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mary beth franklin
ABOUT Mary

Mary Beth Franklin is a contributing editor for InvestmentNews and is a nationally recognized expert in Social Security claiming strategies.  Formerly a Capitol Hill reporter at United Press International and retirement and tax editor at Kiplinger Personal Finance, Mary Beth has been working in the finance industry for years.  She frequently speaks and writes about current research on [...]

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Joe Anderson
ABOUT Joseph

As CEO and President, Joe Anderson has created a unique, ambitious business model utilizing advanced service, training, sales, and marketing strategies to grow Pure Financial Advisors into the trustworthy, client-focused company it is today. Pure Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), was ranked 15 out of 100 top ETF Power Users by RIA channel (2023), was [...]

Alan Clopine
ABOUT Alan

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 [...]

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April 18, 2015

This second hour of the podcast is about understanding the tax impact of your portfolio and retirement accounts.  Learn some common claiming mistakes people make so that you can better understand when the best time is to claim your Social Security benefits. Joe and Al have a discussion with guest Mary Beth Franklin on what the best creative claiming strategies are.  These include the file and suspend strategy and filing a restrictive claim for spousal benefit strategy.


4:13 “Start saving today because whatever you save now can multiply and change the character of your retirement”

12:02 “Just a couple days ago the U.S. House of Representatives held a floor vote and voted to repeal the Estate Tax”

19:40 Start of Conversation with Mary Beth Franklin

20:14 “As most people know, yes you can claim Social Security benefits as early as age 62, but if you do that, your benefits will be permanently reduced for the rest of your life and you will not be able to use the creative claiming strategies [which I will describe] which could mean the difference of $100,000 or more over the lifetime of a married couple”

20:47 “If you wait until age 66 to claim, you would not only get your full social security benefits, but you could engage in these creative claiming strategies that could significantly increase your retirement income

21:38 “The average American could boost their retirement income by 76% if they claimed benefits at age 70 instead of age 62”

37:46 “What do you do with your money? How do you make your money work for you?  You need to get serious about a plan”