BTSX 2017/2018 Annual Update

April of 2017 marked the end of our first decade of early retirement. It was an interesting exercise to reflect on that time. We left work just before the Financial Crisis and then watched the stock markets lose 40%+ of their value. I may be stating the obvious but the worst time to retire is at the beginning of a market decline. It certainly was a test of our investment strategy. Ironically, I spent many years working as an electronics test engineer devising ways to push electronic...