What’s the hardest part of the retirement decision? For many its taking the leap of faith that financially what’s worked in the past will continue to work in the future. And often the start of every single year, during those early years of retirement, brings the anxiety right back again. I’m in my ninth year of withdrawals and while the…
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What’s up with the recent poor performance of IVY?
I’ve been asked the question in the title of this post quite a bit lately – why have the IVY timing portfolios been under performing lately? Here I will show the performance of the various portfolios I track over different investment periods and discuss their recent performance. The table below shows the performance of the various portfolios I track, which…
Munis in the bargain bin, again
The recent “taper-tantrum” over the Fed’s potential coming removal of quantitative easing has caused quite some unrest in the bond market. This has caused interest rates, in particular longer term rates (10yrs +) to move substantially higher across the board. Long term munis were no exception and the sell off has left some compelling value in long term munis for…
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My name is Paul Novell. I left the semiconductor industry, at 41, to pursue a more independent life. This came after two attempts at “retiring early” (starting in January 2006) and being scared back into the work force for a few months. Since early 2010 I’ve been fully committed to the financially independent lifestyle. Since 2006 my main source of income is from my…