Your Money, Your Wealth
Joe Anderson, CFP® & Alan Clopine, CPA of Pure Financial Advisors
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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Feb 13, 2018 • 28min
SPECIAL: Market Volatility and Corrections - 154
Welcome to stock market volatility. Today the market clawed back some of its big losses from last week's correction, but what's in store tomorrow or next week or next month? What should you be doing with your portfolio, and how will this affect your retirement? Joe Anderson, CFP®, Al Clopine, CPA and Brian Perry, ChFC® provide some guidance.
Feb 11, 2018 • 1h 5min
How To Successfully Retire at 41 with Chris Mamula- 153
Chris Mamula retired early - at age 41! He now blogs about his experiences at CanIRetireYet.com. How did he do it, after making a decade of retirement planning mistakes? Plus 5 Things to Consider Before Tapping Your Retirement Accounts, and the good, the bad and the ugly of the popular "guaranteed income" products known as annuities. But first, the fellas have a bone to pick with CNN Money about the confusing new business tax deduction.
Feb 4, 2018 • 52min
7 Changes to Social Security You Need to Know - 152
Today on Your Money, Your Wealth, seven new changes to your Social Security benefits - Joe and Big Al talk about the good and the bad. Plus, how small business owners may be in danger of screwing up their Social Security, how the new tax law lets you save big money if you're taking required minimum distributions, and Joe's fear of commitment is further cemented by the story of a fella who lost 60% of his life savings in a divorce.
Jan 28, 2018 • 1h 3min
Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Everything You Need to Know - 151
Join Amanda B. Johnson, a cryptocurrency educator and spokesperson for Dash, as she dives deep into the world of digital currencies. She simplifies complex topics like blockchain, Bitcoin's volatility, and strategies for managing crypto investments. Amanda also highlights the importance of privacy in cryptocurrency, contrasting Bitcoin's public ledger with Dash's more secretive features. Discover her insights on trading risks, the rise of altcoins, and practical advice for safely buying and storing cryptocurrencies—all while pondering the future of money.
Jan 21, 2018 • 1h 6min
Opportunities, Challenges and Tricks Coming From Trump's New Tax Law - 150
Joe and Big Al weigh in on 10 retirement resolutions experts say you should make for 2018. We'll learn some new opportunities, challenges and potential tricks coming out of President Donald Trump's new tax law. We'll find out the secrets to Big Al's big wallet, and how Joe is unwillingly helping his boy Mikey cut expenses. And we'll hear one of the rare instances when the fellas kinda butcher the answer to an estate planning question. (Photo of Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore)
Jan 14, 2018 • 1h 9min
How To Capitalize On The Goldilocks Economy in 2018 - 149
Brian Perry, CFP®, CFA® from Pure Financial Advisors recaps 2017's global Goldilocks economy. Will the bull run continue in 2018? Should we change our asset allocation to prepare our stock and bond portfolios for a market slow down? Are you properly allocated? What would Jim Cramer do, and should you care?! Plus, tax filing season is approaching, and Big Al's Big Brain contains a whole bunch of stuff you need to know about the new tax law before you start working on those 1040s.
Jan 7, 2018 • 47min
How To Tailor Your Retirement Income Strategy - And Why You Need To - 148
Retirement nest eggs have become bigger, but fixed income rates of return are low. How do you create a cash flow? What strategy will allow your investment portfolio to provide income throughout your retirement? Joe and Big Al explain what matters when tailoring your own personal retirement income strategy. Plus, determining in which type of accounts you should have your retirement savings, from where you should withdraw your required minimum distributions, and whether any of it will matter once the robots take over.
Dec 31, 2017 • 1h 4min
12 Things You Need To Know About Trump's New Tax Law - 147
How Trump's new tax law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, changes state and local tax deductions, brackets, the child tax credit, medical deductions, property taxes, mortgage deductions, home equity debt, charitable contributions, itemized deductions, alternative minimum tax, residential gain on sale exclusion and small business taxes. Plus, the top things no one tells you about retiring, Social Security claiming strategies, and do Roth TSP and Traditional TSP dollars "commingle?" And the Ghosts of Joe's Christmas past, or "oh s***, Ruthie stole baby Jesus."
Dec 17, 2017 • 52min
What You Need To Know Before You Buy or Sell Gold with Peter Hug - 145
Peter Hug from Kitco Metals, Inc. describes the four types of people that buy precious metals, how to best buy and sell silver and gold yourself, and whether these commodities are similar to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Blockchain. Joe and Big Al talk permanent vs term life insurance and tax reform. Plus, holiday gift ideas to transform the quality of life for the retirees in your life: they get new tech, and you get your third grade report card and high school lettermen's jacket.
Dec 10, 2017 • 59min
8 Ways To Avoid Holiday Debt Hangover & Save Big Cash with Laura Adams - 144
Laura Adams, host of the Money Girl Podcast, joins the show this week to give us eight ways to save serious cash, so we can avoid the holiday debt hangover. (Can't guarantee that you can avoid working out, though.) She also lays out how to tackling debt and whether you should lease your car or not. Plus, the latest tax reform news, and eight ways to create tax-free income. And is Joe going to start charging his dear sweet mother Ruthie rent when she comes to visit him from Minnesota?
