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“Only live off the dividends. Never touch the principal.” It sounds responsible. It feels safe. It may be one of the riskiest retirement strategies out there. In this episode, James breaks down why building a retirement plan around dividend income alone can quietly distort your portfolio. Chasing high yields often means concentrating in a narrow group of sectors while ignoring total return. The result can be more volatility, more sequence risk, and less long term growth than you expect...
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