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Retirement Planning

Slow Motion Retirement (or Retire Early, Retire Often)

by DR

Traditional retirement is so 1990s. Work hard until you’re 65+ and then stop working cold turkey. Why? Where’s the balance in that approach to your working years and your golden years? Why not ease into retirement beginning much sooner than 65? You’ll get to enjoy more free time earlier in [...]

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Find Out If You’re On Track To Retire Early

by DR

Money Magazine this month published a chart that quickly tells you if you’re on track to retire at age 60. If you hope to retire at age 60, your savings should equal this number times your salary:

AT AGE
40
50
60

IF YOU EXPECT…
 
 
 

To have no pension or part-time job
3.5
8.5
16.0

To work part time
3.1
7.5
14.0

To have a pension
2.2
5.4
10.0

The chart assumes [...]

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Dough Roller’s 5th Grade Teacher Discusses Retirement

by DR

Mrs. Shurbert is a fictional character based loosely on one of my elementary school teachers. Her name has been changed, of course, to protect the guilty.

I want first to thank DR for letting me post a few articles here at Dough Roller.net. I can still remember the day he walked into my fifth [...]

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5 Steps to Achieving the 24-hour Work Week (Which Beats The 4-Hour Work Week)

by DR

I recently read The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss. Apart from some temporary inspiration to seek financial freedom, I came away from the book thinking that while I’d helped Ferriss achieve a 4-hour work week by buying his book, I was no closer to such an elusive goal. And I would guess [...]

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10 Surefire Ways to Retire Broke

by DR

If your goal is to reach 65 broke, with no way to retire, then this article is for you. Here are 10 surefire ways to retire broke:

Don’t invest until you can afford to: The last thing you want to do is invest in risky stocks and bonds before your debt-free. Wait until [...]

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What does Financial Independence Mean to You?

by DR

If you have read the About page or the Humble Beginnings post, you know The Dough Roller is about my (and I hope your) journey toward Financial Independence. But what is Financial Independence? Are we financially independent when we are debt free, when our portfolio reaches a certain balance, or when we retire? [...]

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