Drawing an Income
Dividends are not free money
A dividend reduces the value of the holding by roughly the amount paid. Treating it as income separate from capital leads to bad…
Withdrawal, dividends and turning a pot back into money to live on.
2 articles · updated August 11, 2026

Drawing an Income
Two portfolios with identical average returns can produce very different outcomes depending on when the bad years arrive.
Drawing an Income
A dividend reduces the value of the holding by roughly the amount paid. Treating it as income separate from capital leads to bad…