I think the biggest retirees’ concern regarding their portfolio is probably the fear of losing money. During all those years, you have worked very hard and saved every penny you could. Then, you turned around and invested this hard-earned money in the hope of building a comfy nest
In my latest post, I started a 3 parts series on factors making a big difference in your retirement portfolio. If you don’t consider them, your retirement plan could go bust faster than the plane you are taking to travel Europe this summer. The first article was about the infamous
Since I received the commuted value of my pension plan last year, I’ve given lots of thoughts about building a retirement portfolio. In that optic, lots of retirees ask me to write a more detailed approach about a higher yielding portfolio. Since I’ve received lots of demands comin
I’ve been fighting for many, many… many years. It has been an epic fight that started the day I switched my portfolio toward dividend paying stocks. When I started blogging about dividend growth investing, I was reminded several times by older investors that many of my picks didn’t
Last week, I wrote about my plan C and D for retirement. I called them my “last resort” plans as they refer to the classic model of retirement; go to school, get a job, save for retirement, wait, get to 60 (or 65) and retire happy (or not). You know that drill, right? It’s a [̷
Retirement, Early Retirement, Financial Independence and Early Retirement (FIRE) are very popular topics among personal finance bloggers. I could even say that the concept of FIRE is particularly popular among dividend bloggers. Guys like Joe @ Retire by 40 and Jason at Mr. Free at
There is something fascinating about writing. When I target a topic, I get so much inspiration that I’m able to write an entire series. This is exactly what happened during the month of February where I wrote about investing and retirement. You can read the actual series here: The
Over the past could of weeks, I’ve been writing a lot about investing for retirees. We keep talking about how to build a portfolio for your retirement, but we often forget how to manage it once you get there. It’s like everything is over once you cross the finish line… but’s that j
Last week, I discussed the difference between a retirement portfolio and a retiree’s portfolio. There is a big difference between investing for the future and withdrawing from this investment to live. I put my portfolio on fast forward and took a look at trades I would do to make t
In my last article, I discussed the first steps to transform a retirement portfolio into a retiree’s portfolio. Today, I’m going to press fast forward on my current pension account and see what changes I would make if I was going to retire tomorrow. Let’s imagine for a minute that