Retirement Planning Education, with Andy Panko

Andy Panko

Teaching you all about IRAs & Roth IRAs, employer retirement plans, taxes, Social Security, Medicare, portfolio withdrawal strategies, annuities, estate planning and much more!

  1. 23 OCT

    #175 - Q&A edition...The CAPE ratio and US stock market valuation, good enough vs optimization in retirement planning, tax on foreign stock dividends and MORE!

    Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  The CAPE (Cyclically Adjusted Price to Earnings) Ratio as a measure of whether the US stock market is overvalued or undervalued, and drawbacks with the CAPE Ratio ( 4:32 )The meaning of Benjamin Graham's quote "In the short run, the stock market is a voting machine, but in the long run it's a weighing machine" ( 17:07 )Helping clients overcome their frugality habits to enjoy more of their deferred spending from their nest eggs ( 19:18 )Understanding "duration" and what it means in bond funds ( 26:58 )How Annie Duke's concept of decision making and luck play into retirement planning ( 34:19 )Balancing between good enough and optimization in retirement planning ( 38:45 )Tax withholdings and credits on dividends from international stocks, and whether international stocks should be held only in normal brokerage accounts and not qualified accounts like IRAs and Roth IRAs ( 46:50 )Additional resources in understanding and calculating 72(t) Substantially Equal Period Payments ("SEPP") to avoid the 10% early withdrawal penalty on accessing retirement accounts before 59 1/2 ( 52:20 )A listener public service announcement about itemizable deductions for casualty losses due to federally declared disasters, and how IRS staffing issues and shutdowns exacerbate the inconvenience of the mandatory 20% federal tax withholding on 401(k) contributions ( 55:19 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com Links in this episode: Link to Tax Planning to and Through Early Retirement  My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

    1h 2m
  2. 16 OCT

    #174 – Retirement planning chat with a "real" person, Jackie Cummings Koski

    Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Jackie Cummings Koski. But Jackie isn't just the typical "real" person doing her own retirement planning. She went the F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence Retire Early) route and left her corporate job in her late-40s. She's since expanded on the financial knowledge she gained during her F.I.R.E. journey to get a masters degree in financial planning and coaching, obtain the CFP® designation, author the book F.I.R.E for Dummies and become the cohost of the Catching Up to FI podcast! She's making the most of her retirement by being a financial educator to millions of people. She's since become a valuable contributor and presence to the financial community. In this episode, Andy and Jackie talk about her F.I.R.E. journey and how she became so knowledgeable in personal finance after not having much prior knowledge or experience in the subject, what her "number" was to achieve financial independence, some of the technical planning aspects of her retirement (such as how she's accessing her retirement account without penalty before age 59 1/2 and what she's doing for health insurance before Medicare), and how she became a trusted source of financial knowledge and education for millions of people!  Links in the episode: Bill Stecker's 72(t) calculation website - https://72tcalc.com/Jackie's book, Money Letters 2 my Daughter - https://a.co/d/9p3wwDdJackie's book, F.I.R.E. for Dummies - https://a.co/d/5m0u5zEThe Catching Up to FI Podcast - https://catchinguptofi.com/ To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

    1h 58m
  3. 25 SEPT

    #171 - Q&A edition...how much you can spend in retirement, Roth IRA 5-year rule, RMDs, accounts for grandchildren and MORE!

    Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  How to calculate how much money you can gift or donate in retirement without running out ( 8:47 )Does the five-year rule met by a previous Roth IRA carry over to a new Roth IRA ( 17:03 )Is it better to draw down an inherited IRA and delay starting Social Security, or vice versa ( 19:39 )Can distributions from an annuity in a 403(b) be used to meet Required Minimum Distributions in IRAs ( 23:37 )How to get cash flow or income from illiquid assets - such as real estate investments - when more income is needed than what's otherwise produced by the asset ( 31:21 )What are the drawbacks of investing in a total world stock market fund or total world bond market fund vs instead using multiple funds for stock and bond exposure ( 37:14 )If concerned about leaving money to an heir who may not be responsible for receiving a large inheritance, is it possible to pre-arrange for the purchase of an annuity upon death so the heir gets annuity income instead ( 44:48 )Should target date funds be used in conjunction with other funds, or just used by themselves ( 48:24 )When in an assisted living facility, how much of the facility's fees are deductible as medical expenses ( 53:50 )What's the best way to save money for a grandchild: 529 account, Uniform Transfer to Minors account or an account in your own name (with the grandchild named as beneficiary) ( 57:29 ) Link to Tax Planning to and Through Early Retirement  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com Links in this episode: My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

    1h 6m
  4. 11 SEPT

    #169 - "Hot topics" edition...Andy and Justin Pritchard talk about target date funds, illiquid assets in 401(k) plans, firing an advisor and MORE!

    Andy and Justin Pritchard from Approach Financial share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  The pros and cons of target date funds ( 11:05 )Their thoughts on the recent presidential executive order allowing private and illiquid investments to be offered inside 401(k) plans ( 23:26 )Can you make up for insufficient retirement savings by investing more aggressively ( 31:51 )Understanding your advisor's succession plan and how to try to make the succession transition successful for you ( 39:35 )Things to consider when firing an advisor or changing advisors ( 46:39 )Whether people should consider getting a living/revocable trust ( 56:22 )Things to consider if you're looking to hold cash in banks in currencies other than US Dollars ( 59:53 ) Links in this episode: Justin's firm - Approach FinancialJustin's YouTube channel - Justin Pritchard, CFP® on Retirement To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

    1h 9m

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