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FIRE'd a few months ago. Ran a lot of numbers... I believe I have enough cash today to live very comfortably for the rest of my life without ever having to invest a dime in the market or bonds. Simply do a CD ladder and forget about the market and all the headaches/risk it brings especially...

Sorry - a novice here - might be a stupid question. But I am trying to figure out something around the end of year capital gains distribution for funds and what is best to do. My situation. I am going to get an approx $44K distribution from my Vanguard Wellesley position in my after tax...

I read a lot of these threads and I spent some time putting together my FIRE portfolio. I am going to speak to a Vanguard financial advisor next week about this and I wanted your thoughts on the portfolio I came up with. I have played with FireCalc but I am really terrible at it. I'm 51...

Posted a long time ago, been building up my courage (and putting a few more sheckles away) to leave the rat race and finally did it! Walked into my boss's office this week and said "I'm done". Wasn't my plan or my timeframe. Just couldn't take it any longer. Company has been great (not all...

Just published in the Washington Post today. For all those people ready to FIRE but just keep putting it off (raising my own hand here), might want to read this. Pretty interesting: Your job is literally ‘killing’ you - The Washington Post This article spoke to me and gave me the nudge I...

Great site! Alot of very smart people here. Thanks in advance for any wisdom. I posted a long time ago in the "I am" section, but stayed at work for a few more years to build up the portfolio. Now I am getting closer to ER and things are getting real and not just hypothesis. Me: 51 years...

Very quick question. I am doing some planning for ER and I am using the 4% with drawl rate as my guide for planning ER. But I am confused. Now my question - do you include your total net worth in that 4% calculation, in other words, I have both pre and post tax accounts (401K, IRA and post...

Friends... I am planning my FIRE strategy and I have been investigating the best ways to invest to meet my goals, but at the same time, be as tax efficient as I possibly can be. I live in a state with no income tax, so that helps. I wondered if it was possible to literally find an investing...

Looking to ER at 50 and my thought process was around just getting a very high deductible catastrophic health insurance policy for my wife and I (we are healthy and fit except for my high blood pressure which is under control - I think it is job stress related - another reason for ER) I have...

First time poster - GREAT site, really appreciate it. Worked my way up to senior executive management. Way too much stress, too many planes, too many demands. Want to pull the rip cord and live again but not sure I have enough yet. STATS: 48, married, no kids at all (no college or...