Recession Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/recession/ Funding the Adventurous Life Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:06:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Recession Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/recession/ 32 32 150809980 Can The 4% Rule Actually Work For Early Retirement? https://clippingchains.com/2022/10/17/can-the-4-rule-actually-work-for-early-retirement/ https://clippingchains.com/2022/10/17/can-the-4-rule-actually-work-for-early-retirement/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9003 The 4% rule suggests that a retiree who withdraws no more than 4% of their portfolio each year could have provided for a 30-year retirement window during most historical retirement windows. And that is true! The problem is that the FIRE community, however, perpetuates at least two misconceptions when discussing the 4% rule. Today, we …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2022/10/17/can-the-4-rule-actually-work-for-early-retirement/feed/ 11 9003 The Long Approach to Being Scared of Investing https://clippingchains.com/2021/04/19/long-approach-withdrawal-rate/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/04/19/long-approach-withdrawal-rate/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:39:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=7069 The long approach mentality is required to last as an investor. But first a story: Everybodddy…! Yeahhh-ahhh! Rock your bodddyyy! Yeahhh-ahhh! These were the lyrics absolutely shaking the walls of the Mercat de l’Olivar fish market in Palma, Mallorca as the mid-day closing time approached. The vendors were busy packing up product, mopping, and wiping …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/04/19/long-approach-withdrawal-rate/feed/ 0 7069 Lee Cujes: Super Psyched on the Long Game https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/30/lee-cujes/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/30/lee-cujes/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6087 This week I’m thrilled to bring you an interview with a pinch of international spice and flavor. Please welcome to the site, the legendary Australian climber Lee Cujes. In this interview we take a hard look at the long-term aspects of finding a balance on career, lifestyle, relationships, nails-hard climbing, and future prosperity. Lee graciously …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/30/lee-cujes/feed/ 2 6087 The Fallacy of Happiness and Meaningful Work https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/20/the-fallacy-of-happiness-and-meaningful-work/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/20/the-fallacy-of-happiness-and-meaningful-work/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4497 We all want to live the best life. Today we examine the paradox of how attempting to do just that can result in less happiness after all. For all of us that dream of the greener grass on the other side⏤a full-freedom lifestyle or a better job⏤why do so few find a life of contentment …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/20/the-fallacy-of-happiness-and-meaningful-work/feed/ 2 4497 You Know A Recession is Coming, Right? https://clippingchains.com/2019/12/30/you-know-a-recession-is-coming-right/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/12/30/you-know-a-recession-is-coming-right/#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3561 A year ago, in December 2018, I wrote two posts concerning the “imminent” recession: Five Ways to Recession-Proof Your Life and Keeping the “Safe” in Safe Withdrawal Rate. Well, a year has come and gone, and as I write this in December 2019, we are at yet another all-time high in the stock market. America’s …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/12/30/you-know-a-recession-is-coming-right/feed/ 6 3561 Five Ways to Recession-Proof Your Life https://clippingchains.com/2018/12/17/recession-proof-life/ https://clippingchains.com/2018/12/17/recession-proof-life/#respond Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:00:59 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=815 Market volatility and the potential for a recession is what gives the stock market a bad name, right? No silly, as we’ve discussed here, it’s really the investor’s psychology that gives the market a bad name. Because the market always goes up…eventually. With the recent market volatility we’ve been seeing in late 2018, it feels …

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