• Supervisor194@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This is all good and well, until a 2008 happens. That’s why strategies like this are only reliable if you have generational wealth to start with. You have to be able to withstand massive risk.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      Massive is relative. If you have $1M and need $40k to live on (4% rule), a 50% downturn is massive. If you have $10M and need $100k to live on, a 50% downturn still leaves you plenty of room.

      You don’t need generational wealth, you just need a enough that the general “rule of thumb” is way more than you’d ever need to spend. That can be amassed in one generation.

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      I was thinking that too. Works as long as asset appreciation > interest.

      We’re in a higher interest rate world with a recession on the horizon, so this strategy may not work moving forward