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Stop the 1% Fee That Steals 30% of Your 401(k)—Flip This One Switch Instead
You can turn this game to your advantage.
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Mike Thornton
12% Yield, Zero Moon-Shots: A Realistic Plan for FI-Minded Investors
The cash flow you generate is used to buy more assets, which in turn can be used to generate even more cash flow.
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Mike Thornton
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How I Engineered a $2,415 Monthly Paycheck From a $500K Portfolio (Without the 4% Rule)
The “4% Rule” concept is simple: save up a pile of money, sell off 4% each year, and hope for the best. I agree, for a time it seemed like a reasonable…
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Mike Thornton
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Pocket an Extra $150,000 in Retirement—Switch from JEPI to This 15-Minute DIY Call-Writing Play
It all started about three weeks ago, on a Saturday afternoon in my home office.
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Mike Thornton
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How to Double SCHD’s Dividend: The 1 Trade Every Income Investor Should Know
Everyone talks about SCHD like it's the holy grail of dividend investing.
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Mike Thornton
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5 "Safe" Strategies That Worked For Your Parents But Will Bankrupt Your Retirement
Portfolios following conventional retail advice averaged — 4.2% annually.
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Mike Thornton
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Using IRS Rules Against Themselves to Add $204,000 to Your Retirement
Last December, 4 million Americans were forced to liquidate $47 billion worth of dividend stocks.
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Mike Thornton
Stop Hoarding Paper: Engineering the 15% Retirement Income Machine
"How much money do I need to have to feel comfortable in retirement?"
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Mike Thornton
The T-Bill "Yield Stack": Turning 0.25% into 8-10% Without Adding Risk
If your cash is still lounging in a big-bank savings account at 0.25 %, you're getting robbed.
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Mike Thornton
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The 5 Truths About Options That Cost Me Six Figures to Learn
I once lost $47,000 in exactly 3 minutes and 22 seconds on a "sure thing" options trade.
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Mike Thornton
Extracting 12% Extra Yield from European Stocks
"Mike, I want to use VADER and the Multiplier system, but I’m based in Europe.
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Mike Thornton
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Turning $25K into $1,000 Monthly Income: The 6-Trade Income Ladder
I already showed you how to generate $77K from $500K portfolios HERE
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Mike Thornton
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