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Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Invest in Bitcoin?

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Audacy

Education, Investing, Business, Self-improvement

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

If you asked me a while back about investing in bitcoin, I probably would've said no way! But now, a few years later, my thought process has changed, and I'm now okay with it being a small portion of your overall portfolio.

Have a money question? Email me here.

Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts.

"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Jill on Money Podcast.

0:06.4

It is Friday, February 5th, as everyone getting ready for the Super Bowl weekend ahead.

0:11.5

It's going to be a little bit weird, but you know what?

0:13.9

I'm kind of digging it.

0:15.4

I don't know.

0:16.4

We're talking about what to make.

0:17.4

I might make a big turkey chili, but we'll see, I'm not married to that yet.

0:24.0

I'm not married to that yet.

0:25.4

All right.

0:26.4

Let's get to your questions.

0:27.4

What is the program that takes the mystery out of your financial life?

0:29.8

I hope.

0:31.1

And so you can send us your questions at askjillatjillonmoney.com, askjillatjillonmoney.com.

0:39.4

Richard writes, my wife and I have about two-thirds of our total investments in traditional IRAs.

0:45.6

We are both taking social security and required minimum distributions.

0:50.1

We can stay within the 12% bracket for now.

0:53.1

That's great.

0:54.6

As required, minimum distributions increase with age.

0:58.2

I'm wondering what means there might be to reduce or better control the tax obligation.

1:03.8

I question the feasibility of doing a Roth up to the top of our tax bracket as those additional dollars contributed seem to result in a higher marginal tax rate closer to 20 to 22.

1:15.5

I suppose one of us passes the one left will be in that one, maybe a higher one.

1:20.1

Would that be the potential justification for continuing to do some Roth conversions?

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