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Your Money Guide on the Side

The $2 Million Plan No Advisor Wants You to See - The Details

Your Money Guide on the Side

Tyler Gardner

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, Investing, How To

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This isn't about perfect timing or beating the market. It's about having a plan, sticking to it,

0:06.6

and trusting that the math does work most of the time because historically it does and it has.

0:14.8

Hello, friends. This is Tyler Gardner, welcoming you to another episode of your Money Guide on the

0:20.3

side, where it is my job to simplify what seems complex, add nuance to what seems simple, and learn from and alongside some of the brightest minds in money, finance, and investing.

0:31.6

So let's get started and get you one step closer to where you need to be.

0:36.3

Hey, everyone, welcome back, and thank you, as always, for choosing to spend some time

0:41.2

thinking about money and investing with me.

0:43.5

A few months ago, I did an episode on how I'd allocate a $2 million portfolio in a

0:49.5

ridiculously simple and straightforward and often criticized manner, 90% stocks, 10% money market,

0:58.8

and that you could comfortably withdraw $120,000 to $200,000 annually without running out of money.

1:06.2

That episode apparently struck a nerve. I got more emails and comments on that one than any other episode in my first year of creating this podcast.

1:14.6

So first, thank you. It clearly resonated and I really appreciate all the questions.

1:19.6

But here's what also happened.

1:21.6

A lot of you came back with some outstanding, practical questions that we needed to address that I didn't. The,

1:29.4

okay, Tyler, I get the theory, but what do I actually do? Things like, how do I know when to cut

1:35.8

back my withdrawals? When do I rebalance? How do I refill my money market fund after a crash

1:43.0

without missing the recovery?

1:46.4

These are the important details that separate a good plan from a plan you can actually execute

1:51.8

without losing your mind at 2 a.m. during a market drop.

1:56.1

So today, we're going to do a follow-up to address your questions specifically.

2:00.6

I'll start with a quick recap of the 90-10 strategy for anyone new here, and then we're

2:05.4

going to dive in to the day-to-day management, guardrails, withdrawal adjustments, rebalancing,

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