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“Safe” Withdrawal Rate Brouhaha

Periodically, we read articles from William Bengen, the inventor of the safe withdrawal rate (otherwise known as the 4% Rule), from various esteemed retirement academics, from the retirement researche...

howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com Nov 26 2023

Early Retirement Withdrawal Strategy

Retirement planning consists of 2 broad phases – accumulation and withdrawal. Early retirement is difficult to achieve because there is less time to build wealth and more years to spend. The tim...

retireby40.org Oct 17 2023

4 Ways to Avoid The 10% Early Withdrawal Penalty

One big issue with early retirement is accessing your retirement accounts. The early withdrawal penalty is 10%. Nobody wants to pay more money to the government, especially from their retirement fund....

retireby40.org Mar 23 2023

What are you doing with your unspent annual withdrawals?

If you are retired and use a portfolio withdrawal strategy based on a formula, what do you do with unspent withdrawals at the end of the year? Put in a fun fund (spend it or lose it attitude), re-inve...

reddit.com Feb 26 2023

401(k) Hardship Withdrawals – What You Need to Know

A record number of Americans are taking hardship withdrawals and tapping into their 401(k)s. According to Fidelity, “Participants taking hardship withdrawals from their accounts rose to 2.4% las...

401kmaneuver.com Feb 20 2023

Help me understand full withdrawals...

I'd like to make a full withdrawal from one retirement account. It's a Roth 401k with Fidelity, and though I understand little about retirement (I'm young), I do know that the money is already taxed. ...

reddit.com Feb 03 2023

What is a Safe Withdrawal Rate?

When you retire, you will need to switch your thinking from being a saver to being a spender. The trick is to balance your withdrawals from spending too little and potentially dying with too much mone...

retirehappy.ca Jan 27 2023

Rethinking the 4% Safe Withdrawal Rule

Given our current market environment, it's time to rethink the 4% safe withdrawal rule. Today, I explain why, and offer some suggestions....

theretirementmanifesto.com Nov 18 2021