Mr. Money Mustache

MAY 20, 2022

Even Mr. Money Mustache, as a person who retired 17 years ago, is still in this boat for the simple reason that my retirement income from dividends and hobby businesses is still greater than my annual living expenses (which still hover around $20,000 per year). 3) Okay, but I really am retired and trying to live off my investments now.

Marketing 53

Marketing Marketing Retirement Investing 53

The Big Picture

MARCH 27, 2023

So it was a pretty different situation from 2001, where the whole dot-com bust, but more importantly, the telecom implosion. So you retire in 2018. The great bonanza of late ’08 and ’09 is that there were companies that were not stressed at all. But it was not a liquidity issue. ’08 RITHOLTZ: Really interesting.

Assets 285

Assets Investing Investments Management 285

The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

So I took it upon myself to go off and took a course in bond math, took another course in derivatives and realized the underlying fundamental concepts were barely, I mean, it wasn’t even high school math in most cases. And then I was the beneficiary of the TMT bubble bursting in 2001. SALISBURY: Sure. SALISBURY: Yes.

Assets 299

Assets Clients Investing Investments 299

The Big Picture

JULY 15, 2024

I started out math and, and physics, and in high school I was a rock star in math and physics. And that’s when we started to create the, the team that, you know, Dan was on, I was on Elaine Stokes, everybody’s retired except for me off that original team. You gotta go back to the 2001 recession.

Portfolio 147

Portfolio Banking Management Portfolio Management 147

The Big Picture

MARCH 17, 2025

Wasn’t the Excel spreadsheet error, which changed their math. You know, when Bill Clinton was president and you had the budget, federal budget in surplus for four years in a row, 98 through 2001, the government’s budget was in surplus. And of course, we had a recession in 2001, and then the surpluses disappeared.

Taxes 147

Taxes Economy Government Budgeting 147