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Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?

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Re: Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?

#525

  start anon profit put in all moneis.
put it in 7%to10% gariantead no loss always up not annuity only goes up not down.

start at 8miil then reinvest the 8ook interest less 80k salary +320k to charities

         that gets 8,400,000
         then        840k -(80ksalary+380kdonate)
         then      8,780,000
         then       878,000
         then     9,658,000
         then      965,800 965,800-(80ksalary+442,900donate)
                   +442900 
        then     10,100,900

            when you get to 11,000,000
    increase salary to 100k.
            always 1/2 back in 1/2 to donate.
    when you get to 15,000,000 increase salary to225k
       always donate 1/2 back before you take out salary and donation.
         Cap salary at375k,

 donate to shrine's,st Jude, wounded warrior make wish  proportionately.

         there will be some compounding yearly.
         in 20 years surprise.
                          " GOD BLESS"

Re: Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?

#527
Congratulations! This is a blessing, not a burden. You are not "average." You saw something in this business that made you want to work there, you took stock and held it, and it paid off. Some luck, sure, but also good business sense. You're also good with money, not average. How many 43 year old's do you know that have a house and two cars that are paid for? Nothing average there. Focus on you and your family, not on the money. Take this opportunity to teach your children about money and giving, go back to school, or follow that passion you've always had.

     As far as what to do now, find a good family attorney, you now need a will!  He or she can also help with the money.  I think putting it in a 6 month CD so you can take time to think about your future is a great idea.  That way, when everyone comes to you for a loan, and they will, you can say, sorry, the money is all tied up now.  Take some of the money and enjoy it.  Go on a nice family vacation, buy that new car you always wanted, donate to your church, the Salvation Army, Red Cross, or your neighbor who is down on his luck and needs some help.  In the interim, keep the simple life you have, keep working, and feel good about yourself.  You don't seem average to me, I think you're a very smart guy.  Congratulations again, and good luck!  Tom.

Re: Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?

#528

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$SPY has lots of room to go. This bull market is just starting to simmer until the market tells us otherwise. Further to that, for many, me excluded, time in the market is better than time in the market. If you can afford to just leave all your money in the market, overtime, statistically, it has been proven to get better returns when we recover. Suppose OP drops $8M into the market and it dips to $150, it will likel…

I think you meant time in the market is better than timing the market. However your advice rings true.

Yeah oops. For most, time in the market is better than timing the market.

Re: Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?

#529
When I retired I went through a process of reverse engineering my life...basically creating a dialog between the factors that I thought contributed to life satisfaction and how I rated different jobs, hobbies, projects, etc that I had been involved in. The objective was to see if my story correlated. (Hint, it didn't.) Once I had a list of more-or-less verified factors, now verified, I then listed all things I imagined that I might do next and evaluated them on those criteria. I picked the three that ranked the best and started exploring. 5 years in, this seems to have worked well.

Re: Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?

#530
post #277

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't you need about 4% per year to break even with inflation? Can you safely invest at 7-8%?

You can search for "the 4 percent rule" or "trinity study" if you're curious about more. But basically, stock markets over long time average 7-8%. Subtracting inflation gives you a rule of thumb of 4% that historically would have worked. Of course, the future might not match. But the studies also use a fixed withdrawal rate throughout. One could further mitigate the risk by having a small side-income some years, redu…

So last year based on new treasuries issuance the neutral rate was 6.2% before unbacked credit emissions like student loans.
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