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Hedging against Sequence Risk through a “Retiree-Saver Investment Pact”– SWR...
June 6, 2022 – In this year’s April Fool’s post, I marketed a made-up crypto coin that would completely hedge against Sequence Risk, the dreaded destroyer of retirement dreams. Once and for all! Most...
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The 4% Rule Works Again! An Update on Dynamic Withdrawal Rates based on the...
October 12, 2022 – As promised in the “Building a Better CAPE Ratio” post last week, here’s an update on how I like to use the CAPE ratio calculations in the context of my Safe Withdrawal Rate...
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Discussing Retirement Bucket Strategies with Fritz Gilbert – SWR Series Part 55
January 25, 2023 – Welcome to another part of my Safe Withdrawal Rate Series. Today’s topic: Bucket Strategies in retirement. As you know, my blogging buddy Fritz Gilbert has written extensively on...
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Evaluating Annuities, Pensions, and Social Security – SWR Series Part 56
February 6, 2023 – Welcome to another installment of my Safe Withdrawal Rate Series. See the landing page of this series here for an intro and a summary of all the posts I’ve written so far. On the...
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The Basics of FIRE
March 10, 2023 – After seven years of blogging in the personal finance and FIRE community, I realize that there’s one type of post I’ve always avoided: How to explain FIRE to a complete newbie. Until...
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Accounting for Homeownership in (Early) Retirement – SWR Series Part 57
April 14, 2023 – Welcome to a new installment of the Safe Withdrawal Rate Series. Please check out the SWR landing page for a summary of and a link to the other posts. Today’s topic is homeownership....
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Flexibility is Overrated – SWR Series Part 58
June 16, 2023 – I wonder if I’ll ever run out of material for the Safe Withdrawal Series. Fifty-eight parts now, and the new ideas come faster than I can write posts these days. This month, I...
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Social Security Timing – SWR Series Part 59
September 5, 2023 – Welcome back to a new blog post in the Safe Withdrawal Rate Series! It’s been a while! So long that some folks were wondering already if I’m all right. Nothing to worry about; we...
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How useful is the “Die With Zero” retirement approach? – SWR Series Part 60
October 6, 2023 – There’s been a lot of chatter about the Bill Perkins book “Die With Zero” and its approach to life and retirement planning. Most recently, just yesterday on the awesome Accidentally...
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How Crazy is Dave Ramsey’s 8% Withdrawal Rate Recommendation?
November 12, 2023 – If I wanted to comment on every piece of bad advice in the personal finance community, my quiet, relaxed early retirement would be busier than the corporate career I left in 2018....
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Safety First – SWR Series Part 61
May 16, 2024 – Welcome to another Safe Withdrawal Rate Series installment. Please see the landing page of the series for a guide to all parts so far. In Part 60, dealing with the “Die With Zero” idea,...
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Why the Wheel Strategy Doesn’t Work – Options Series Part 12
September 17, 2024 – Welcome to another installment of my Options Trading Series. Please click here for the Options Landing Page for more details about the strategy. People frequently ask me how I...
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The 4% Rule Works Again! An Update on Dynamic Withdrawal Rates based on the...
October 12, 2022 – As promised in the “Building a Better CAPE Ratio” post last week, here’s an update on how I like to use the CAPE ratio calculations in the context of my Safe Withdrawal Rate...
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