Certified Public Accountant
Accredited Investment Fiduciary
BIOGRAPHY
Alan Clopine is the Executive Chairman of Pure Financial Advisors, LLC (Pure). He has been an executive leader of the Company for over a decade, including CFO, CEO, and Chairman. Alan joined the firm in 2008, about one year after it was established. In his tenure at Pure, the firm has grown from approximately $50 million in assets under management to over $8 billion.
Prior to joining Pure, Alan was the founding and senior partner at Clopine & Associates, LLP, a CPA firm established in 1987 and located in San Diego. In addition to providing traditional tax and accounting services for successful individuals and businesses, the firm specialized in real estate, technology, and small business tax planning. The firm was consistently ranked in the top 50 CPA firms in the San Diego Business Journal, “Book of Lists.”
Alan has provided tax planning services for individuals, corporations, and trusts for over 35 years. From 2008 to 2024, Alan was the co-host of Your Money, Your Wealth®, a financial talk radio show heard weekly in San Diego on KFMB. He has co-hosted the Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast since 2016. In addition, Your Money, Your Wealth® is a weekly television show that is aired in multiple markets and is available on YouTube.
Alan received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego in 1979 and received his CPA certification in 1984. He was the former board president of Vida Joven, a non-profit organization that supports an orphanage in Tijuana. He is actively volunteering with St. Peters Episcopal Church. When his kids were young, he volunteered for over ten years, coaching youth sports in baseball and soccer. Alan enjoys time with family and friends, traveling, staying fit, hiking, golfing, and playing his ukulele. Alan is married to Anne and has two adult sons named Robbie & Ryan.
Alan's Latest Contributions
A comment on one of our YouTube videos sparks a dialogue between Joe and Big Al on the 4% rule vs the “guardrails” withdrawal strategy. Joe at the Beach is managing his ~$6M portfolio on his own, but wants the fellas’ take on his upper limit for yearly spending, so he can keep drinking his old-fashioneds. Can Joe Ko in Virginia afford to bridge the gap between retiring at 67 and taking Social Security at 70? Plus, “Harold and Maude” have nearly $7M saved. Should they accelerate Roth conversions into high-tax brackets before moving from low-tax Colorado to high-tax California? And how much more than their current annual spend can they afford for family vacations and travel?
Wendy and Joe in Colorado ran the numbers, and their financial planning software says they’ll have over $10 million when they pass. Wendy’s wondering if they should continue converting to Roth while working, despite their high tax bracket. But has the software lulled them into a false sense of security? That’s today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 548. Plus, which is smarter for “Kurt and Courtney” in New York: aggressively paying down their mortgage, or putting their extra money to work in the market before Kurt retires early in 20 years? Finally, when does it stop making sense for high-earners “Tim and Faith” in Boston to contribute to their Roth? The fellas duke it out on this one (and we figure out, based on our earliest musical interests, which era we’re each children of.)
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