Riding the Wheel of Fortune: A Practical Guide to Lifetime Investing and Spending

Published on September 15, 2025

We steer our financial course through life, choosing how much to spend and how to invest what’s left, periodically updating our choices as circumstances evolve. This is the essence of financial planning: specifying in advance a desired spending and investment policy conditional on relevant aspects of our life, varying investment opportunities, and our preferences for the benefits derived from our wealth.