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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 [...]

Published On
May 30, 2015

In this second hour of the podcast, Joe and Al get into tax rules and regulations, real estate investments and Ponzi schemes. Find out how to control your taxes in retirement and how to take advantage of tax laws.


3:47 “A few different things have to happen within that trust document—it needs to be a look-through, see-through trust…there needs to be named beneficiaries on the trust”

7:33 “If you made just a simple mistake in your trust, it can blow up the whole thing”

21:01 “You want to make sure that if you hire an advisor, that there’s a third party such as a separate custodian that handles the money”

21:26 “You want to make sure you understand custody; who’s in control of your cash?  No one cares more about your money than you do”

25:36 “If you ever go to an advisor that wants to handle your money without an outside third party, I would walk away”

28:22 “Control your risk, control your fees, understand exactly what you’re going in to and then more importantly control your taxes”

35:55 “People don’t really realize the benefits of what they have on their tax return or how to take advantage of tax law”