Episode 539: Reviewing The Sample Portfolios And What Each One Is About, Performance Metrics, Risk Parity Chronicles, And Portfolio Reviews As Of September 11, 2026

In this episode we answer two emails from Stephen and one from Melanie. We walk through the eight sample portfolios and talk about what each one represents, discuss how different portfolios are appropriate for different goals and the relevant comparison between two withdrawal rates is the relative difference (e.g., 6.0% versus 4.3% is a 40% difference in annual spending, not a 1.7% difference), and talk about what the performance numbers on the website represent. We also remind th...