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Protect Your Early Retirement From Sequence of Returns Risk

By Tanja Hester on February 7, 2018 • ( 94 Comments )

Do the roller coastering markets have you concerned about the your early retirement plan? Sequence risk is by far the biggest risk early retirees face, and that risk can come from market crashes, long-term mediocre returns and even rising health care costs. Fortunately, though, we can all put ourselves in a good position to head off that risk, without lengthening the timeline to early retirement, by making some smart choices with asset allocation and behavior.

The Final Early Retirement To Do List // What Are We Forgetting?

By Tanja Hester on September 11, 2017 • ( 166 Comments )

We’re getting into the home stretch! With only about three months left to work — forever! — we’re feeling good about all that we’ve checked off our to do list. But we also wonder, what are we forgetting? And that’s where you come in. We’d love your help to tell us what else belongs on our final pre-retirement to do list. Come chime in!