Happy New Year everyone. Hard to believe its 2013 already. Time to look back at 2012 and see how I did versus my retirement goals. For those interested the 2011 review is here and the 2010 review is here. This marks the end of our 3rd year living the full time RV lifestyle and all I can say is bring…
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Will the year 2000 retiree destroy the 4% rule?
The 4% rule of thumb for retirement savings is under threat. After 10 years of retirement, through the end of 2009, individuals who retired at the beginning of the year 2000 are potentially on a path to run out of money before the end of their 30 year retirement period. In this post I’ll compare the current path of the…
The worst times to retire in history
The safe withdrawal rate (SWR) that I’ve discussed in several posts (here, here, here) is a great tool to use for retirement planning and once in retirement. I’ve presented a range of SWRs from the super conservative 4% that has worked 100% of the time to the slightly more aggressive 5.25% which takes a bit more risk and requires some…
How to implement the 4% safe withdrawal rate
In a previous post (here) I addressed how much you need in assets to retire and how much you can safely withdraw per year to make sure that amount lasts you as long as your retirement lasts. That number, the safe withdrawal rate (SWR), I said was 4% for a 30yr retirement. Now, how does one actually implement this withdrawal…