Asset Positioning and Distribution Planning: EDU #2036
September 9, 2020
Jim and Chris discuss a listener’s topic of asset positioning and asset distribution planning throughout retirement. https://media.blubrry.com/the_retirement_and_ira_show/s3.amazonaws.com/TheRetirementandIRAShow/RAIRA-Show-EDU-Y20E36.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:37:13 — 43.4MB) Subscribe:...
Listen NowGovernment Pensions & Social Security, Fun Money Buckets, and SS Potential Changes in 2035: Q&A #2009
February 29, 2020
Today Jim and Chris discuss how government pensions affect Social Security benefits, how they calculate fun money bucket sums, and the projected potential change in Social Security funds in 2035. (8:10) A Coloradoan asks about how WEP might affect his wife’s Social Security benefits due to her PERA account. (16:15) Georgette wonders how Jim and Chris generate the large sums that would be...
Listen NowTax-Planning Windows, Bucketing, and Variable Annuities: Q&A #2004
January 25, 2020
With just three questions today, Jim and Chris discuss tax-planning windows, bucketing, and variable annuities. (6:06) Georgette from Georgia asks how she can place herself in the best position for the tax-planning window. (23:40) A Californian would like to know how Jim’s implementation of bucketing is different from plain asset allocation. (44:00) Another financial planner reaches out to...
Listen NowSelf-Directed IRA, WEP and SS, Bucketing – QA #1925
June 29, 2019
Welcome to another week of Q&As! This week Jim and Chris respond to a listener from Hawaii wonder what a Self-Directed IRA (or 401k) is and if there are any benefits over a Custodial IRA. Then they review how WEP can impact Social Security Benefit calculations for a Virginia listener, and give advice to a young Financial Planner that is new to the industry and unsure what to do when a client...
Listen NowEdu: Tax Optimized Spending with Bucketing
May 1, 2019
A question from a Texas listener inspires Jim and Chris to take a closer look at Tax Optimized Spending with the Bucketing Strategy. The good news is that planning your spending from your Buckets may not be as complicated as you think! Chris shares a simple way of determining how much to spend from your “always taxable”, “maybe taxable”, and “never taxable”...
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