RBD’s Better of 2024 – Retire Earlier than Dad

At this time’s article is a recap of the 12 months’s hottest articles and movies. Many, you will have missed it. 

Search for new articles, movies, e book giveaways, and podcast appearances in 2025.

Completely happy Holidays!

Craig

How I’m Simplifying my Portfolio for Retirement

Early within the 12 months, TD Financial institution interviewed me about how I’m simplifying my portfolio in retirement. Greater than 80 of you attended the stay video dialogue. 

TD Financial institution and I plan to report a second session in February. We’ll be discussing retail investor entry to enterprise capital investments and IPOs.

Learn extra: How I’m Simplifying my Portfolio for Retirement (the video interview is embedded on the backside)

Reside to 100. Work to 100.

One of many primary themes of my content material this 12 months displays my transition from an aspiring early retiree to somebody who enjoys their profession. 

Charlie Munger and Henry Kissinger each died in 2024, however their enduring work ethic lasted till their closing days. 

Learn extra: Reside to 100. Work to 100.

The Drawback with a “Ceaselessly House” Mindset in Retirement

This text got here from my dad and mom’ expertise of residing in an unsuitable dwelling for too lengthy. 

A number of RBD readers and informal guests from across the web emailed with related experiences. 

Housing is a important retirement planning part that may trigger bodily and psychological challenges. 

Learn extra: The Drawback with a “Ceaselessly House” Mindset in Retirement

Dividend Progress Investing with Ben Reynolds of Positive Dividend

Ben Reynolds is a long-time investing blogger and curator of the Positive Dividend Publication.

He and I spoke in a podcast-like format on YouTube in regards to the 8 guidelines of dividend investing and running a blog, and he shared three inventory picks.

This was a brand new content material type for me, and I loved the method and end result.

Learn extra: Dividend Progress Investing with Ben Reynolds 

NEW VIDEO: Simply this week, I revealed a brand new video walkthrough of the Positive Dividend Publication. Watch it on YouTube.

DIY Retirement Planning Instruments

These of us who shun the considered ever utilizing a monetary advisor have extra instruments at our disposal to make data-driven monetary choices. 

I’ve targeted a number of content material items on Boldin and ProjectionLab, that are highly effective DIY planning instruments on par with or higher than what an advisor makes use of. 

My video content material on these matters has struck a constructive chord on YouTube; thus, I’ve continued creating extra movies on them.

Moreover, I do know the founders of each firms and these merchandise help the schooling I present by means of my content material channels. I take into account these merchandise to be win-win-wins — wonderful worth for my viewers, help for firms spreading DIY monetary wellness, and aligned with my enterprise. 

Count on to see extra content material that makes use of these instruments for example key ideas in retirement planning. 

The Creation Mindset

I republished a number of classic articles this 12 months. These usually resurface in my thoughts due to latest financial occasions or in mild of my evolving private scenario. 

I revisited one such subject, The Creation Mindset, by means of a brand new lens as a full-time entrepreneur. This text additionally led to a podcast look on the Earn & Make investments present with Jordan Grumet, aka DocG. 

Take heed to the podcast. 

YouTube

YouTube is the second largest search engine behind Google, and customers need extra movies.

Although I do know my viewers is extra inclined to learn articles, attracting a rising viewers required me to go to video after no less than six years of trepidation.

However now that I’m all in, I’m actually having fun with the format and intend to maintain making movies and studying find out how to enhance them.

I’m inside 50 subscribers of hitting 1,000. Please subscribe to assist me recover from the milestone!

IPOs and Enterprise Capital

RBD is one in every of two of my web sites. I additionally run a weblog about bizarre traders accessing OPOs and enterprise capital investments (pre-IPO startups). 

I spun Entry IPOs off of RBD as a result of this sort of investing is just not for most individuals. 

Nonetheless, I discover it fascinating. Each week, I uncover a brand new startup that’s making know-how waves across the globe. I write about AI, quantum computing, local weather applied sciences, monetary applied sciences, power, robotics, and far more. 

As startups keep non-public longer (SpaceX, for instance, is now price $350 billion and continues to be non-public), bizarre traders need entry. 

I assist these bizarre traders get entry to probably the most modern startups. 

Try Entry IPOs should you’re interested by rising applied sciences and the businesses behind them. My publication is 1,700 folks sturdy. Be part of us. 

On-line Course

A lot of you may have signed as much as be the primary to find out about what’s in retailer for RBD sooner or later. A key 2025 challenge is creating an internet course to assist DIY traders handle their retirement cash. 

It is a long-term challenge that’s taking longer than I anticipated! You’ll probably see a free electronic mail and video “mini-course” earlier than I launch the primary course. There may be nonetheless numerous work to do, however I plan to make this a major focus in 2025. 

Keep tuned. 

Conclusion

Thanks for being an RBD reader and subscriber. Completely happy New Yr!

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Craig Stephens

Craig is a former IT skilled who left his 19-year profession to be a full-time finance author. A DIY investor since 1995, he began Retire Earlier than Dad in 2013 as a artistic outlet to share his funding portfolios. Craig studied Finance at Michigan State College and lives in Northern Virginia along with his spouse and three youngsters. Learn extra.