What Do Market Expectations Have To Do With Safe Withdrawal Rates?
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Rather than asking for the probability of success associated with a particular withdrawal rate, we could calculate the highest sustainable withdrawal rate linked to a particular probability of success.
What Is a Safety-First Retirement Plan?
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The safety-first school of thought was originally derived from academic models of how people allocate their resources over a lifetime to maximize lifetime satisfaction.
Costs and Incidence of Long-Term Care
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How likely is a person to experience a need for different types of long-term care? This is a challenging question and it is hard to find good answers.