Tag: Observation
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The Arbitrarily Invented Retirement Number
“I would retire if I had $5 million.” The number sounds precise, but it represents a feeling, not a calculation. No expected spending, taxes, housing costs, or withdrawal rate have been established. Core question: What monthly lifestyle are you trying to finance, where do you plan to live, what asset allocation do you expect to…
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Why Adults Regress Into Teenagers When Planning Finances
Grownups behave like teenagers when doing financial planning. In a bad sense. But it is difficult to blame them. After all, the situation is clear from any adult practical point of view. Somebody tells you what you have to do now to be safer in the future. But: The problem is that financial planning psychologically…