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How do you protect your nest egg when you’re really risk-averse and want safe, low-risk investments – should you invest in annuities, CDs? When choosing a money market fund, should you just invest in the one with the highest post-tax return? How do you go about replenishing cash, or rebalancing your portfolio, when the stock market is up? Plus, the widow’s penalty in relation to Roth conversions, and switching from survivor Social Security benefits to your own. Also – withdrawing from your portfolio before RMD age? One listener says nobody should ever need to do it!
Is your retirement plan turbocharged? Do you know how to make the most of the money that you’ve worked so hard to save? Joe Anderson, CFP®, and Big Al Clopine, CPA are here to tell you how to turbocharge your wealth. Whether you are in the slow lane with your savings benchmarks or stalled out […]
When deciding whether to claim Social Security early, how do taxes figure into the analysis? If Social Security creates too much provisional income so that you have to pay tax on your Social Security benefits, does it make sense to claim Social Security early? If you apply for Social Security at age 70 and learn you could’ve taken spousal benefits for four years, are you owed that money? Plus, a listener takes issue with YMYW’s dollar-cost averaging discussion. But first, how long did the recovery from the 1929 stock market crash really take, and do higher yield investments early in retirement offset sequence of returns risk?
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Risk management investing strategies: is selling rental property and buying a variable annuity to reduce sequence of return risk and interest rate risk a good idea? Do small-cap or emerging markets have better risk-adjusted returns against market volatility? Should eREITs (non-traded real estate investment trusts) be in your retirement investments? Is RPAR Risk Parity ETF a good inflation hedge? Should you be tax gain harvesting in declining financial markets?
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When the markets have large swings – up and down – investors often make mistakes that can jeopardize their entire retirement plan. Financial professionals Joe Anderson and Alan Clopine provide a long-term view of how the markets respond in good and bad times. They also give you the tools you need to take the emotion […]
For many people planning for retirement, risk is often a dirty word. But risk can be good. It can help bolster your retirement funds if it is managed properly. Financial professionals Joe Anderson and Alan Clopine guide you through risks that can help increase your retirement funds and ones that can keep you from meeting […]
Jonathan Clements (founder, HumbleDollar.com, former Wall Street Journal personal finance writer) on portfolio rebalancing, reducing risk and doing a Roth conversion. Plus, Joe and Big Al answer your money questions: when is the best time to get into the market? When is the best time to retire? Can you start a Roth IRA for your […]
Economist Dr. Allison Schrager, author of An Economist Walks Into a Brothel and Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk, explains how the risk management techniques of surfers, prostitutes, magicians, and soldiers might relate to our own investing and retirement planning. Plus, does it matter which assets you withdraw first from your retirement portfolio? Joe and Al dive deep on this […]
Joe and Big Al discuss 7 changes to your Social Security for 2019. No wait, six changes. Well actually, it’s more like 5 changes and a useful tidbit. Plus, when to claim your spousal benefit, whether to buy long-term care insurance or self-insure, how to get more growth in your portfolio without adding more risk, […]
Has your financial advisor, retirement account custodian or the brokerage firm where you hold your investments asked you for a “trusted contact person?” In this video, Matt Horsley, CFP® of Pure Financial Advisors explains what a trusted contact person is and how Pure Financial is helping to safeguard our clients’ finances. Transcript: Recently your financial […]
Todd Tresidder of FinancialMentor.com shares the surprising ways to reduce risk and increase returns as outlined in his new book, The Leverage Equation: How to Work Less, Make More, and Cut 30 Years off Your Retirement Plan. Joe and Big Al answer your money questions on real estate investing, buying a house with your 401(k) money, […]
In putting together a finical plan for retirement, it is critical to understand what risks can help grow your retirement funds and which ones can derail your financial plan. The last thing you want in retirement is to be forced back into going to work. Pure Financial Advisors’ experts Joe Anderson and Alan Clopine explore […]
Plenty of risks threaten retirement, and today we focus on managing risks from longevity, inflation, sequence of returns, taxes, interest rates, and lost opportunity. Plus, Professor Jamie Hopkins from The American College and the New York Life Center for Retirement Income talks about how our risky investor behavior needs Rewirement (which happens to be the title of […]
Risk Management is a term most frequently associated with large businesses due to its crucial importance for corporations. However, risk management activities are just as vital when it comes to personal finances. In this video, Pure Financial Advisors’ Robert Canavan, CFP® explains why risk management is important in your personal, professional, and investing life. Blog: Why […]
Paul Sullivan, author of “The Thin Green Line: The Money Secrets of the Super Wealthy” tells Joe and Big Al how the decisions you make about your money can put YOU in the wealthy club. Plus, how should you prepare for President Trump’s “biggest tax cut ever?” 3 things you may be getting wrong about retirement […]
