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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How much can you actually spend in retirement without running out of money? That’s today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 604 with Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA. Longtime listener E-Dog built a fifty-year backtest spreadsheet to call out Big Al and prove the famous four percent rule is way too cautious. Hot stuff &l...
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George and Louise in Queens bring in $600,000 a year. Should they keep working just to do Roth conversions? Cher and Sonny in Oregon wonder if they can retire in a couple years at 59 and 60, and whether the mega backdoor Roth belongs in their plans. Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA spitball retirement planning and Roth conversi...
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Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA are spitballing on whether Roth conversions actually pay off as part of your retirement tax strategies, 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 mo...
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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 saving more? Jeremy, in Summerville, South Carolina, is 42 with a hefty milita...
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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 insurance? And Rocky and Adrian in Tu...
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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 Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA spitball for 35-year-old Gord in New York City. He's got $300,000 saved, and a home purchase is coming soon thanks to a new relationship. Shou...
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Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 598, Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA spitball early retirement planning for Shua in Phoenix, who 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...
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Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA are spitballing Roth conversions from every angle today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 597. 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 to Roth. Is he right? Is it worth it as part of his retirement str...
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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, but he's loading up on bonds to protect the nest egg. At 56, could playing it too safe be his...
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Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 595, Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA 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 stop? Harry and Sally in ...
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Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 594, Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA 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 or if he needs to grind out a few more years. What is up with that? But before ...
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 number 593. Then the fellas spitball for Mike in Riverside. His mom inherited his dad's IRA at age 84. Can she still roll it into her own? Edward in Illinois is watching his bond funds lose value even while t...
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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 act...
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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 ...
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Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 590, Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA 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...
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The margin loan debate continues today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 589. Jack and Jill recently moved from the UAE to Australia and want a sanity check on using margin loans (AKA pledge loans) to build and live off their portfolio. Joe and Big Al spitball whether borrowing against stocks and never paying tax on the gains, t...
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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® podcast 588. Dr. Kickass Seabass and his wife are both 41 and they got a late start on...
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11 rapid-fire spitballs today from Joe Anderson, CFP®, and Big Al Clopine, CPA, on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 587, on everything from Roth conversions and RMDs to whether a guy named Wayne can finally treat himself to a seventy-five-thousand-dollar Audi. Aaron in Syracuse just hit a million bucks in his 401(k) and realizes he needs a...
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“Walter and Skyler” in Iowa ask if they’re on track to retire early, or if they’re just "cooking up overconfidence?" And how aggress...
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Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 585, Joe and Big Al spitball for folks who are already winning and thinking about getting fancy with it. Reno in Oregon is 50, and his pension is so big he's not sure how to invest or why he ...
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