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Ep 402: High Earners: Stop Making This Roth vs. Traditional Tax Mistake!

July 15, 2026
David McKnight addresses one of the most common questions he gets: "If tax rates are going to be dramatically higher in the future, shouldn't I be putting every dollar into a Roth 401(k)?". Moreover, people often wonder whether they should be converting as much of their IRA to Roth as quickly as pos...

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David McKnight is a highly regarded speaker whose workshop The Power of Zero has been seen by thousands of Americans across the country. He has made frequent appearances on Bloomberg Radio, The New York Times, CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, Nasdaq.com, Reuters, Investor’s Business Daily and numerous other national publications. Most recently David was a main platform speaker at Forum 400, an annual gathering of the top 1% of financial advisors in the country. In the summer of 2014, he was a Focus Speaker at the annual world-wide meeting of the Million Dollar Round Table in Toronto, Canada.

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Ep 402
High Earners: Stop Making This Roth vs. Traditional Tax Mistake!
July 15, 2026Duration: 08:07

David McKnight addresses one of the most common questions he gets: "If tax rates are going to be dramatically higher in the future, shouldn't I be putting every dollar into a Roth 401(k)?". Moreover, people often wonder whether they should be converting as much of their IRA to Roth as quickly as pos...

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Ep 401
What REALLY Happens When Your Kids Inherit Your IRA
July 8, 2026Duration: 08:53

In today's episode, David McKnight discusses what many people don't get about the IRS and what happens to their IRA and what their children are supposed to get at some point. Many people spend decades building up tax-affirmed retirement accounts without fully appreciating what happens when those acc...

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Ep 400
The Hidden Reason Married Couples Need Roth Conversions
July 1, 2026Duration: 08:07

David McKnight kicks off this Power of Zero Show episode by stressing that, in his opinion, tax rates in the future are likely to be much higher than they are today. Why? Because the U.S. has a national debt that continues to grow at an alarming rate. It has hundreds of trillions of dollars in unfun...

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Ep 399
Did Suze Orman Just Endorse Annuities?
June 24, 2026Duration: 07:46

David McKnight discusses the Woman's World article Suze Orman Reveals When to Buy an Annuity - and the One Question You Must Answer First. For years, Orman has warned investors away from annuities, often lumping them into the category of expensive financial products that enrich salespeople at the ex...

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Ep 398
The Truth About Buy-and-Hold Investing in Retirement
June 17, 2026Duration: 09:31

In this episode, David McKnight addresses one of the biggest myths in retirement planning: once you retire, you need to dramatically reduce your exposure to stocks. The reason why most financial advisors recommend reducing stock exposure in retirement has very little to do with stocks and everything...

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