Recent content by stan101

Yes disneysteve, name the day and the cliff. Same here on firecalc and CFP (which I paid a few hourly and get the same answer that everything is OK). However, then there are these things ringing in my brain --> "bonds are no good with rates increasing", "cash is trash", "market is overvalued"...

pb4uski - Thank you for your response. I truly appreciate it, but holy acronyms Batman! I have to look up some of these like PIA (at first I thought PITA which is what this retirement planning is to me :). Regarding expenses, our net expenses without taxes are about $65,000. This is without...

First time posting. Really enjoy everyone's ideas and feedback on this forum. I would like some feedback on what people think is needed for total portfolio retirement numbers based on 3 categories (Borderline, Good, Comfortable) with the data listed below. I would like to retire at age 56...

How did you manage your withdrawal strategy in 2005 - 2013? That was a tough time x2. Good for you for surviving that era. Curious how you paid your expenses during that time.

Congrats! For those of us still learning, can you tell us how you went from $2mil to $3mil so quickly? Was it a large income? Certain stocks? Heavy equity allocation? Combo?

Congrats. No offense but I would call you a house husband not retired. You went from a double income household to a one income household. Plus I am assuming your wife’s employer provides your healthcare. Your expenses for healthcare could be $30k/year for just healthcare if there was no other...

From my tennis instructor days that sounds like about $50,000-$70,000 in revenue if you annualize your July numbers. However July may be a peak month. Either way that is a nice stream of income for travel, etc. Would you be willing to share some of your numbers such as projected annual...