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Joe and Big Al spitball retirement planning for high net worth couples: Gary in Pennsylvania is 54 with $10 million, and get this, he still can’t decide whether he can walk away from work, or if he needs to grind out a few more years. What is up with that?...
Paul and Angela in Florida are 52 and 45. What’s the earliest the two of them can walk away from work at the same time, so Paul can spend a whole lot more time in the boat? That’s today on Your Money, Your Wealth podcast number 593. Then the fellas...
Michael, K & J, and Tracy all need retirement spitballs and Roth conversion plans, but they didn’t share one of the most important numbers in retirement planning: how much they actually want to spend. Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 592, Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine,...
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B and S in Maryland are in their mid-40s with $425,000 and a couple of rental properties. Can they retire early at 62? Vee in Oregon came to the US as a refugee with nothing and built a three and three-quarter million dollar portfolio from...
Joe and Big Al spitball for people with a small fortune sitting in pre-tax accounts, turning into a tax bomb. We’ll find out how Roth conversions and careful tax liability management can optimize their retirement income strategy. Eric in California is 72 with nearly $4M...
The margin loan debate continues today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 589. Jack and Jill, longtime listeners who recently moved from the UAE to Australia, want a sanity check on using margin loans (AKA pledge loans) to build and live off their portfolio....
Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA spitball for three people planning for early retirement and wondering, can I really pull this off? How much risk can you take, and how much do you really need to? That’s today on Your Money, Your Wealth®...
11 rapid-fire spitballs today from Joe and Big Al on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 587, on everything from Roth conversions and RMDs to whether a guy named Wayne can finally treat himself to a $75K Audi. Aaron in Syracuse just hit a million...
“Walter and Skyler” in Iowa ask if they’re on track to retire early, or if they’re just “cooking up overconfidence?” And how aggressively should they convert their retirement savings to tax-free Roth money before the pension and Social Security kick in? California Dreamin’ has it...
Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 585, Joe and Big Al spitball for folks who are already winning and thinking about getting fancy with it. Reno in Oregon is 50, and his pension is so big he’s not sure how to invest or...
Heidi from the Space Coast of Florida found a money-saving tidbit in a past episode that completely changed how she thinks about her financial advisor’s fee, and Joe and Big Al expand on the strategy. Laverne and Shirley have four million bucks, Roth conversion questions,...
Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA spitball for people sitting on life-changing gains who are just one wrong move away from handing a third of it to the IRS. How should they diversify their concentrated stock positions? That’s today on Your Money, Your...
Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA address something a not-insignificant portion of this audience has been complaining about for years: their so-called ‘absurdly conservative’ safe withdrawal rates for early retirement. Rand and Elayne from Ohio are here to gripe about it directly with...
June in Washington State is 62 with $2.5 million saved and a $350,000 pension on the table. Should she take the lump sum or the monthly check for life? (Spoiler alert: there’s a 3-to-1 vote in the studio, and Big Al is the one.) Plus,...
This week Joe and Big Al are spitballing for some folks who’ve done the work, hit the numbers, but aren’t sure if they can really walk away yet. Martha in DC is 44 and says her soul is being sucked out of her body by...
