UTMA for Children A Uniform Transfer Minors Act (UTMA) is the best place to put money from grandparents’ gifts that an older child might better spend. How much should you fund a UTMA? Assume you have 529 college savings […]
Physician Retirement Jokes and Funny Doctor Retirement Quotes Funny Doctor retirement quotes are no laughing matter. After all, deciding to end your clinical career is serious business. Let’s look at some physician retirement jokes to make me feel better […]
Using a Margin Loan to Purchase Your Home Due to your non-W2 income, you may not qualify for a traditional mortgage. However, you could use a margin loan from your equities to purchase your home. While I have written […]
The 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate in Action The 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate is back-of-the-envelope retirement planning. It is heavily talked about (and unnecessarily debated), so let’s see what it looks like in action! The 4% Basics Assume you have […]
Safe Withdrawal Rate Early Retirement Early retirement requires a lower Safe Withdrawal Rate. Not only is the future uncertain, but there is also a longer future when you retire early! Also, it is more difficult to study the Safe Withdrawal […]
Rising Equity Glide Paths and Early Retirement Rising Equity Glide Paths are an important consideration for those facing early retirement. You have a long horizon, so you want to be aggressive. This, however, sets you up for sequence of returns […]
Physician Early Retirement Plans Physician early retirement is not a novel idea, but perhaps one that now has a more developed framework. It is an idea whose time has come: take back the keys to your j.o.b. and work […]
Callan Chart 2024: Two Decades in Review The Callan Chart is evidence that humans are pattern-seeking animals. From Rorschach tests to stuff seen in clouds, we seek to impose structure and design where there is none. So, too, with investors […]
What are the Long-term REAL Returns? Everyone is currently worried about inflation, especially those about to retire. A poor Sequence of inflation is a retirement risk and hyperinflation (and deflation) are economy killers. But let’s not be pessimistic! The question […]