Recent content by Spirit_Cheese

Of course I plugged it in just to see (407.4% increase). Oddly enough it didn't change the median at all :) I did see what prediction I would have to make to match last year's return, but I doubt it'll go to 55,000.

Well, the average so far is 5047.59 (5.9% increase) and the median is 5147 (8.0%). I'll get another cup of coffee now...

That would be too great a timeline for me. I think I'd take the lump sum now, walk away and leave the rest on the table. I'd certainly regret it (probably) if the payout ended up being six months, but if it was anything longer than two years I think I'd feel like I made the right decision.

So I was ranting the other night with my DW after a frustrating day at w*rk and we were wondering if we would be comfortable quitting when FireCalc says we had a 98.2% chance of success. Then we were talking about the only other time I posted and were curious when that was and what the portfolio...

That was an interesting history. I clicked on the thread about MMND and (naturally) had to read all 11 pages of posts. :popcorn:

OP, here. No apologies necessary! I got some excellent advice and it sounds like you did as well.

Thanks, Dtail. I'll definitely do that.

I did put the $25K in dividends as an input. Guess I'm not as close as I thought :)

TLDR – Mentally I am ready. FireCalc says 100% and I realy, really, really want to believe it Been lurking for a while and collected a ton of info from everyone's posts. So thanks for that. Here is my situation. Me: 56. DW: 59 DD1: 21 - senior in college. DD2: 19 – sophomore in college. Was...

http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f47/acronyms-and-slang-frequently-used-on-the-forum-34884.html I had the same issue with some of the abbreviations and stumbled across the attached link.