Recent Podcasts
Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA are spitballing on whether Roth conversions actually pay off, today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 602. “Ozzie and Harriet” in Lafayette, Louisiana are 67, and Ozzie’s spreadsheet says converting from their $7 million IRA costs more than just taking the...
How do you know if you’re really on track to retire, especially if you’re hoping to get out early? Fred and Wilma in Denver are 33 and 31, earning a small fortune, but sitting on nearly two million dollars in debt. Should they focus on paying it down faster or...
63-year-old Kevin in Denver is pulling $100K a year out of his portfolio. What’s the tax-smart way for him to structure these retirement withdrawals? Tim in Pennsylvania was forced into early retirement, and his wife Jill may be facing a layoff. They have over $2.5M saved, but what about health...
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How do you buy a house as a young person, without wrecking your long-term retirement plan? That’s today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 599, as Joe and Big Al spitball for 35 year old Gord in New York City. He’s got $300,000 saved and...
Shua in Phoenix has a million dollars saved at age 42. Can he stop saving right now, coast until age 55, and still spend $170,000 a year in retirement? But first, Michael in Texas is a stay-at-home dad who “does” the stock market. His wife...
John in Oklahoma is 75, sitting on a million dollars in traditional IRAs, and he’s got a whole list of reasons NOT to convert. Is he right? Jonathan and Jennifer in Phoenix have over six million dollars in tax-deferred accounts. How much should they convert,...
Each of the questions Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA are spitballing today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 596 has a real retirement risk attached to it. Philip and Elizabeth in DC have $7M. Philip’s dying to quit a job he hates,...
Joe and Big Al spitball for Eeyore and Nurse Kathi: retired in Orlando, both 65, and they swear they’ve never heard this one on the show before: is a full Roth conversion strategy the way to go, or is there a point where you should...
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....
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...
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,...
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®...
