What caught my eye this week. Figures from HMRC, as reported on in the Financial Times [search result] show the tax take from capital gains tax and inheritance tax rising fast in recent years: Much of the increase is apparently due to growing tax receipts from property sales. The FT quotes Sean McCann, a chartered […]
Read More →Thus far we’ve explored why the 4% rule doesn’t work in the real world, and established a more sustainable withdrawal rate (SWR) for UK / global investors. Please read those articles if you’ve not already done so, in order to get the most out of this piece. Now for the good bit! We’re going to […]
Read More →We’ve not one but two of our favourite bloggers guest posting today. What’s more they’re going at each other head-to-head! Roll up, roll up, for a bare knuckle cage fight – personal finance style! Okay, not really, Mr YFG and Fire v London are too polite for that. But we hope you enjoy their gentle […]
Read More →Warning: Brexit. My house, my opinion. Feel free to skip. And so one of the finest dark comedies ever created has come to an end. But sadly, while we’ll see no more of Fleabag, we’ll get yet another season of Brexit: Britain Breaking Badly. At least the schedulers are in on the joke. The new […]
Read More →The 4% rule does not work as advertised, so where does that leave folk with dreams of retiring one day? If a 4% Sustainable Withdrawal Rate (SWR) is unsafe then what’s a better number to use? First up, the 4% rule has inspired some excellent research. You can use that research to find a baseline SWR […]
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