How My Investing Changed After Financial Independence

For the first decade or so of my working career, I shoveled money into mutual funds and didn’t put much time or effort into thinking about other options.

However, after realizing we were actually financially independent, my investing has changed as I added different asset classes for a variety of reasons.

How My Investing Has Changed After Financial Independence

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If you’re winning the game by a large margin, as in your annual spending is 2% or less of your total assets, there’s really no reason to quit playing. You can afford to give up a lot of points and still come out victorious.

If You’ve Won the Game...

I would also be giving up the opportunity to potential to see our nest egg compound over the years, most likely doubling at least a few times over those same 50 years if I were to remain invested in assets more likely to appreciate, like stocks and real estate.

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I’ve started spreading the ball around a bit more with the income I’ve earned since becoming financially independent.

 How My Investing Has Changed

My investments in alternatives have increased from one small investment in a brewery to about 40x that amount invested across a variety of real estate and startup investments.

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