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Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Ask Paula: I’m Worried About My Parent’s Retirement. What Should I Do?

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

#314: Briale opened a Variable Annuity inside a 403b at work when she was 23. She has 17 years to go before retirement. As an elementary school teacher, her pension will be $6,000 per month. Should she stop contributing to the annuity and contribute to a Roth IRA instead? Hunter put a credit freeze on his two children’s credit, which required sending each credit union documentation via mail. Experian and TransUnion confirmed the credit freeze, but Equifax didn’t. Upon calling, the representative gave Hunter a different mailing address for the documents. What should he do? Debi has an extra $1,000 each month and isn’t sure where to save it. She also has $10,000 in a CD which will reach maturity in August 2021. Her goal is to buy a residence in the next five years. Should she save this all for a downpayment? Anonymous is concerned about her parents retirement portfolio. Their advisor charges a fee of 1.5 percent assets under management. Her parents are frugal and they don’t realize how much they’re paying. Should she talk to them, or drop the issue? Sarah isn’t sure whether she should put more of her savings towards a Roth 401k or a 529 fund for her future kids. Which option is best if she wants financial flexibility? My friend and former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy joins me once again to tackle these questions. Enjoy! For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode314  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You can afford anything but not everything.

0:11.4

Every choice that you make is a trade-off against something else.

0:14.7

And that's not just related to your money.

0:17.3

That's related to your time, your focus, your energy, your attention, anything in your

0:22.3

life.

0:23.3

That's a scarce or limited resource, saying yes to something implicitly means, saying

0:27.7

no to all other alternatives.

0:30.3

And that opens up two questions.

0:32.4

First, what matters most?

0:34.3

And second, how do you align your decision-making with that which matters most?

0:40.1

Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice.

0:42.0

And that is what this podcast is here to explore.

0:45.0

My name is Paula Pant.

0:46.0

I am the host of the Affordable Care Podcast.

0:48.4

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

0:52.0

And today, former financial planner, Joe Salcihi, joins me to answer these questions.

0:56.8

What's up, Joe?

0:57.8

I am so ready to party again with our afford anything, family.

1:02.3

We've got some great questions today.

1:04.6

It's going to be great.

1:06.0

Yes, absolutely.

1:08.0

So let's kick off with a question about variable annuities.

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