Retiring on stock market dividends is a great way to retire but this approach is not for everyone. This article will review the pros and cons of retiring on dividends. The PROS are: Inflation protection Lower taxes Predictable Income Low volatility of your income....
Annuities are bad investments designed to hold you hostage for the duration of your life. Annuities are nothing more than a complicated trap that many investors fall victim to. Here are the four most common ways investors get trapped in annuities. Taxes Death Benefits...
The all-equity retirement portfolio strategy can certainly work for some retirees. There are three areas you need to focus on to win with this retirement investment strategy. 1). Downturns. 2). Distributions. 3). Taxes. Downturns The business cycle is real and...
How reliable is the 4% rule when using a 60/40 equity/fixed balanced investment strategy? Will you run out of money if you have bad timing and retire right before a recession? How will sequence of negative returns affect your retirement plan? To answer these questions...
Like what I saw in the year 2000, many investors are now touting the benefits of an all-equity retirement portfolio. I thought it would be fun to see how a hypothetical $2 million retirement portfolio would have performed using the 4% rule for retirement distributions...