9 Financial Considerations as You Approach the End of Your Career
If you’re rapidly approaching financial independence and are considering an early retirement, you may already be approaching the end of … Read more
Retirement
The True Cost of Healthcare in Early Retirement: A Guide to Open Enrollment
Today’s timely and insightful guest post started as a post in our fatFIRE Facebook group. A generous soul named Mike … Read more
Top 5 Reasons to Retire With Less Than 25 Years of Expenses
Not long ago, I shared the top 5 reasons one might want to accumulate more than 25x of anticipated annual … Read more
Retire Early With Real Estate
Today, I’m sharing my review of “Coach” Chad Carson’s first book on how to retire early with real estate as … Read more
How Did I Get Here? What I’ve Learned After 4 Years of Early Retirement
I first connected with the Man Overboard Man Overseas online back in May when I was visiting Costa Rica with … Read more
Retired from Medicine at 43: Why, How, and What Now?
On Monday, August 12th of 2019, I woke up in a call room, gathered up my belongings, and stepped through … Read more
Early Retirement Checklist Part Two: Insurance, Family, and Social Considerations Prior to FIRE
We recently reviewed the many monetary considerations one must entertain before choosing to retire early. For one, you must have … Read more
Early Retirement Checklist Part One: Money Considerations Prior to FIRE
It’s never too early to start checking boxes on an early retirement checklist, even if you don’t plan on retiring … Read more
Which Assets Should You Spend First in Retirement?
Which assets should you spend first in retirement? When I was just a few years into my medical career, I … Read more
The Financial Burden of a Rare Cancer
“Everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – modern day philosopher Mike Tyson. A cancer diagnosis … Read more
10 Reforms That Would Improve Our Retirement System
Do you get an employer match in your 401(k)? How about profit sharing? Do you have decent investment options? Or … Read more
Buffer Assets, Bucket Plans, and Sequence of Return Risk
David Graham, MD is back to talk about buffer assets. The FI Physician recently addressed the effect of asset location … Read more
Six and a Half Ways to Bridge the Early Retirement Gap to Age 59 and a Half
If you’ve been piling money into your retirement accounts, maxing out every tax-advantaged option available, and spending what’s left over, … Read more
Six Reasons Nothing Matters More Than Your Retirement Date After Age 50
If you’re a follower of both Physician on FIRE and The White Coat Investor, you already know that WCI is … Read more
The Epochs of Early Retirement
When discussing the funding of early retirement, I’m guilty of being fairly vague. Save at least 25 years’ worth of … Read more
Asset Location and Making Your Money Last in Early Retirement
Optimize. Optimize. Optimize. My pal Dr. James Turner at The Physician Philosopher likes to write about the 20% you need … Read more
Healthcare Costs in Retirement – Don’t Make this Big Mistake
Today, we’re going to talk about the healthcare costs all will face in retirement, at least under the system we … Read more
8 Steps to Retire Comfortably Despite a Late Start
It’s great if you learn about investing and retirement planning early in your career. If you start reading sites like … Read more
How to Design Your Personal Retirement Glide Path
A “glide path” describes how your asset allocation is expected to change over time. The traditional sentiment is that the … Read more
My Life Costs $220 a Day. A Realistic Budget for a Family of Four.
Our budget for a family of four is two hundred and twenty dollars a day. That seems like a lot … Read more
