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🗓️ 30 June 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Coronavirus Market Update. It is Tuesday, June 30th. The first half of we've been on some varying degrees of lockdown and at least |
0:28.8 | being careful and dealing with the pandemic, it's amazing to me. |
0:32.8 | As I continue to say, it's like time is going, marching on and it feels like everyday drags on, |
0:40.4 | it's so long, but then here we are, four months into it. It's crazy, and six months into it. on offer your bewilderment, send us an email, ask Jill at Jill on Money.com. |
0:56.1 | Ask Jill at Jill on Money. com. |
0:59.7 | OK, this is a note from Leo, who is 41 years old, his wife is 39. |
1:08.0 | And he says, the question is, should I go all in on a Roth? |
1:12.0 | My wife and I make $140,000 per year. |
1:14.8 | We've got two kids in a mortgage. |
1:16.6 | Last year was the first year we had the mortgage |
1:18.8 | for the entire year, and therefore we were able |
1:21.1 | to itemize our taxes. |
1:23.0 | We have about $270,000 in retirement, |
1:26.0 | of which 80,000 is Roth. |
1:28.7 | Our effective tax rate is pretty low, |
1:30.8 | considering we have about $7,000 in tax credits, the mortgage, and we have no |
1:36.4 | debt except a new car should be paid off in a couple of years. |
1:39.5 | I can max out a traditional 401k or do the Roth 401k but put in a little less. |
1:45.8 | My plan is to put in about 11% in the Roth and increase it every year by 1% for the next three |
1:51.6 | years and then I will be able to max it out. |
1:55.0 | Let's see, I get a pension according to an online calculator when I retire at 65, |
2:01.4 | that would convert to a million and a half bucks as a lump sum. |
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