We have spent the last three weeks highlighting the three measurable and controllable percentages that are absolutely critical to your long-term financial plan, especially your retirement-income success. They are (with links): Savings Rate: The percentage of your income you save Equity Allocation: The percentage of your portfolio you place in equities Withdrawal Rate: The percentage

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The last couple weeks we’ve been highlighting the only three percentages that matter. These are the three measurable and controllable percentages that are absolutely critical to your long-term financial plan, especially your retirement-income success: Savings Rate: The percentage of your income you save Equity Allocation: The percentage of your portfolio you place in equities Withdrawal

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Brett and I had a great discussion about the importance of “going inside” – finding out what truly matters to us as a first step on our path to financial wellbeing – then creating a plan and putting it into action. Thanks for having me on the show, Brett! ABOUT THE EPISODE Episode Details Here  ABOUT

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From last week’s Mindful Money Weekly, you remember that there are three measurable and controllable percentages that are absolutely critical to your long-term investment success. These are the three financial levers each of us can pull to alter our long-term financial outcomes for better or worse: Savings Rate: The percentage of your income you save.

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Shawn Yesner and I talk about the simple fact that most of us, myself included, spend time with serious debt problems – and that overcoming those problems begins with establishing a “No shame zone.” ABOUT SHAWN YESNER & THE CRUSHING DEBT PODCAST Yesner Law is a boutique real estate law firm in Tampa, Florida, that

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There are three measurable and controllable percentages that are absolutely critical to your long-term investment success. These are the three financial trade-offs you make that will alter your long-term financial outcomes: Savings Rate: The percentage of your income that you save Equity Allocation: The percentage of your portfolio you place in equities Withdrawal Rate: The

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Yes! No. Maybe? No one knows, and it doesn’t matter to long-term, goal-focused, and planning-driven investors. Always remember, the market cannot be timed. By definition, no one knows for sure that we’re in a recession while we’re in the recession. A recession is 2 consecutive quarters of GDP decline, and they’re “called” by the National

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Thanks Paul and Paul for a great conversation. I wish we could have kept recording because it was the conversation AFTER the interview where we got into the human happiness dip that occurs in the late 40s and early 50s (where all three of us are sitting). ABOUT FINANCIAL DADS Hosted by Paul Fagan and

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