When deciding which asset class to put in taxable, both tax-efficiency of the asset class AND the rate of return of the asset class matter.| The White Coat Investor - Investing & Personal Finance for Doctors
Update 11/22/2019: After I published a shorter version of this piece on MarketWatch and the story was picked up by YahooFinance as well I got a lot more readers! Thanks and welcome to my blog! Make sure you subscribe to be notified of future blog posts! Both on Yahoo and MarketWatch I saw the expected … Continue reading How much can we earn in retirement without paying federal income taxes?| Early Retirement Now
What? A new case study? I know, I had promised myself to wind down the Case Study Series I ran in 2017/18 after “only” 10 installments. It was a lot of work and a lot of back and forth via email. It takes forever! I mean F-O-R-E-V-E-R! But then again, there’s always a reason to make an … Continue reading A Safe Withdrawal Rate Case Study for Becky and Stephen| Early Retirement Now
March 27, 2019. Back in 2016, I wrote a few posts on trading derivatives, especially options, to generate (mostly) passive income. See the options trading landing page for more info. I’m still running that same strategy but it definitely evolved quite a bit over time. This might be a good time to write a quick … Continue reading Passive income through option writing: Part 3| Early Retirement Now
Welcome back to the 20th installment of the Safe Withdrawal Rate series. Check out Part 1 to jump to the beginning of the series and for links to the other parts! This is a follow-up from last week’s post on equity glidepaths to address a few more open questions: Some more details on the mechanics of … Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Safe Withdrawal Rates – Part 20: More Thoughts on Equity Glidepaths| Early Retirement Now
One of the most requested topics for our Safe Withdrawal Rate Series (see here to start at Part 1 of our series) has been how to optimally model a dynamic stock/bond allocation in retirement. Of course, as a mostly passive investor, I prefer to not get too much into actively and tactically timing the equity … Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Safe Withdrawal Rates – Part 19: Equity Glidepaths in Retirement| Early Retirement Now
One of the most important topics in financial planning is how to transform an initial portfolio into a safe and sustainable retirement income stream. I’ve put a lot of thought into this topic and published 50+ posts on my blog. To make my research more accessible, I created this “landing page” for everyone interested in … Continue reading The Safe Withdrawal Rate Series| Early Retirement Now