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Making fun of finance. A US News & World Report “Top 9 Personal Finance Podcast” (2025) and “Top 12 Retirement Podcast” (2023). One of the “10 Best Personal Finance YouTube Channels” (CardRates, 2023). “Best Retirement Podcast With Humor” (FIPhysician, 2020-2024). Learn strategies that can help you retire successfully. Financial advisor Joe Anderson, CFP® and certified public accountant Big Al Clopine, CPA answer your money questions and spitball on your 401k, IRA, Roth conversions and backdoor Roth IRA, how to pay less taxes, asset allocation, stocks and bonds, real estate, and other investments, Social Security benefits, capital gains tax, 1031 exchange, early retirement, expenses and withdrawals, and more money and wealth management strategies. YMYW is retirement planning, investing, and tax reduction made fun, presented by Pure Financial Advisors – a fee-only financial planning firm. Pure Financial adheres to the fiduciary standard of care, in which we are required by law to act in the best interest of our clients at all times. Access free financial resources and episode transcripts, Ask Joe & Big Al On Air to get your Retirement Plan Spitball Analysis: http://YourMoneyYourWealth.com

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Latest Episodes:

Tempted to Panic and Sell? Do These 3 Things Instead - 191 Oct 16, 2018

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Brian Perry and Larry Swedroe on market volatility, whether, as President Donald Trump said, the Fed is crazy, and what 3 things you should do next to be like the greatest investor of all time, Warren Buffett. Plus, answers to your questions: can you roll a 401(k) into a home purchase? What's a good allocation of stocks vs. bonds? And find out why Joe says to contribute to your 401(k) plan regardless of the investment options and fees, and why he thinks Suze Orman is crazy and out of her mind! Transcript and show notes: http://bit.ly/YMYW-191

4 Roth Conversion Options for Tax-Free Portfolio Growth - 190 Oct 09, 2018

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Trump tax cuts are slated to sunset in 2025, but the House has passed the GOP bill to make them permanent. Life insurance settlements, or "Death Bonds," are being offered as a "solution" to senior bankruptcies. Four different Roth conversion options to avoid a tax bracket jump, with a caveat. And answers to your questions: Will the IRS take FICA taxes out of those conversions? What's the deal with required minimum distributions, qualified charitable distributions, and Roth IRA rollovers? Plus, Joe and Big Al go off on self-directed IRAs. Transcript and show notes at http://bit.ly/YMYW-190

IRA Basics: What You Need to Know About Individual Retirement Accounts - 189 Oct 02, 2018

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How much do you know about the individual retirement account, also known as an IRA? In today's podcast, the basics: contributing to an IRA, SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs for small business owners, self-directed IRAs, and IRA mistakes to avoid. Plus, Joe and Big Al answer your questions - like what's the return on an IRA? Why is owning real estate in an IRA a terrible idea? Transcript & show notes: http://bit.ly/YMYW-189

Risks and Rewards of Vacation Rentals and Real Estate Investing - 188 Sep 25, 2018

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Cubert from AbandonedCubicle.com shares his plans for using real estate, including AirBnB and VRBO vacation rentals, on his path to financial independence at the age of 46. Is it worth the risk? Plus, Joe and Big Al answer your questions about real estate investing: will it help you minimize taxes in a high tax state? And how can you avoid capital gains when selling rental property? Transcript & show notes: http://bit.ly/YMYW-188

Trump Retirement Security Executive Order: Small Business Opportunities and Concerns - 187 Sep 18, 2018

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Jeffrey Levine (Forbes, Kitces.com, BluePrint Wealth Alliance) on President Donald Trump's executive order on Multiple Employer Retirement Plans and required minimum distributions. Jeff also tells us how the IRS is throwing salt in the state and local tax deduction limit wound. Plus, will contributing to your retirement account lower your taxes and let you keep more take-home pay, and when should you file for Social Security or spousal benefits? Transcript and show notes at http://bit.ly/YMYW-187

Stop Spending Money the Wrong Way: 77 Days to Financial Happiness - 186 Sep 11, 2018

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HumbleDollar.com's Jonathan Clements (former Wall Street Journal) helps us stop spending money the wrong way and shows us how to enrich our financial lives in just 77 days with his new book, From Here to Financial Happiness. Big Al has 3 things you need to do now if you want to retire in 5 years, and Joe and Al answer your questions: why are there required minimum distributions on employer-sponsored Roth accounts, and can Elizabeth's husband contribute to his defined benefit pension plan AND his company 401(k)? Transcript and show notes: http://bit.ly/YMYW-186

What You Need to Know About Social Security and Making Money - 185 Sep 04, 2018

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Answering your questions on how collecting a paycheck or investing during retirement might affect your Social Security benefits. Plus, "the Goddess of Social Security," InvestmentNews contributing editor and nationally recognized Social Security expert Mary Beth Franklin goes over the basics of Social Security, claiming benefits as a single person, a married couple, a public employee - and are you eligible for retroactive Social Security benefits? Transcript and show notes at http://bit.ly/YMYW-185

How to Manage 8 Risks That Can Derail Your Retirement - 184 Aug 28, 2018

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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 his most recent book), how a reverse mortgage can help, and why "set it and forget it" may also be a risk to retirement. Transcript and show notes at http://bit.ly/YMYW-184

Your 2018 Taxes: 10 Ways to Prepare and Save - 183 Aug 22, 2018

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2018 taxes will be very different than previous years. We've got 10 ways to make sure you're properly prepared, and perhaps even reduce your 2018 tax burden. We'll talk about the "cumbersome and confusing" tax changes for small business owners. What exactly are QBI, 199A, and QCDs? Plus, we talk about the benefits of Roth IRAs quite a bit - but when might a Roth IRA be WRONG for you? And is it nuts to go with CDs in a traditional IRA? Transcript and show notes at http://bit.ly/YMYW-183

Morgan Housel: How to Cure the Investing Disease of Fear and Greed - 182 Aug 14, 2018

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Morgan Housel (Collaborative Fund, former Wall Street Journal and Motley Fool) offers practical ways to determine your actual risk tolerance and perhaps help avoid the investing disease of fear and greed. And, listen to find out where you fall on Morgan's spectrum of financial dependence to financial independence. Plus, should you invest in a hybrid fixed indexed annuity? Is an indexed universal life insurance policy right for you? Transcript and show notes at http://bit.ly/YMYW-182

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