An Allocation Hypothesis for Investors Who Want Long-Term Wealth Without Pretending Valuations Don’t Matter By: Scott Trench I’ve long believed the simplest, most effective wealth-building strategy for most people is a basic total-market allocation, and often put most of my own wealth in vanguard’s low-cost total market index fund ETFs. This strategy has created enormous…

For years, the FIRE movement has rallied around a promise that’s both simple and irresistible: Save aggressively. Invest consistently. Quit forever. The idea of “never working again” is powerful. It’s clean. It’s rebellious. It’s a middle finger to soul-crushing jobs, pointless meetings, and Sunday-night dread. But what if that finish line – never working again…