Ambient emotions and your financial decisions

Published: Oct. 31, 2020, 1 p.m.

On this week's Money Matters, Scott and Pat discuss the ways that temporary pandemic stress can affect your long-term financial decisions.\n\xa0\nScott and Pat advise a caller with $10 million in savings about how he can gift his assets and lower his tax bill. A Cincinnati caller making $150,000 a year consulting asks if he should expect means testing on his Social Security benefit. A California man with $875,000 in retirement savings asks if a Roth conversion is a smart move for his situation. Scott and Pat speak with a soldier in Hawaii looking for ways to save outside of his TSP. Finally, a California woman asks if she should sell her rental worth $400,000.\n\xa0\nAsk a question by clicking\xa0here, or email Scott and Pat at\xa0questions@moneymatters.com.\n\xa0\nDownload and rate our podcast\xa0here.