There's also the timing of your retirement to consider. The 4% rule is meant to support 30 years of retirement account withdrawals. If you end your career at 60, you might need more than 30 years of ...
One of the cornerstones of retirement planning is determining how much you can safely withdraw each year while maintaining a certain quality of life. And it wouldn't take much searching to come across ...
One of the cornerstones of retirement planning is determining how much you can safely withdraw each year while maintaining a certain quality of life. And it wouldn't take much searching to come across ...
The 4% rule of retirement puts you on an austere budget in your leisure years. Even if you save a million dollars, the 4% formula allows you to spend only $40,000 of your money in the first year. But ...
It seems the 4% rule is now the 4.7% rule. Three decades after financial planner William Bengen came up with a simple yet elegant solution to help clients balance their retirement spending, the ...
William Bengen now recommends a 4.7% withdrawal rate instead of his original 4% rule. Converting $333,000 of a $1M portfolio into an annuity could boost annual income to $52,667. 61% of financial ...