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The Sequence Risk That Breaks Early Retirement
In this episode of The Financial Freedom Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into sequence-of-returns risk — the single biggest threat to a early retiree's portfolio in the first decade. Using the example of a 2022 retiree who saw both stocks and bonds fall simultaneously, they explain why a 4% withdrawal rule can fail when bad timing strikes. Lucas walks through a concrete scenario: a $1 million portfolio, a 50/50 stock-bond split, and two different 10-year sequences that produce dramatically different outcomes. They discuss the 'bond tent' strategy as a defense, why cash buffers…
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