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Make it Make Cents

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Make It Make Cents is an educational personal finance podcast produced by Armstrong Advisory Group to help listeners better understand money decisions and long term planning concepts. The show covers broad financial topics such as budgeting, saving, debt management, and retirement planning. “This content of the post or podcast is intended solely to provide general information regarding our business services. Nothing within the post constitutes personalized investment advice or is an offer to buy or sell any security or insurance product. To the extent you wish to engage us for investment advic...

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529 Plans 02.04.2026 27:02

In this episode of Make It Make Cents (powered by Armstrong Advisory Group), Michele Cropley and Cash Armstrong explain how 529 plans work and when it may make sense to move leftover 529 money into a Roth IRA. Topics include: ● What a 529 plan is and why it’s popular for college savings ● Tax-free growth and qualified education expenses ● State-specific tax deductions and incentives...

Roth 401k & Roth IRA Insights 02.04.2026 22:16

In this episode of Make It Make Cents (powered by Armstrong Advisory Group), Michele Cropley and Michael Bradley cover two important retirement tax strategies: Roth contributions in an employer plan and Traditional IRA → Roth IRA conversions . ● How Roth workplace contributions differ from traditional pre-tax contributions ● Employer match: why it typically goes into a pre-tax bucket ● ...