On Retirement Income, Part 4: Stock/Bond Portfolios and Sequence-of-Returns Risk
The “4% Rule” and “Fixed Percentage Rule” are opposites…but both involve risk, including a scary beast call “sequence-of-returns” risk.
On Retirement Income, Part 3: From Mindless Inconsistency to Mindless Consistency
As “Bob and Fred’s Excellent Adventure” resumes, they hop in a time machine to try a completely opposite retirement income strategy. Does it wok better?
On Retirement Income, Part 2: The 4% Rule Launches a Bigger Discussion
Let’s dig further into the facts and foibles of the 4% rule, as a launchpad for a broader discussion about retirement income.
On Retirement Income, Part 1: A 4% Rule Fable
Twin brothers, same age, same assets, same everything…but one has a “safe withdrawal rate” 34% larger than the other?! Find out how that (could have) happened as Round Table’s latest article kicks off our series on retirement income.
Don’t Chase the Hot Dot
SPACs, Memes, NFTs… The investing world had no shortage of “hot dot” investments that grew rather startlingly less hot in 2022. See our thoughts on “hot dot” (or not) investing.
Revisiting the Monthly Bear Market and Yield Curve Inversion
We published earlier articles noting (1) the current bear market didn’t exist in monthly data and (2) the current yield curve inversion didn’t exist in TIPS data. Neither of those observations is still true.
Zoom Out, It’s a Bull. Zoom In, It’s a Bear.
Measured with daily data, the S&P 500 Index (the usual stand-in for “the stock market” in the U.S.) is in its second bear market in just over two years. Measured with monthly data, the S&P 500 is still in a historic bull market that stretches back to 2009.
Bear Market Reflections
When a bear market is in full swing, it’s only natural for investors to wonder, “What should I do now?” We believe the evidence supports strategic thinking and sticking to your financial plan, rather than attempting to tactically respond to market events.