Joe Biden has historically said that taxes won’t go up for anyone that makes less than $400,000 annually , but that may not be the case. Some people may lose some deductibility in their 401(k) contributions which would result in an effective…
There are five important elements your LIRP must have if you are going to have it for the rest of your life. Similar to getting married, these are things you need to look for before committing to the plan. You don’t want to get 10 or 20 years in…
It is possible to convert too much money to your Roth IRA and not leave enough money in your IRA to use when you’re ready to retire. The first principle you have to realize is that in a rising tax rate environment, it’s okay to have some money in…
A government can’t simply print however much money they want to be able to buy whatever it is that they want. The Deficit Myth was recently released and in the book the author argues that because the government issues its own currency, it doesn’t…
There is a well-known economist named William Bernstein who originally asked the question “When you’ve won the game, why keep playing?” But should people who are retired avoid the stock market completely? An article on the Motley Fool follows…
The Piecemeal Internal Roth Conversion (PIRC) may be indispensable to your retirement plan. There are two massive risks that could waylay your retirement journey and prevent you from living a happy and stress free retirement. The first is tax rate…
David often gets the question of whether a person can be too old to implement an LIRP and like most questions the answer is “it depends”. There are a number of great reasons to implement an LIRP, but you have to keep in mind that it’s not a…
In past episodes of the podcast David described the impact of a blue wave in the upcoming November election and what may happen to your finances if Joe Biden becomes the next president. The first major change would likely be the loss of the stepped up…
Time-segmented investing is a critical concept in the Power of Zero paradigm. The traditional approach says that you can have an investment portfolio balanced in such a way as to protect against systemic risk, but this approach has a serious risk…
David Walker has been saying that tax rates are going to have to double since 2008. We didn’t do that. So that means the national debt will continue to accumulate until we reach $53 trillion, at which all the money flowing into the Treasury will…
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