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by bubble
Tue Oct 14, 2003 11:21 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Millionaire "Code"
Replies: 14
Views: 13619

I have never yet seen how M-B results relate to investment style. Objective reality, like market performance, inflation, taxes, is the same for all of us, regardless of personality. Maybe someone will show me. I disagree objective reality can't be the same for all of us. For if it was there would b...
by bubble
Thu Aug 28, 2003 2:23 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Wharton: How Much Money Will You Need for Retirement?
Replies: 47
Views: 34476

I look at the 70% of regular salary in this manner. You will no longer pay into FICA 8%, no local taxes on salary earnings 2% (this will vary by location of job), no more saving for FIRE 15% and the saving on taxes for above earnings @25% rate is 6% which adds up to 31% Says nothing about the change...
by bubble
Wed Jun 25, 2003 4:55 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Safe withdrawal quick questions and discussion.
Replies: 38
Views: 28292

Gummy wrote What's interesting (to me) is that many gurus quote historical P/E ratios (like 15) yet suggest something much less than historical returns. It seems to me that the historical return of say 4% will only be true at the historical PE ratio of 15. Therefore if the current trailing PE is at ...
by bubble
Wed Feb 19, 2003 7:02 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: stock market return projections
Replies: 10
Views: 10973

wanderer bounce - your age, former profession, current pursuits, if I may be so bold. If You mean Bubble -- I'm 56 and was the guy across the table from you in your audits. The finance guy or industrial accountant trying to figure out what you where concerned about and why you where so confused and ...
by bubble
Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:58 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: stock market return projections
Replies: 10
Views: 10973

We cannot simply take the total effect of reinvested dividends, convert it to a percentage and treat it in isolation. Our total return consists of our initial outlay and its price growth plus...emphasis mathematical addition, not multiplication...the return from our reinvested dividends. Adding per...
by bubble
Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:38 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Hypothetical Y2K retiree update
Replies: 12
Views: 11145

[The democrats think we should give money to the poor and tax the rich. ] The republicans borrow the money and leave it to our kids to pick up the tab. When the rest of the world decides it no longer wants to lend the USA 1.5-1.7 billion $ a day then things will get interesting and you thought the s...