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401k or IRA – Where Should You Keep Your Retirement Money?- Episode 145
Managing Your Financial Future

401k or IRA – Where Should You Keep Your Retirement Money?- Episode 145

August 1, 2023

Maybe you’ve been saving most of your working life in a 401k. Great! But what happens when you retire? Should you leave that money in the 401k, or transfer it to an IRA? The answer, as it turns out, is “it depends.” Today’s episode starts off with an email asking why someone may want to do one or the other – or both. Further along, we answer more of your email questions: taxes, 401k matching funds, Social Security benefits, and how pension payments may affect your ability to collect a full retirement benefit.
Figuring Out When You’re Actually Able to Retire- Episode 141
Managing Your Financial Future

Figuring Out When You’re Actually Able to Retire- Episode 141

June 20, 2023

You’ve been working your whole life, and retirement for you has always been “at some date in the future.” As you get older, the question becomes more real, and will eventually require an answer.  This is something that financial advisors and planners deal with every day. How do you know when you’re really able to hang it all up?  Maybe your portfolio balance hasn’t reached the number you’ve always figured was the minimum amount you’d need.  As it turns out, there’s a chance, given certain generous tax laws and some basic strategy techniques, that you may be able to retire well before you thought you could. On this week’s episode of Managing Your Financial Future, Podcast host Johnny Dean and financial advisor “Professor” Rick Plum, CFP® discuss what you need to know when asking that all-important question: “When can I retire?”