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How to Build a Withdrawal Cushion Without Sacrificing Growth
Episode 60 of The Financial Freedom Podcast explores a counterintuitive early retirement strategy: keeping a cash buffer that doesn't drag down your portfolio's long-term growth. Lucas and Luna break down the math behind a 'dynamic cash reserve' — how a retiree with a $1.2 million portfolio can set aside 18 months of living expenses in a high-yield savings account and a short-term bond ETF, then replenish it only when the market is up. They walk through a real scenario using the 2022 bear market as a test case: why withdrawing from cash during downturns preserved portfolio…
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