stedmakr
Dryer sheet aficionado
Hi,
As stated above I'm 2 to 4 years from retirement and hope to gain insight from this site for the move from the accumulation to distribution phase. I also hope to gain non-financial early retirement insights.
I am fortunate that I still have some fire in my belly when I go to work everyday but more important to me is that I really enjoy my teammates at work. I love my job! My wife is already retired and that is what will drive this near term decision.
Financially our mantras have been to live within our means, develop a plan and stick to it and we buy and hold. I've never taken money out of our portfolio.
Upon retirement I will receive inflation adjusted define benefit pensions of $130K per year. We've never actually spent close to this much money in a year so I think we will do fine on the pension alone.
Annual contributions since we were in our mid-20s has allowed us to accumulate a portfolio that will (should we decide to tap it) provide annual withdrawal returns greater than my pension. Across our portfolio we are totally in indexes and our equity to fixed ratio is 80 / 20).
I think we are in a good place financially but fear the upcoming correction and I'm concerned that upon retirement its hard to recover from a financial mistake. We do not have a financial planner but do use an investment adviser who manages the portfolio in accordance with our AA model.
As stated above I'm 2 to 4 years from retirement and hope to gain insight from this site for the move from the accumulation to distribution phase. I also hope to gain non-financial early retirement insights.
I am fortunate that I still have some fire in my belly when I go to work everyday but more important to me is that I really enjoy my teammates at work. I love my job! My wife is already retired and that is what will drive this near term decision.
Financially our mantras have been to live within our means, develop a plan and stick to it and we buy and hold. I've never taken money out of our portfolio.
Upon retirement I will receive inflation adjusted define benefit pensions of $130K per year. We've never actually spent close to this much money in a year so I think we will do fine on the pension alone.
Annual contributions since we were in our mid-20s has allowed us to accumulate a portfolio that will (should we decide to tap it) provide annual withdrawal returns greater than my pension. Across our portfolio we are totally in indexes and our equity to fixed ratio is 80 / 20).
I think we are in a good place financially but fear the upcoming correction and I'm concerned that upon retirement its hard to recover from a financial mistake. We do not have a financial planner but do use an investment adviser who manages the portfolio in accordance with our AA model.