Where Should You Take Retirement Money First If You've Saved $2M? - 551
Your Money, Your Wealth
Your Money, Your Wealth
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🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
We're playing "which comes first" today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 551 with Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA. "Retired G-Man and Nurse Ratched" from Pennsylvania have saved $2 million. Should they withdraw money first from their IRA or their taxable accounts in retirement? "Mike and Carol in Florida" want to know when and how much to convert to Roth, but they're also sitting on a mountain of company stock. Should they deal with that first? Mackey in Florida is 55 and wonders if he can retire now with $2.6 million and some lingering debt - but there's an important first he's missing too! Plus, Mike in Utah asks Joe and Big Al to spitball on a plan for his 90-year-old mom's $1.9 million annuity, and Doc McMuffin in Minnesota asks for the fellas' take on her plan to gift appreciated assets to her parents.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro: This Week on the YMYW Podcast
00:53 - How to Retire at 55 With $2.6M and Debt? First, How to Write a Good Spitball Request (Mackey, FL)
03:46 - Sequence of Retirement Withdrawals: IRA First or Taxable First? (G-Man and Nurse Ratched, PA)
12:10 - Roth Conversions vs Concentrated Stock: Which Comes First? (Mike & Carol, FL)
29:27 - What to Do With 90-Year-Old Mom's $1.9M Annuity? (Mike, UT)
40:59 - Is Gifting Appreciated Assets to Parents Tax-Smart or Risky? (Doc McMuffin, MN)
48:27 - Outro: Next Week on the YMYW Podcast
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're playing which comes first today on your money, your wealth podcast number 551. |
| 0:05.5 | Retired G-Man and Nurse Ratchet from Pennsylvania have saved $2 million. |
| 0:09.9 | Should they withdraw money first from their IRA or their taxable accounts in retirement? |
| 0:14.8 | Mike and Carol in Florida want to know when and how much to convert to Roth, |
| 0:18.4 | but they're also sitting on a mountain of company stock. |
| 0:21.9 | Should they deal with that first? |
| 0:23.9 | Mackie in Florida is 55 and wonders if he can retire now with $2.6 million and some lingering |
| 0:29.0 | debt, but there's an important first he's missing too. |
| 0:32.6 | Plus, Mike in Utah asks Joe and Big Al to spitball on a plan for his 90-year-old mom's |
| 0:37.1 | $1.9 million annuity. |
| 0:39.8 | And Doc McMuffin in Minnesota asks for the fellow's take on her plan to gift appreciated assets to her parents. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm executive producer Andy Last, and here are the hosts of Your Money, Your Wealth, Joe Anderson, CFP, and Big Al Clopine's CPA. |
| 0:53.9 | Mackie from Florida, writes in, tonight Big Al Clopine CPA. Mackie from Florida writes in, |
| 0:56.0 | tonight was the first time I saw the podcast |
| 0:58.5 | and it was very educational. |
| 1:00.7 | I'm guessing that means they were a YouTuber, |
| 1:02.6 | a Spotify viewer. |
| 1:03.6 | Thank you for watching, Mackie. |
| 1:05.2 | Awesome. |
| 1:06.2 | I turned 55 next month. |
| 1:08.1 | This email was from June. |
| 1:10.3 | It wants to retire. |
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