Your Money, Your Wealth
Joe Anderson, CFP® & Alan Clopine, CPA of Pure Financial Advisors
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Choosing Your Retirement Income Style and Top 5 Ways to Manage Market Volatility
Mar 25 2025 • 43 mins
What is your retirement income style? Dr. Wade Pfau, CFA, RICP®, is the co-founder of RISAprofile.com, providing investors with retirement income style awareness. He returns to Your Money, Your Wealth® today on podcast number 522 to talk about four different styles of retirement income, distribution planning and the four percent rule. Plus, what does Dr. Pfau think will happen with President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, scheduled to sunset at the end of this year? What are Dr. Pfau’s thoughts on annuities as part of your retirement plan? Next, "Joe Anderson’s Top 5 Things" to help you manage the impact of all this market volatility on your portfolio. Also, Joe Anderson CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA spitball for "Al Bundy" in St. Louis: what withdrawal strategy makes sense for him, and what he should do with his IRA and 401(k) money?
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro: This Week on the YMYW Podcast
01:00 - Retirement Income Style, Tax Laws, and Annuities with Dr. Wade Pfau
16:39 - What's the Future of Your Social Security? Watch Last Week's YMYW Podcast & Subscribe on YouTube
17:08 - Joe Anderson’s Top 5 Things: How to Manage Market Volatility
26:27 - Learn to Escape These 11 Tax Traps and You'll Save in Retirement on YMYW TV, Download the Tax Planning Guide
27:13 - What Should I Do With My IRA and 401(k)? I'm 61 and Have $10M. (Al Bundy, St. Louis)
00:00 - YMYW Podcast Outro
What’s the Future of Social Security Under the New Administration?
Mar 18 2025 • 42 mins
What does the future hold for your Social Security under the new Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency? Nationally-renowned financial thought leaders Jamie Hopkins, Jeff Levine, Eric Ludwig, and Steve Parrish share their insights with Big Al Clopine, CPA at the American College of Financial Services’ Horizons Conference in San Diego, CA on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 521. First, the College's President, George Nichols, gives a brief overview of the institution and their inaugural conference.
Plus, Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al spitball on whether Ricky and Lucy in Wisconsin even bother saving for retirement - they’re expecting to inherit about 20 million dollars. When should Tybob in Arizona collect Social Security? Are Roth conversions right for him? Should he go for Medicare or Medicare Advantage? Speedy Racer in Georgia needs a retirement spitball, and Gilligan in New York shares insight for other Gilligans trying to avoid a retirement shipwreck.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro: This Week on the YMYW Podcast
01:10 - The American College of Financial Services and The Horizons Conference with George Nichols III, CAP®
03:59 - What is the Future of Your Social Security Under the New Administration?
13:11 - Watch Are You Ready to Retire? on YMYW TV and Download the Retirement Readiness Guide
14:05 - Should We Bother Saving for Retirement? We're Inheriting $20M. (Lucy & Ricky, WI)
19:05 - When to Claim Social Security? Should I Do Roth Conversions? Medicare vs. Advantage? (Tybob, AZ)
23:28 - I'm 50 With $2.4M Saved. Should I do 72(t) Tax Elections and Retire Right Now? (Speedy Racer, North GA)
33:12 - Download the Key Financial Data Guide for free
34:30 - Comment: Your Podcast Is Impactful for the "Gilligans" (Gilligan, NY)
40:48 - Next Week on the YMYW Podcast
Haven't Yet Saved a Million. Can We Still Retire Early?
Mar 11 2025 • 50 mins
Martin and Caterina in Green Bay are in their 40s and haven’t yet saved a million bucks. Are they on track to retire at age 58? Can Piggie and Kermit in California retire today at ages 50 and 57 and still build wealth for their children? Can Galahad and Zoot in Chicago retire early in their 50s, or do they need to keep working? Do Bo and Daisy have enough saved to retire now at 61 and 56? Plus, Chuck in South Carolina asks, if you can retire early, why wouldn’t you? Spitballing early retirement, today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 520 with Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro: This Week on the YMYW Podcast
00:48 - In Our 40s and Haven't Hit a Million Yet. Are We On Track for Retirement? (Martin & Caterina, Green Bay - voice)
10:29 - We Have Over $5M. Can We Retire Today at 50 and 57 and Still Build Wealth for Our Kids? (Piggy & Kermit, CA)
18:24 - Watch 10 Will and Trust Mistakes to Avoid on YMYW TV and Download the Estate Planning Organizer
19:08 - We’re 56 and 52 With $500K. Can I Retire Early at 62? (Galahad and Zoot, Chicago)
25:36 - We’re 61 and 56 With $600K. Have We Saved Enough for Retirement? (Bo & Daisy, upstate NY)
33:49 - Calculate Your Financial Blueprint
34:12 - We’re 61 and 58 With $1.5M. How Much Can We Spend in Retirement, When Should We Claim Social Security? (Hefwannabe and Jane, OK)
42:19 - If You Can Retire Early, Why Wouldn't You? (Chuck, SC)
48:11 - YMYW Podcast Outro