4% SWR

What does the 4% Rule look like in action?

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 […]

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physician early retirement

Early Retirement Plans for Physicians

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 […]

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Callan24

Callan Chart 2024

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 […]

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real returns

Long-term Real Returns of Stocks, Bonds, and Cash

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 […]

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Neurobiological Correlates of “Freedom”

Neurobiological Correlates of “Freedom”

Freedom    Freedom is the ability to respond rather than react. This means that the amygdala has detected a threat. And you become conscious that your body has detected a stressor. Viktor Frankl says: “Between stimulus and response, there is […]

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