Show #100 DIY Retirement Road Rules

Show #100 is a doozy with all sorts of advice for our DIY retirement listeners. Money in the News: Streaming services are turning up the heat with all new lineups of movies, series, startups and buyouts. Who will lead the pack and who takes over your vote as the number one streaming service. Airbus overtakes […]The post Show #100 DIY Retirement Road Rules appeared first on Money On Tap.Why doesn't inflation feel like the official 3%?Because inflation is the rate at which prices rise, while affordability is the level of prices you have to live with — and that level never resets. Retirees also buy a different basket than the CPI emphasizes: shelter costs, insurance, property taxes, healthcare, prescriptions, food, and fuel, several of which run far hotter than headline inflation. Oil compounds it, touching every leg of the delivery chain. A resilient retirement plan stress-tests income needs well above the Fed's target and fights back with pricing-power equities, reasonable bond yields, guaranteed lifetime income for core expenses, and tax mitigation that lets you keep more of every distribution.