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I appreciate your input.I was not clear before when I said I like the idea of not selling any shares for 14 years.....I was referring to the period of 7 yrs building the ladder and 7 years when the cds mature.I estimate our expenses at about 3000 per month outside of SS when retired accounting...

I like the idea of not selling any shares of my stock and bond funds for 14 years and I have grown weary of how bond funds may perform going forward if rates rise.Depending on what I do with the 10 yr cd when it matures,i could extend the plan into my early eighties if I make it that...

These are brokered cds so I need to reinvest the interest every 6 months from every cd.I will invest it in a vanguard fund either intermediate bond or a balanced fund such as Wellesley or a life strategy fund. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

No I am looking for responses about the the 7 yr cd plan....does it make sense?

I have an idea that I would really appreciate some feedback on.I am 63 and planning on retiring in 7 years.I am very conservative investment wise.My idea is buy a new $10,000 7 year cd every 3 months in my Vanguard brokerage acct.for 7 years.This would cover my expenses in the first 7 years of...