Jun 29, 2021
Do Roth IRA conversions increase Medicare premiums? How can you convert to Roth and stay below the IRMAA threshold (that is, Medicare’s Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount)? Also, a Roth conversion strategy to account for RMDs, those 5-year rules for withdrawing from your Roth depending on whether you’re over...
Jun 22, 2021
Financially, what's the ideal retirement age? Are Roth conversions to the 37% tax bracket a good idea when you've achieved FAHR (financial abundance, happily retired)? Should you stop investing and start saving cash when approaching retirement? You're maxing retirement accounts, should you save to a deferred comp...
Jun 15, 2021
Have Social Security payments ever been cut for those already receiving them? Plus, survivor benefits, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), and CalPERS. Also: what retirement accounts should you save into in what order? How should you withdraw from a brokerage account in retirement? And paying the tax on a...
Jun 8, 2021
Strategies to protect your portfolio from a stock market crash: put options, collars, non-correlated alternative investments, and tax-managed buy-and-hold. Also: how to measure financial advisor performance? How does tax-loss harvesting work? Are health savings accounts (HSA) tax-free? Is alternative minimum tax (AMT) a...
Jun 1, 2021
Roth 401(k) contributions and "Megatron" (er, mega backdoor) Roth contributions for highly compensated employees, and the Roth conversion strategy of filling the tax bracket. Plus, moving a pension to an investment plan, owning real estate in a self-directed IRA, paying off the mortgage vs. refinancing your house,...