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- Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:31 pm
- Forum: Town Center
- Topic: Rob Bennett's web site
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- Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:53 pm
- Forum: Town Center
- Topic: Rob Bennett's web site
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- Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:47 am
- Forum: Town Center
- Topic: Rob Bennett's web site
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Rob Bennett's web site
Rob Bennett's web site is up and running. He has published his book Passion Saving and it is for sale. http://www.passionsaving.com/index.html http://www.passionsaving.com/store.html I have posted a very brief review at my web site. http://www.early-retirement-planning-insights.com/ http://www.earl...
- Sat May 07, 2005 12:02 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
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- Fri May 06, 2005 1:00 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Bonds in a portfolio and TIPS ladders
- Replies: 21
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Real estate can be attractive for a retiree. It depends upon the individual and his local circumstances. Some people love being landlords. Others hate the idea. What kept me out of real estate after I had bought an apartment building was living through President Nixon's rent controls. Other than tha...
- Fri May 06, 2005 6:24 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
- Thu May 05, 2005 8:59 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
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Peteyperson There are usually opportunities if one wishes to look deeper. Broad sweepin' statements will miss such opportunities which could be quite costly in the long-run. P.S. Not knocking you, John, just thought it was worth pointing out. Thank you. You have a good point. In the context that I ...
- Wed May 04, 2005 12:00 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
I am also not certain that waiting for a decade will ensure that the dividends get to 5-6%? What do I do if no real change in valuations or divs? Wait out another 10 years burning through TIPs? Like petey and Bill Gross I also believe the official nos are of with about 1%. How does that affect my r...
- Tue May 03, 2005 2:06 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
ES : I've never been a fan of sitting on the sidelines because no one knows what the market will do. Here is some additional material. It might influence your view of standing on the sidelines. Let us assume that you wish to retire today and withdraw 4% each year. What happens if you are on the sid...
- Tue May 03, 2005 7:27 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
Cheer up, ES , things are much brighter than you imagine. If we were to have an extended dry spell and if (long-term, smoothed) earnings continued to climb as they have in the past, dividend yields would climb through the roof. That is what happened in the 1970s. They went from 2.9% in the late 1960...
- Mon May 02, 2005 5:47 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
Greetings John :) Peteyperson's original idea was to use up his entire TIPS holdings if necessary. If the bear market were to continue, he still would be satisfied. He would have come through the first ten years OK. [But not everyone would agree. That is the reason that I have considered other ladd...
- Mon May 02, 2005 5:26 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
As far as would anyone invest 80% in something that they think will drop 40 to 70% at some point in the next 10 years, I think the answer is a pretty easy no . In fact if you read the original post in this thread, JWR was discussing a 40% TIPS allocation as an alternative to Petey's 20% scenario ex...
- Mon May 02, 2005 4:59 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
on the other hand if the comment re: speculative return/metric contraction was the basis for some sort of optimization strategy i guess i can see the origin of the (pre-emptive?) critique but if a switching technique was presented by jwr i missed it. At the old SWR Research Group discussion board, ...
- Mon May 02, 2005 12:38 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
Greetings unclemick :) I seem to have missed something - ? isn't the whole point of a ladder to sell bonds(of whatever kind) as they come due. Who cares about market vs NAV in the stretch? Either you have missed something, or I have. Lets not discount either possibility. :wink: But the idea of this...
- Mon May 02, 2005 12:12 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
Using a TIPS Ladder I routinely use TIPS as a theoretical baseline. This baseline has often turned out to be the best approach. Peterperson has looked into the practical aspects of having a TIPS portion of a retirement portfolio. He has found that a TIPS Ladder has many advantages. One is that it c...
- Sun May 01, 2005 5:08 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
ES I was messing around with this today and my main problem seems to be tying this all in with the ups and downs possible in the market. I don't think I have anything against a straight forward TIPS ladder as part of one's retirement portfolio. But when we go beyond that things get fuzzy. This is t...
- Sun May 01, 2005 4:40 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
- Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:51 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
anyone know what book the reader is referencing here? http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/all/stories/042805dnbusburns.533ffdc8.html otherwise seems similar to tips approach. hix9 Scott Burns is merely describing a TIPS ladder. Scott Burns differentiates between drawing down ...
- Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:33 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
Being a TIPS virgin :oops:, I assume that one can purchase TIPS maturing in each of the next 10 years without much problem??? Yes, you can. Here is a link to the Government's site. It tells you everything, including how to purchase without paying any commissions. http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sec...
- Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:09 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 752722
Greetings John :) I'd like to thank you as well for the great post! I will also need some time to digest all of your information. Very interesting stuff! :D Fortunately, I have now been able to recover Peteyperson's posts from the SWR Research Group board. In addition, I expect Peteyperson to conti...