A dividend investing strategy allows more of the principal contributions to stay intact, but probably won't appreciate at the same rate as a not so dividend focused portfol. Option two would be a quarterly withdrawal that allows you to adjust your drawdown amount without getting caught up in market timing. And then the third option would be keeping a large cash reserve and drawing down only once a year in a big annual lump sum.
#332: Ginger’s financial independence (FI) number is $2 million, but she doesn’t want to fully retire early. Once she hits ‘coast’ FI, she wants to 1) buy her time back with outsourcing, 2) take a mini-retirement, and 3) buy a vacation home. Does it make sense for her to divert retirement contributions to these goals, or should she aim to save $2M?
Wilson plans to have a two percent withdrawal rate in retirement. Given this low rate, should he go all-in on stocks? Or should he split up his retirement funds and invest one half conservatively and the other half aggressively?
Jennifer has a low-stress doggie-daycare, but she needs a bigger space to scale up. How the heck can she find a property to suit her needs in Austin, TX?
My friend and former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy joins me to answer another round of listener questions.
(If you have questions on business, money, trade-offs, financial independence strategies, travel, or investing, leave them here and we’ll answer them in a future episode.)
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