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340 what is the three bucket strategy?

Season 3
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In today's episode Dev unpacks the three bucket retirement strategy, touching on:


๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿพ emergency savings and liquid assets

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ medium term holdings

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป longer term holdings with a bit more risk

๐Ÿ‘‰ 2 key factors to watch for

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ rebalance rules

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ and the pros & cons


๐Ÿ“ Episode transcripts


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