Should I Be Prioritizing the Mega Backdoor Roth?
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Right now, all my excess money goes into a brokerage account. Is this the right move or should I be prioritizing the mega backdoor Roth?
"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. |
| 0:05.6 | It's Wednesday, May 27th. |
| 0:08.1 | Ah, do I love a holiday shortened week? |
| 0:10.4 | Just four days. |
| 0:11.4 | And then you're on your way, gang. |
| 0:13.3 | So essentially, this is like even better than hump day because he didn't work on Monday, most of you at least. |
| 0:18.3 | And if you did work, sorry about that. |
| 0:20.5 | I take every possible day that I can. |
| 0:23.3 | So any day the stock market is closed, |
| 0:25.0 | that's a day I don't work. |
| 0:26.2 | Thank you, thank you. |
| 0:27.2 | It's one of the tricks of the trade. |
| 0:29.9 | Hey, gang, are you thinking about something going on |
| 0:32.9 | in your financial life? |
| 0:34.6 | Is there an issue that has cropped up, |
| 0:37.4 | that you need maybe another set of ears |
| 0:39.7 | and eyes on the situation? Why not get in touch with us? Just go to jillonmoney.com. And in the |
| 0:46.4 | upper right hand corner, there is a contact us button. When you click that button, a form will pop up. |
| 0:51.5 | If you're going to write us an email, don't forget to give us a lot |
| 0:54.2 | of information. Most importantly, don't forget to tell us how much money you spend. That's usually the one |
| 0:58.9 | piece that we're missing. But that's the cornerstone of reaching any financial goal, knowing what you |
| 1:05.2 | spend every month. Really important number here. If you are going to join us on the program, |
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