About This Episode
Trey Sellers borrowed against his home at 5% to buy STRC yielding 10%, and he explains why he never worried when it crashed. The head of Strike Private and creator of FIRE BTC joins host Joe Burnett to discuss how Bitcoin changes the math of retiring early, why he thinks an 8% withdrawal rate is conservative on a Bitcoin standard, and why you should keep a mortgage instead of paying it off. They also cover growth vs. income investing, whether digital credit is suppressing Bitcoin’s price, and why $83,000 Bitcoin is bullish.
In This Episode
- 00:01:19 — Investing Before Bitcoin and the FIRE Method
- 00:08:04 — Swapping Index Funds for Bitcoin
- 00:10:02 — Is the FIRE Movement Growing?
- 00:13:04 — How Bitcoin Changes the FIRE Math
- 00:16:32 — The Case for an 8% Withdrawal Rate
- 00:21:18 — Growth vs. Income Investing
- 00:24:21 — The Tax Advantage of Digital Credit
- 00:25:44 — Volatility Is Why People Buy Bitcoin
- 00:29:14 — Why Starting Early Matters
- 00:30:25 — Borrowing Against His Home to Buy STRC
- 00:34:46 — Why You Should Keep Your Mortgage
- 00:39:25 — Why He Trusted Strategy to Pay the Dividend
- 00:45:17 — Is Digital Credit Suppressing Bitcoin’s Price?
- 00:49:44 — Why $83K Bitcoin Is Bullish
- 00:52:10 — Closing Thoughts