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by refurb 4308 days ago
$5M doesn't go that far anymore. If you're young and you have $5M, you could take 4-5% per year and make it last 40-50 years.

That's only $250,000 per year, pre tax. Good money, but certainly not enough to not have to think about money anymore.
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mikeyouse 4308 days ago
Your $5M liquid would be earning interest the entire time too. With that much money, it'd be 'easy' to make 4% - 5%/year, so you could live on $250k/year and never touch the principle.
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refurb 4308 days ago
That was my point. A good rule of thumb is that you can pull 3-4% out of a investment each year and you will never run out. Increase that to 4-5% and it should last your entire life.

Don't get me wrong, $250K per year pre-tax is a very comfortable lifestyle. However, it's not so much money that you can spend without thought.

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