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Most retirees own a passive bond index fund without thinking twice. The PIMCO Multisector Bond Active ETF (NYSEARCA:PYLD) is the alternative that has quietly pulled in $8.07 billion in net flows over the past…
Aubrey Williams reached financial independence in Santa Barbara, California, one of the most expensive real estate markets in America, without packing up and moving to Tennessee. On the Catching Up to FI podcast, he…
The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) addresses a specific retirement problem: drawing income from stocks without concentrating the outcome in any one company. VYM holds roughly 605 dividend-paying companies, which makes it a…
A 73-year-old retiree with a $1.2 million dividend portfolio generating $5,400 a month faces a quieter retirement problem than most. The income works, but it depends on corporations continuing to pay and raise dividends…
For most Americans, Memorial Day weekend is supposed to mark the unofficial start of summer — backyard cookouts, packed highways, beach trips, and family gatherings. Instead, consumers are entering the holiday weekend staring at…
A 68-year-old retiree with $400,000 in equities heading into 2026 has a real problem: SPY ran up 27% in the past year, but the VIX still spiked to almost 31 in late March, and…
On her July 18, 2024 podcast episode Ask KT & Suze Anything: I Want to Give Money to my Grandchildren, Suze Orman answered a listener named Jean who is roughly 73, financially comfortable, and…
A 68-year-old retiree who wants to generate $42,000 a year in dividend income without constantly riding the swings of the S&P 500 faces a portfolio math problem that rewards precision. That income target roughly…
If you work and pay into Social Security throughout your career, you may not be happy to see those taxes come out of your wages each pay period. But what may soften the…
A 30-year-old software engineer at Meta (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction), earning a $200,000 base plus refreshing stock grants, asked a question that gets posted in some form on r/financialindependence every week: how do…
Income investors holding the VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (NYSEARCA:CDL) own a fund built around one premise: large American companies with stable share prices tend to pay reliable dividends. CDL…
Holding a high-yield dividend portfolio in a taxable account at the 24% federal bracket means writing the IRS a $14,400 check every year on $60,000 of income that should have been yours. It repeats…
Picture a couple in their first year of retirement. Both are 64, both stopped working in January, and they finally have the breathing room to do the Roth conversion their planner has been suggesting…
I think the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEARCA: VGT) is the poster child for why investors should let winners run. If you were able to hold this ETF through the sizable volatility that comes…
A 71-year-old retiree holding $850,000 across a basket of closed-end funds is generating roughly $61,000 a year in distributions. That works out to a blended yield of about 7.2%, with several of the underlying…
