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Net Worth and Safe Withdrawal Rate Projection Spreadsheet

Psychic Vision

This past weekend I was browsing through my spreadsheet archives and came across an old spreadsheet that I created back in 2006. While the name of the spreadsheet — SWR.xls — gave me a hint at what I would find within, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect since I had not touched this spreadsheet …

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For FIRE, Not All Dividends Are Created Equal

Not All Dividends Created Equal

Over the last couple of weeks, I have had an internal debate on my approach to tracking dividends–and we have discussed it in some of the comments. Initially, when I started this blog and created a focused dividend portfolio, I only referenced the dividends generated from my new purchases–as well as a couple of long-standing …

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Deciding What To Do With An Old 401(k)

Deciding on 401(k) Plan

Earlier this year I changed jobs after being with my prior employer for over 16 years. Beyond the adjustment of that change at a personal level, there was also a financial decision to be made–and that was what to do with the 401(k) through my prior employer. Rather than cover the various options in detail …

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