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    • WHICH GLOBAL INDEX TRACKER?
    • The Permanent Portfolio
    • The Golden Butterfly Portfolio
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    • Goodbye to My Investment Trust Dividend Portfolio
    • RETIREMENT INVESTMENT TRUST INCOME PORTFOLIO -SEPTEMBER 2022 UPDATE
    • Retiring on Dividends – Crazy Idea? 6 Reasons For and Against
    • THE POWER OF DIVIDENDS – YOUR INVESTMENT GUARANTEE
    • Retiring on Dividends – Is Living Off Natural Yield Possible or Desirable?
  • Gold
    • Gold – Only For Fools?
    • Why Isn´t Gold Booming
    • Gold Enhances Drawdown Safe Withdrawal Rate
    • Gold – Only For Fools?
  • Drawdown Strategies
    • The 4% Drawdown Rule
    • UK 4% Rule Revisited
    • Variable Drawdown
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    • Income Drawdown – Fees Can Cut Your Pension by 12.5% or More
  • Pension Annuities
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    • Retirement Annuity – Sometimes You Do Get The Timing Right
    • Deferring UK State Pension
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image of screen showing market pricesMARKET CORRECTIONS

Great News – The Market is on Sale

Great news - for some anyway! The market is on sale. For anyone in the…
MAX
MAXFebruary 28, 2020
image of the word yield on top of coinsINCOME PORTFOLIOSINVESTMENT TRUSTS

Best Three UK Investment Trusts for Retirement Income

You may have seen from my previous post that I am a fan of Investment…
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MAXFebruary 13, 2020
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Drawdown Strategy – Part 1

I guess ignorance is bliss - I hadn´t realised how complex the issue of drawdown…
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MAXFebruary 11, 2020
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Falling Out of Love with LifeStrategy Funds

  Maybe Not Ideal For Retirees I´ve always been quite attracted to the idea of…
MAX
MAXJanuary 28, 2020
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My Permanent Portfolio Live

Finally, I´ve put my money where my mouth is and have started up my Permanent…
MAX
MAXAugust 27, 2019
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Gold – Only For Fools?

Is Gold a 100% Irrational Investment? Warren Buffet famously said "Gold gets dug out of…
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MAXAugust 26, 2019
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Retiring Abroad – Tax Nightmare?

Today´s newspaper got me thinking about the problems of retiring overseas.  Reading today in the…
MAX
MAXAugust 18, 2019
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The Permanent Portfolio

I´m sure most people interested in finance have come across Harry Browne´s Permanent Portfolio as…
MAX
MAXAugust 13, 2019
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Retirement Investment Trust Income Portfolio – 12 Year Performance

I operate a number of different portfolios all of which are income-oriented.  I accept that…
MAX
MAXAugust 6, 2019
the best way to invest a lump sumLUMP SUM INVESTING

What Do I do With My Lump Sum? Pound Cost Averaging or All at Once

Having just sold a Buy to Let investment property I´m in the lucky position of…
MAX
MAXAugust 3, 2019
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Top Ten Posts

  • The Golden Butterfly Portfolio April 30, 2020
  • WHICH GLOBAL INDEX TRACKER? September 20, 2022
  • Difficult Times – How Have Retirement Portfolios Performed? May 2, 2022
  • Variable Drawdown – A Powerful Strategy to Maximize Your Retirement Income November 19, 2021
  • The Best Retirement Portfolio April 30, 2020
  • Retiring on Dividends – Is Living Off Natural Yield Possible or Desirable? April 30, 2020
  • Choosing a Drawdown Simulation Tool October 17, 2020
  • Partial Annuitisation – The Experts Say Most Retirees Should Have at Least Some Level Annuity Income June 24, 2021
  • The 4% Drawdown Rule – Will it Work for You? February 25, 2021
  • The Permanent Portfolio August 13, 2019
  • AGEING AND FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING
  • ANNUITIES
  • Balancing a Portfolio
  • BOND LADDERS
  • BONDS
  • BUY TO LET
  • DRAWDOWN SIMULATION
  • FIRE
  • GILTS
  • GLOBAL INDEX TRACKERS
  • GOLD
  • GOLDEN BUTTERFLY PORTFOLIO
  • Home Bias
  • INCOME DRAWDOWN
  • INCOME PORTFOLIOS
  • INCOME-HARVESTING
  • INDEX LINKED GILTS
  • INVESTMENT TRUSTS
  • LOCKDOWN
  • LUMP SUM INVESTING
  • MARKET CORRECTIONS
  • MONTE CARLO SIMULATION
  • ONLINE BROKERS
  • PERMANENT PORTFOLIO
  • PORFOLIO REBALANCING
  • PORTFOLIOS
  • POUND COST AVERAGING
  • RETIREMENT PORTFOLIOS
  • RETIREMENT STRATEGIES
  • RETIRING ON DIVIDENDS
  • RETIRING OVERSEAS
  • SAFE WITHDRAWAL RATE
  • SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE
  • SHARES
  • Solar Electricity
  • TARGET DATE RETIREMENT FUNDS
  • TAX
  • THE 4% RULE
  • THOUGHTS
  • TOOLS
  • UK STATE PENSION
  • VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY
  • VARIABLE DRAWDOWN
  • WARREN BUFFET

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  • Home
  • THOUGHTS
    • Thoughts 2. FIRE – Saving 25 Times Your Expenses Gives You Financial Freedom – No it Doesn`t!
    • Thoughts 1 – Energy and Solar Power
  • Retirement Drawdown Portfolios
    • WHICH GLOBAL INDEX TRACKER?
    • The Permanent Portfolio
    • The Golden Butterfly Portfolio
  • Retirement Income Portfolios
    • Goodbye to My Investment Trust Dividend Portfolio
    • RETIREMENT INVESTMENT TRUST INCOME PORTFOLIO -SEPTEMBER 2022 UPDATE
    • Retiring on Dividends – Crazy Idea? 6 Reasons For and Against
    • THE POWER OF DIVIDENDS – YOUR INVESTMENT GUARANTEE
    • Retiring on Dividends – Is Living Off Natural Yield Possible or Desirable?
  • Gold
    • Gold – Only For Fools?
    • Why Isn´t Gold Booming
    • Gold Enhances Drawdown Safe Withdrawal Rate
    • Gold – Only For Fools?
  • Drawdown Strategies
    • The 4% Drawdown Rule
    • UK 4% Rule Revisited
    • Variable Drawdown
    • Income Harvesting
    • Berst Drawdown Simulation Tools
    • Ideal Retirement Portfolios
    • Income Drawdown – Fees Can Cut Your Pension by 12.5% or More
  • Pension Annuities
    • Partial Annuitisation –
    • Why Wouldn’t You Buy an Annuity?
    • Retirement Annuity – Sometimes You Do Get The Timing Right
    • Deferring UK State Pension
  • Retirement Calculator
  • About Me