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Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Ask Paula - Could This NYC Couple Contribute Only $10,000 Per Year Towards Retirement?

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

#280: Amy and her husband have $900,000 saved for retirement. They’re 40 years old and plan to retire at 65. Due to a job change + pay cut, they might only have $10,000 per year to save for the next 25 years. Will this be enough, given their yearly expenses of $144,000? Janie wants to get a solar power system for her house, but isn’t sure how to pay for it. Should she borrow funds from her seven-month emergency fund, or use funds from a taxable brokerage account that were earmarked for retirement? CJ and his wife netted $200,000 from the sale of their home. They aren’t sure when they’ll purchase their next home – their timeline could be as short as three years or as long as six years. Where should they keep the $200,000 to use towards a downpayment on their next home? Brandon wants to retire in the next five to ten years. He contributes 20 percent to his Roth 401k. Since he can’t withdraw those contributions early, does it make more sense to contribute up to the match of his 401k and invest the rest in an IRA with the goal of doing a Roth conversion? Anonymous “am I missing out?” wants to know the deal with tax-loss harvesting. When is it worthwhile? My friend and former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy and I answer these questions on today’s episode. Enjoy! For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode280 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You can afford anything but not everything.

0:10.7

Every twist that you make is a trade-off against something else and that doesn't just apply

0:13.8

to your money, that applies to any limited resource that you need to manage, like your

0:18.1

time, your energy, your focus, your attention.

0:21.7

Heck, even your motivation is a limited resource you need to manage.

0:25.0

And that leads to two questions.

0:27.9

Number one, what matters most to you?

0:30.0

Where do you want to direct those scarce resources?

0:33.3

And number two, how do you actually align the decisions in your life in order to reflect

0:39.1

those values?

0:41.1

Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice and that is what this podcast is

0:44.2

here to explore.

0:45.2

My name is Paula Pant.

0:46.2

I am the host of the Afford Anything Podcast.

0:49.7

Every other episode I answer questions that come from you, the community.

0:54.2

Today my buddy, former financial planner Joe Saul C. Hy is with me to answer these questions.

0:59.6

What's up Joe?

1:00.6

I am so happy to be back.

1:01.9

I have to tell you the month that you were off, I cried nonstop.

1:05.5

It's all I did.

1:06.5

I missed you so much despite the fact that we also talk once a week anyway regardless.

1:11.3

Don't tell people that.

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