The Wealthronic Weekly
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A free email from Juliet Brown. One deep-dive on a money idea, three shorter notes worth your time, and one number that explains the week.
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- The Long Read. One pillar deep-dive — usually 1,500 to 2,500 words on a single question. Recent ones: why the 4% rule doesn't work the way you think it does; what a Roth conversion actually costs in the year you do it.
- Three Notes. Short, opinionated, often a chart. A reader question, a number worth knowing, a piece I read this week.
- One Number. A single figure — average savings rate by income decile, real return on cash over the last decade, etc. — with two paragraphs of context.
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Recent issues
Issue 12 · May 24, 2026
The honest case against buy-now-pay-later
What Klarna and Affirm cost you on a $1,200 purchase when you carry it across two paychecks. Plus: the small comfort of a sinking fund.
Issue 11 · May 17, 2026
Dividend reinvestment, ten years later
I let DRIP run on a small portfolio from 2016 to 2026 without rebalancing. The result was not what I expected. Plus a note on tax drag.
Issue 10 · May 10, 2026
What freelance writers actually charge in 2026
Twelve working writers shared their rate sheets. The spread is wider than you think, and the median is rising faster than I'd predicted.
Issue 09 · May 3, 2026
The 4% rule, audited against three crashes
Reran the math against 1973, 2000, and 2008 starting cohorts. The result has a footnote that changes the conclusion.