Monthly Archives: July 2017

The 4% Rule: What It Is and What It Is Not

The 4% Rule is probably not exactly what you think it is.  To be fair, there are as many opinions on appropriate safe withdrawal rates from retirement portfolios as there are experts who give them.  I was reading an article … Continue reading

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Easy Access to Resources

Greetings FIRE Fans! You may not know that I keep an aggregation page for several Blogs in the FIRE realm.  Click here to access the page.  I’ll try to keep it updated so you can have one stop to see … Continue reading

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Time = Money, Health = Time, so Health = Money

You can probably tell by the title of this post what I’m going to talk about.  Time and money are inextricably related.  So much as been written on this topic in the FIRE community that it hardly bears repeating, but, … Continue reading

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Where You Live Can Matter A Lot For Your Financial Independence

What you’ll need for a comfortable retirement is, of course, dependent on what your expenses in retirement are and what assets you have available to meet those expenses.  Volumes have been written on that subject alone (I have, and will … Continue reading

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Your Not-So-Secret Super Power

  This may come as a shock to you, but you were born with a super power.  Not super strength or the ability to fly, but one that can make you and your family as strong as Bruce Wayne.  It … Continue reading

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