Episode Description
A simple retirement plan is easy to explain.
Living with it is harder.
In this episode, Tyler revisits his 90% stocks / 10% money market retirement strategy — not to defend it, but to answer the practical questions that matter:
When do you cut spending?
When do you increase it?
How do you rebalance without overreacting?
And how do you rebuild cash after a downturn without missing the recovery?
This is the execution episode.
In this conversation, Tyler covers:
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How to use guardrails to adjust spending automatically
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When to reduce withdrawals — and when to raise them
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How often to rebalance (once a year is plenty)
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Why you only replenish cash after markets recover
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How automation keeps emotions out of the process
The strategy remains intentionally simple: spend from cash during downturns, rebalance annually, and let math — not headlines — drive decisions.
This episode isn’t about market timing.
It’s about having rules in place so you don’t panic when volatility shows up.
If the original 90/10 allocation made sense to you, this episode shows you how to actually stick with it.
And if the show’s been helpful, leaving a quick review on Apple or Spotify genuinely helps.
Hope this gives you something to think about this week.