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How To Estimate Future Investment Returns

November 24, 2018 MilitaryDollar 12 Comments

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If you've been following my blog closely this week, you know I spent the first half of the week responding to some questions about the US military's new Blended Retirement System. Those questions and answers were largely dependent on the need to estimate future investment … [Read more...] about How To Estimate Future Investment Returns

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I Don’t Care About Your Investment Returns

March 9, 2018 MilitaryDollar 10 Comments

investment returns

Alright alright alright, who wants to talk investment returns? Think you know what I mean when I ask that question? Well, let’s find out. Then we’ll get into why I don’t care how high or low your return was last year, and why you shouldn’t care about mine. First things … [Read more...] about I Don’t Care About Your Investment Returns

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What Investing Through The Great Recession Actually Looked Like ***With Pictures!!***

February 10, 2018 MilitaryDollar 20 Comments

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So. Scared yet? The market has been rough over the past couple of weeks. One could be forgiven for freaking out a little bit. I've talked before about what to do during a market correction. We've officially seen corrections (a movement of 10% or more in a stock, bond, … [Read more...] about What Investing Through The Great Recession Actually Looked Like ***With Pictures!!***

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The 4% Rule: Retirement Portfolios and Budgets in Action

January 27, 2018 MilitaryDollar 12 Comments

4% Rule

It’s time for part 4 of my 4% Rule series. In part 1, I introduced the concept of the 4% Rule. In part 2, I talked about why you need a retirement budget. And in part 3, I explained why you should separate the thought of investment portfolios from retirement portfolio. Last … [Read more...] about The 4% Rule: Retirement Portfolios and Budgets in Action

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The 4% Rule: Your Retirement Portfolio Is Not Your Investment Portfolio

January 13, 2018 MilitaryDollar 2 Comments

retirement portfolio

Welcome back to the 4% Rule series! In the previous posts, I introduced the topic of the 4% Rule and talked about developing a retirement budget. Both of those posts lead into today's discussion on investment portfolio vs retirement portfolio. If you haven’t read them yet, please … [Read more...] about The 4% Rule: Your Retirement Portfolio Is Not Your Investment Portfolio

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