Exciting news: J.D. Roth invited me to write a guest post for his legendary blog Get Rich Slowly! You can read it here:
The post is part of the “money stories” feature, where guest readers post their own stories of financial success – and failure. For February, the theme is relationships, and how couples manage their money together. I tell the story of how the wife and I worked together to turn our finances around, and the unique challenges we faced along the way.
I had the pleasure of first meeting J.D. at Camp Mustache last year, and I'm excited he gave me the opportunity to tell my story to a wider audience. While you're visiting, be sure to hit the subscribe button, if you haven't already!
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Maybe your next blog post could be on the pitfalls of sequence of return and what it’s like to retire into a correction/recession.
Me personally, I’m really enjoying the sale on stocks this year.
I’m also enjoying the sale! I’ve been expecting a correction for the past few years, surprised bull run went on as long as it did! It may not in fact be over yet… I’m just as bad a timing the markets as everyone else, so I don’t try to.
Most of my feelings on sequence of return risk are captured in my post on “Replacing Fear with Flexibility”: http://fi180.com/2017/10/04/replacing-fear-flexibility/