Financial Symmetry

JULY 30, 2024

Some problems are easily solved with a bit of reasoning, logic, or by using a bit of math. The most thought-provoking issues aren’t numbers-based. These issues require much deeper consideration and often cause … Continued The post Wild Retirement Problems, Ep #221 appeared first on Financial Symmetry, Inc.

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Carson Wealth

MARCH 2, 2023

Tom Fridrich, JD, CLU, ChFC ® , Senior Wealth Planner We’ve all asked ourselves whether it’s too early to retire (usually after a particularly challenging commute or dealing with a difficult client). But even if you feel confident today, would it be reasonable to retire early? How Early Is Early?

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

OCTOBER 26, 2024

That number is from a Bankrate article I found on a Google search. I'd be curious to hear if anyone else does the same search and finds a different number of lost coins. First, is the math right based on my numbers? That roughly two million Bitcoin is actually more than 10% because approximately 3.8

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Getting Your Financial Ducks In A Row

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It has further been estimated that as we approach retirement, this ratio increases to a factor of five times more pain for a loss as opposed to the joy we experience for a gain. There’s no shame in admitting that factor – for a lot of us, math can be very tough.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

change at retirement. Hopefully a mortgage is paid off, hopefully there are no car payments to make and health insurance at 65, if retired, should go down quite a bit on Medicare, especially if income goes way down. Once someone is retired, saving for retirement is one less expense too.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JUNE 3, 2024

I haven't seen too many scenarios where Roth conversions were optimal as most people don't earn more after they retire. Do the math on your particulars like what your various sources of earned income will likely be, how much your RMDs will likely be and so on. With more normal scenarios, really crunch the numbers with your accountant.

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The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Yesterday Ben and I did a show on retirement. We basically partnered with them and were fully transparent with the numbers. While the math of the former is easy, and the implementation of the latter takes a stick, even my two smart ass millennial offspring will now admit it created a solid foundation. Don't delay.

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Discipline Funds

MARCH 1, 2023

If you adjust it for only the working age and retired population then inventory is even higher. Of course, this data is highly localized and we generally measure “inventory” by the number of units that are actually for sale. And that’s where the math on renting comes into play.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 21, 2025

Barry Ritholtz : The the funny thing is, the behavioral aspect of mutual funds seems to have been when people finally learn about a manager who’s put up great numbers, by the time it makes to make makes it to Forbes, hey, most of that run is probably over and a little mean reversion is about to kick in.

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Carson Wealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Matt Kory, Vice President, Retirement Programs As a retirement income vehicle, the 401(k) is second in popularity only to Social Security – and as CNBC reported in 2019 the number of 401(k) millionaires is at an all-time high. But is a million dollars even enough for your retirement needs? Just think of the numbers.

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Integrity Financial Planning

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Confirm Your Numbers Make sure that your filing status, name, and the names and Social Security numbers of your dependents are accurate. It’s also not a bad idea to review the bank account numbers you included (some of those digits can be lengthy!). 5] Avoid Early Retirement Account Withdrawals if You Can!

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

AUGUST 17, 2023

This article obviously favors more stocks but an interesting thing not said was at what number would it make sense to just flip from individual holdings to mutual funds and ETFs. In my opinion the diversification benefit hits diminishing returns pretty close to 40 individual holdings based on math if nothing else.

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Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The term personal finance ratios might be giving you flashbacks to math class. In mathematical terms, a ratio is essentially a way to compare two numbers to each other. Since personal finance is all about numbers, that can come in handy in many ways! However, their value tends to fluctuate more so it’s not a stable number).

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 29, 2023

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • Stock Pickers Never Had a Chance Against Hard Math of the Market : In years like this one, when just a few big companies outperform, it’s hard to assemble a winning portfolio. If you’re depending on income to fund your retirement, 5% rates are a blessing. With the 10 year at 4.2%

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Integrity Financial Planning

JANUARY 23, 2023

For most, Social Security provides a solid foundation for retirement income. As you grow older and retirement looms on the horizon, the decisions you make start to have a more crucial impact on the amount of money you receive, so it’s important that you know what to expect.

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Clever Girl Finance

JANUARY 29, 2023

This is very important for retirement, and knowing what your target net worth by age should be will help you better understand how to reach your personal financial goals. Staying away from debt is also encouraged so you can keep your net worth number positive. The information here is just to guide you, not to set any rules. Rowe Price.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JUNE 30, 2024

The latest retirement disaster article from Yahoo focuses on 55 year olds who have a "median savings of less than $50,000." Yahoo says it's "bleak" because this cohort is "only about a decade from retiring." A harsh reality is that $50,000 is not a retirement fund but it is a pretty robust emergency fund.

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Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The term personal finance ratios might give you flashbacks to math class, learning various formulas, equations, and ratios. In mathematical terms, a ratio is essentially a way to compare two numbers. Since finance is all about numbers, that can come in handy in many ways especially when making financial calculations!

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The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The internet was triggered by these numbers from Fidelity. Ben and I spoke about this concept on a podcast we did about retirement. I thought these numbers were completely ridiculous. I understand all the reasons why it's hard to save money, but in this post I only want to look at the math. 3x your income by 40?

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

My process here for the notional values was that the multiplier is 100 so a put struck at 4100 would hedge $410,000 worth of stock, so then I just multiplied the dollar amount by the number of puts. Why wouldn't the fund have already blown up earlier this year when the S&P 500 was up more?

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Mr. Money Mustache

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The value of the S&P 500 index of stocks, where most of us hopefully have a good chunk of our retirement savings stashed into index funds, is up about fifty seven percent in just the past two years. Does this make it more vulnerable to a huge crash in the future, and will it affect my retirement? Its just basic math.

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

He co-chairs a number of the asset management investment committees. So I interviewed with a bunch of banks, got a number of job offers by the end of the week, and joined Goldman Sachs in October 1998. I ended up being hired onto the high yield desk as a research analyst and did that for a number of years, a couple of years.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JULY 9, 2023

Generally speaking, pensions are less viable than they used to be, the math doesn't work as well. The only pension I am remotely close to is the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System. The concept of pensions is that they provide a security net to retired workers. Is he right? Is he wrong?

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 13, 2024

The numbers in the 60/30/10 each represent a percentage of your financial plan. With this system, you will use 60% of your take-home pay to build your savings or even an early retirement account , invest, save up for a down payment, or repay debt. As an example, one of my major savings goals is retirement.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 21, 2024

I’m good at math and science and you know, I always had an idea what go into business, but I felt that electrical engineering would be a good foundation. And so there was a number of less liquid markets that made for quite wide spreads. And you know, I think ultimately there was a number of opportunities that came out.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The simple 40 year trade for bonds of "number go up" is finished and as a matter of math, can't be repeated. That just isn't the reality. The diversification benefits of intermediate and longer term bonds is not what it used to be. Taking volatility out of a fixed income portfolio is fairly simple.

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Discipline Funds

MARCH 6, 2024

This meant that there was very little demand for debt and so increasing the supply of potential loans was like an apple cart salesman increasing the number of apples he sells with the hope that more supply would create its own demand. This is the basic math behind what’s happened to every consumer who owns these bonds.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Bloomberg had an article titled As Gen-X Nears Retirement, Many Fear They Can't Afford It-Now or Ever. There was an odd and I believe inaccurate emphasis on workplace retirement plans pivoting from defined benefit plans (pensions) to defined contribution plans (401k) starting around the turn of the century.

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Good Financial Cents

JULY 3, 2023

Calculation Breakdown Let’s break down the math to find out how much you could earn annually with a $30 hourly wage: Consider an average workweek of 40 hours and an average year consisting of 52 weeks. Then $27,750 is the magic number. Let’s do math again! What Does $30 an Hour Translate to in Terms of Paycheck?

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

APRIL 12, 2023

My experience is that the typical retired person/couple expects growth in exchange for some volatility from the equity portion of their portfolio, they don't want it from their fixed income sleeve. I'm not sure how much fixed income that has equity beta should be in a portfolio but I don't think it's a high number.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. She has run a number of firms and a number of divisions at large firms and traced a career arc that’s just very unusual compared to the typical person in finance. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A quick excerpt from a post a couple of weeks ago about retirement misconceptions. I would much rather withdraw 10% or more per year from my retirement accounts and do it without taking any principal. Part of the math that determines options premiums is the risk free rate of return from T-bills.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

JUNE 2, 2023

CFP Board certificant data makes one thing clear: “the issue of the low number of women CFP® professionals is primarily a problem of attraction, and not one of retention. women tend to live longer, making it much more important to plan for a longer retirement) or a subjective one (e.g. Whether it’s an objective topic (e.g.,

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Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

And don't worry if math isn't your thing because we've included 50 30 20 budget spreadsheet ideas to help you stay on top of your budgeting strategies. It can include investing in the stock market, purchasing real estate, or also setting up your retirement accounts. Beyond that, focus on your retirement savings.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 10, 2023

There was a lot of content from various places over the weekend about whether it is time to go back into bonds, what retired investors should do for yield and even whether retirees are better off going 100% into equities. As a matter of math, it cannot repeat the run from 8.5% Barron's also noted that 60/40 was up 9.6% in November.

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Clever Girl Finance

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Once you know your weekly or monthly income, you can do the simple math of calculating how much 70% would be. We all need an emergency fund, and to save more long-term (think: retirement). Don’t put it into a retirement account where you won’t be able to get the money out for years.) Consider some of these ways to save.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JULY 8, 2023

That is difficult to pull off but if you do the math on that it shows long term outperformance. He makes a good point about not relying solely on math to assess markets and portfolio construction, that the psychology of markets is important too. 75/50 seeks to capture 75% of the upside with only 50% of the downside.

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