Tag: early retirement

Mystical FIRE

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SAFEST Withdrawal Rate – Part 2

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What is the SAFEST Withdrawal Rate?

Few things occupy the minds of our financial independence/early retirement (FIRE) community as much as safe withdrawal rate (SWR).   Much digital ink and sizable amount of print ink has been spilled on this subject over the past few decades, and theories are refined with various adjustments.   The consensus view – if I can call it that […]

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Stealth Wealth While Living Abroad

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Simply Safe Dividends

Simply safe dividends – that’s what every dividend stock investor wants.  Even if you are undecided on the ‘eternal’ debate between index fund investment and dividend stock investing, it stands to reason that you want your investments to grow.   Growth, keeping up with inflation or going beyond it, can only happen if the business you […]

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The Value of a Tiny Income

Funny thing, this financial planning stuff.  You are asked to guess, for the coming years or even decades, how much will you be spending every year, and how much income or growth will your money deliver, and also, when will you die! If we knew all of this with certainty, there isn’t much left to […]

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Live It Up in Retirement!

After last week’s article explored why many multi-millionaires are worried about money, today we focus on another angle.   Not exactly millionaires, but affluent retirees are also worried about running out of money.  So, they chronically under-spend, leaving big portfolios and delighted heirs behind. Bloomberg’s article on this subject shared some interesting facts.  I will […]

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