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Nov 22, 2014
9:25:03am

DogBoy

Yup. 2.8% is the new 4%.

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DogBoy

Bio page: DogBoy
Joined: Sep 8, 2004
Last login: May 5, 2024
Total posts: 6,840 (100 FO)

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Roadmap to Retirement and other ramblings from an old man

Acorn

11/22/14 5:31am

Lots of good wisdom here. Thanks. I've been trying to convince my 33 year old

Bro

11/22/14 6:05am

I finally started contributing to a 401k this year!

PharmD

11/22/14 7:00am

one key is to be honest with yourself about strengths/weaknesses

korihor

11/22/14 6:58am

Great advice...how about paying off debt vs saving for retirement?

idcougarfan

11/22/14 7:13am

If interest is > % returns, then pay off debt first.

11/22/14 7:31am

or, if you don't like debt and are willing to sacrifice

11/22/14 7:51am

All great points. I've become a boglehead to help with this stuff...

cougfanz

11/22/14 7:27am

Great advice. Love seeing stuff like this on CB. Questions from a young guy.

bluebloodedcoug

11/22/14 7:34am

RE: Great advice. Love seeing stuff like this on CB. Questions from a young guy.

cougfanz

11/22/14 9:19am

The 4% Withdrawal Rate...

Tsisquan

11/22/14 7:49am

I disagree

Acorn

11/22/14 8:44am

You're in the minority then.

Tsisquan

11/22/14 9:13am

Yup. 2.8% is the new 4%.

DogBoy

11/22/14 9:25am

I am comfortable with that

Acorn

11/22/14 10:27am

Last reply

Tsisquan

11/22/14 11:24am

I guess we agree to disagree

Acorn

11/23/14 7:30am

Lots of good advice here. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. I may need to pick

My Soapbox

11/22/14 8:04am

Really great stuff. Here are my 10 favorite simple retirement/finance tips.

JohnnyGJR

11/22/14 8:27am

My brain still thinks I am 20 instead of 50. Does that count?

Acorn

11/22/14 8:46am

Excellent post. Thanks for the reminder. I'm at the point where non-401K options

11/22/14 8:37am

RE: Excellent post. Thanks for the reminder. I'm at the point where non-401K

cougfanz

11/22/14 9:23am

I'll go there and poke around. Thanks for the suggestion

11/22/14 10:06am

thanks for the post. a great reminder. in fact, i really need to find a great

OmahaThunderCoug

11/22/14 4:18pm

I need to find one who is hourly and not commission based. I liked the last guy

11/22/14 4:28pm

Are you not working with him anymore?

OmahaThunderCoug

11/22/14 4:31pm

Nope. His fees killed me.

11/22/14 4:34pm

Great post. A few thoughts:

11/22/14 5:27pm

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