.