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[–] Ava@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 23 hours ago

For those curious as to additional reading, the origin of the 4% rule comes from the Trinity Study, a finance research project from the late 90s.

Not to be confused with the Trinity Test, which occurred in the 40s and had very little to do with finance.