https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/11/managing-your-finances-in-retirement.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Managing Your Finances in Retirement
Every once in a while, we come across an article in the retirement-focused press that contains what we believe to be reasonably good finan...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/09/4-constant-withdrawal-approach-leaves_24.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: 4% Constant Withdrawal Approach Leaves Much to be...
In his September 23 post , Neal Frankle touts the benefits of the 4% Constant Withdrawal Approach (together with increased investment in equ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2017/08/are-you-over-estimating-your-future.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Are You Over-Estimating Your Future Retirement...
In this post, we will focus on the future estimated spending liabilities (right-hand side) of the Basic Actuarial Equation , which is freque...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2010/09/calculate-retirement-income-with-simple.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Calculate Retirement Income With a Simple Online Tool
Calculate Retirement Income With a Simple Online Tool Steve Vernon (September 9, 2010, CBS Money Watch Blog)
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2016/01/got-those-conflicting-social-security.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Got Those "Conflicting Social Security Deficit...
This is a follow-up to my post of November 5, 2015 that focused on the two problems with any proposed reforms to Social Security that simpl...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2019/11/actuaries-promote-actuarial.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Actuaries Promote Actuarial Methods/Tools for...
The actuarial profession has recently released two items that support the use of actuarial methods/tools for personal financial retirement p...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/06/another-example-of-actuarial-approach.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Another Example of the Actuarial Approach for...
When I talk to people about the Actuarial Approach recommended in this website, I usually get one of two responses: 1) It is too complicat...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-consequences-of-overestimating.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: The Consequences of Overestimating Retirement...
This week, Advisor Perspectives published our article, T he Consequences of Overestimating Retirement Expenses . The article discusses some...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2026/03/
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: March 2026
Developing and maintaining a robust financial plan in retirement is a classic actuarial problem involving the time-value of money and life contingencies. This...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/12/milevsky-probability-of-portfolio-ruin.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Milevsky Probability of Portfolio Ruin Calculator
Thanks to Dirk Cotton for the shout-out in his December 5 post, Think Like a Bayesian Pig . Another excellent post from Mr. Cotton, and th...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2025/05/planning-for-essential-expenses-in.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Planning for Essential Expenses in Retirement
One of the basic tenets of the Actuarial Approach recommended in this website is to fund the present value of expected essential expenses i...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/07/why-did-american-academy-of-actuaries.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Why Did the American Academy of Actuaries Remove...
Almost seven years ago, the American Academy of Actuaries added the following language to its Social Security Game to avoid misleading the ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/04/social-security-bad-luck-for-those-born.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Social Security: Bad Luck for Those Born in 1960?
In addition to killing many people worldwide and causing significant disruption to many aspects of our lives, it looks like the Coronavirus...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2025/09/how-conservative-is-your-decumulation.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: How Conservative is Your Decumulation Plan?
If the assumptions used in your retirement decumulation plan (including the important assumptions that the assets you plan to receive, and...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/04/plan-on-future-adjustments-to-your.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Plan on Future Adjustments to Your Retirement Plan
Ongoing retirement planning involves making best estimate (or conservative) assumptions about the future and making necessary adjustments ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2016/12/warning-labels-needed-for-systematic.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Warning Labels Needed for Systematic Withdrawal...
As discussed in our post of October 27, 2016 and November 11, 2016 Advisor Perspectives article, adding the amount determined under one ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2013/05/want-happy-retirement-dont-just-guess.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?
Want a Happy Retirement? Don't Just Guess About What You'll Need Chuck Saletta (DailyFinance, May 13, 2013) "In its research , EBRI ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2016/01/simple-present-value-calculator.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Simple Present Value Calculator
As discussed in my previous post, the basic principle underlying the Actuarial Approach is that to be considered in actuarial balance, a ret...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2017/05/are-you-being-too-frugal-in-retirement.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Are You Being Too Frugal in Retirement? The...
You saved for decades for your retirement, and now it is time for you to simultaneously grow and protect your assets, and judiciously spen...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/09/retirement-planning-in-uncertain-world.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Retirement Planning in an Uncertain World--Part 2
This is a follow-up to our post of August 11, 2013 . In that post, I included what I considered to be one of the most helpful (and most suc...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2025/07/valuing-your-hard-to-value-retirement.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Valuing Your Hard-to-Value Retirement Assets
As indicated in many of our prior posts, the key metric for managing your spending, assets and risks in retirement is your Funded Status --t...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2025/06/kitcescom-suggests-advisors-include.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Kitces.com Suggests Advisors Include an Actuarial...
In its Weekend Reading for Financial Planners (June 7-8) , Kitces.com and Adam Van Deusen included a link to and summary of our April 28, 20...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2018/12/2018-year-end-review-and-2019-budget.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: 2018 Year-End Review and 2019 Budget...
At the end of every calendar year, we encourage you to take just a little bit of the time that you might otherwise spend watching college fo...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2026/01/personalize-your-lifetime-planning.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Personalize Your Lifetime Planning Period (LPP)...
In our December 31, 2025 post , we referred to a three-step process that we encouraged you to use to replace the default LPP assumptions i...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2017/08/budgeting-to-meet-your-spending-goals.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Budgeting to Meet Your Spending Goals in Retirement...
This post is a follow up to our post of April 9, 2017 , T he Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts (and several other of our previou...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/11/actuary-discovers-chinks-in-monte-carlo.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Actuary Discovers Chinks in Monte Carlo Modeling...
In his recent article in Advisor Perspectives, fellow actuary Joe Tomlinson raises serious credibility concerns about Monte Carlo simulatio...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/09/are-you-over-estimating-your-future.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Are You Over-Estimating Your Future Retirement...
This post is a follow-up post to our post of August 22, 2017 . In this post, we will discuss how you can use our Recommended Financial Pla...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/01/systematic-withdrawal-strategies.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Systematic Withdrawal Strategies Examined in Recent...
Last September, the Stanford Center on Longevity, in collaboration with the Society of Actuaries Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risk...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2022/01/not-spending-enough-in-retirement-plan.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Not Spending Enough in Retirement? Plan to Spend More
Many researchers have concluded that retirees frequently underspend their available assets in retirement. And while we are not pushing you ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2024/12/should-you-use-dynamic-process-with.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Should You use a Dynamic Process with Guardrails to...
This post is a follow-up to our post of March 7, 2021 and several other of our posts and articles noting that a model like the Actuarial ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2025/01/retirement-researcher-advocates.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Retirement Researcher Advocates Actuarial Concepts...
September 25, 2025 Supplement Dr. David Blanchett, Head of Retirement Research at PGIM DC Solutions, has been recently active on LinkedI...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-balance-saving-money-with.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?
How to Balance Saving Money With Enjoying Retirement Dave Bernard (US News, April 19, 2013) "...you may have to accept that you cannot d...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2022/08/as-discussed-most-recently-in-our-post.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: How Should Purchasing an Annuity Affect Your...
As discussed most recently in our post of July 27, 2022 , annuity purchase rates for single premium immediate life annuities have become m...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/06/managing-risks-in-retirement-through.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Managing Risks in Retirement through Diversification...
Many of the posts and articles on this site (as well as retirement research ) suggest retirees consider managing risks in retirement by addi...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/07/two-interesting-videos-on-dynamic.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Two Interesting Videos on Dynamic Systematic...
UPDATE: There is a mistake in this graph. See our post of April 26, 2015 for an explanation. Dr. Wade Pfau has posted two video intervie...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2018/02/investing-and-spending-in-retirement-is.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Investing and Spending in Retirement is Risky...
In our February 4, 2018 post, we cautioned our readers to be skeptical of investment or spending strategies that appeared to support higher ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/04/revisiting-guyton-decision-rules.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Revisiting the Guyton Decision Rules
To err is human, and I am very human. In this post I will issue not one but two corrections of errors made in prior posts. In our post of A...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/06/thanks-to-martin-from-maine-for.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Good Time for Retirees to Stress Test Their...
Thanks to Martin from Maine for pointing me to Bear Markets! Are They a Thing of the Past , by Greg Morris in StockCharts.com and for sugges...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/10/determining-your-asset-mix-in-retirement.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Determining Your Asset Mix in Retirement
One of the most important considerations in your retirement plan is how to invest your assets. As part of our Recommended Retirement Planni...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/12/estimating-present-values-of-long-term.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Estimating Present Values of Long-Term Care Costs...
The Actuarial Approach recommended in this website involves periodically (generally annually) comparing the present value of a retired ho...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2013/11/david-blanchett-develops-simple.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: David Blanchett Develops Simple Formulas and...
In Mr. Blanchett's recent article in the Journal of Financial Planning, SimpleFormulas to Implement Complex Withdrawal Strategies , Mr. Blan...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2016/01/how-future-expected-long-term-care.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: How Future Expected Long-term Care Expenses Affect...
Like all other future expenses a retiree expects to fund with her accumulated retirement savings, a retiree (with possible help from her fi...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/06/comparison-of-retirement-spending.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Comparison of Retirement Spending Budget Calculation...
Since our blog is all about helping people develop a robust spending budget, in this post we are going to do a deeper dive into the approa...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/07/american-academy-of-actuaries-doubles.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: American Academy of Actuaries Doubles Down on...
In my Letter to the Editor in the May/June edition of Contingencies (a publication of the American Academy of Actuaries), I took the Aca...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2013/11/vanguard-introduces-its-modification-of.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Vanguard Introduces Its Modification of the 4%...
Readers of this blog will note that I devote a fair amount of energy ranting against the 4% Withdrawal Rule (and other "Safe" withdrawal rat...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-long-can-i-afford-to-live-in.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: How Long Can I Afford to Live in Retirement?
As can be inferred from its title, our website is mostly about developing a reasonable spending budget in retirement based on the assets you...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-well-does-your-retirement-budget.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: How Well Does Your Retirement Budget Process Handle...
While many retirees worry about how much they can spend in retirement, not all retirees enjoy the same financial situation and not all retir...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2013/10/reasonable-assumptions-and-algorithm.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Reasonable Assumptions and Algorithm for Simple...
Several individuals have suggested that I provide some guidance with respect to assumptions and the algorithm to be used with the spreadsh...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2016/07/retired-actuary-calls-for-actuarial.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Retired Actuary Calls for Actuarial Profession to...
This post is a follow-up to several of my recent posts on Social Security financing. It is a call to my profession to fulfill its mission a...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2018/06/wake-up-millennials-what-latest-social.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Wake Up Millennials: What the Latest Social Security...
On June 5th, the Social Security Trustees released their annual Trustees Report summarizing the financial status of the system. In the pr...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2025/08/measuring-retirement-risks.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Measuring Retirement Risks
This post is a follow-up to our post of September 2, 2023, Manage Your Financial Risks in Retirement Like an Actuary , and is in response t...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/04/back-to-how-much-savings-is-needed.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Back to How Much Savings is Needed
The primary focus of my posts is on how much accumulated savings can be spent each year in retirement. But since that amount is generally l...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/03/recommended-financial-planning-process.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Recommended Financial Planning Process for Retirees...
Every once in a while, we get an inquiry from a new reader asking us to briefly summarize the process we recommend for determining the finan...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/04/what-is-your-discount-rate-for.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: What is Your Discount Rate for Immediate Life...
This post is a follow-up to my previous post in which I stated that just because many retirees do not buy annuities it doesn't necessarily f...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-real-problems-with-using-4-rule-to.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: The Real Problems with Using the 4% Rule to FIRE
Shortly after our July 9 post encouraging retirees to consider shoring up their floor portfolios by establishing budget buckets of low-risk...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2013/07/plan-on-living-to-95.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Plan on Living to 95
In my previous post, I referred once again to withdrawal strategy risk--the risk of either withdrawing too much or too little each year. ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2024/01/actuaries-confuse-primary-causes-of.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Actuaries Confuse the Primary Causes of the Social...
The American Academy of Actuaries (Academy) recently published its annual Actuarial Perspective on the annual OASDI (Social Security) Trus...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2017/07/mclean-asset-management-endorses-basic.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: McLean Asset Management Endorses Basic Actuarial...
We are thrilled to see that McLean Asset Management Corporation (MAMC) has endorsed the use of basic actuarial principles for personal finan...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/05/16th-annual-transamerica-retirement.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: 16th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey of Workers
The Transamerica Center for Retirement Study has released its annual survey of workers of all ages on the subject of retirement, entitled Re...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2018/12/2018-year-end-review-and-2019-budget_31.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: 2018 Year-End Review and 2019 Budget Development -...
As part of our ongoing effort to encourage you to think more like an actuary when it comes to your personal finances, this post will recomme...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/04/retirees-should-you-defer-commencement.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Retirees -- Should You Defer Commencement of Your...
In our last post , we briefly mentioned that recent decreases in interest rates favored deferring commencement of U.S. Social Security b...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/11/does-your-financial-advisor-develop.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Does Your Financial Advisor Develop Your Annual...
Lets assume that you and your Financial Advisor meet approximately annually to determine your spending budget for the year. If you don't ac...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2011/08/research-reality-literature-review-on.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: "Research & Reality--A Literature Review on Drawing...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2025/01/how-much-can-you-afford-to-spend-not.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: How Much Can You Afford to Spend, Not Withdraw, in...
Since our very first post in 2010, our focus has been on helping households determine how much they can afford to spend each year in retire...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2021/10/aligning-your-strategic-plan-in.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Aligning Your Strategic Plan in Retirement with Your...
Dr. Wade Pfau Response Subsequent to publishing this post, we received an email from Dr. Wade Pfau. Dr. Pfau indicated that he believed ou...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2013/09/life-expected-income-breakeven.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Life Expected Income Breakeven Comparison Between...
by Larry Frank Sr., John B. Mitchell and Wade Pfau http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2317857 A tip of my hat to Mess...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/06/you-can-save-during-retirement-too.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: You Can Save During Retirement, Too
My last few posts have encouraged readers to develop a reasonable spending budget in retirement each year by aggregating specific expense co...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2013/05/participants-need-retirement-income.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?
Participants Need a Retirement Income Plan (Plan Sponsor, May 2, 2013) I agree with Bryan Hodges that, "Individuals need a process for conv...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2013/10/useour-spreadsheet-to-estimate-how-much.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Use Our Spreadsheet to Estimate How Much Deferred...
In his September 24, 2013 article, " Why Retirees Should Choose DIAs over SPIAs ", Dr. Wade Pfau reaches the conclusion that "Deferred-inco...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/07/critical-planning-lesson-learned-from.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Critical Planning Lesson Learned from Social Security
This post is a follow-up to my post of June 11, 2023 , where I outlined the general actuarial process that we recommend for ongoing planning...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2025/08/ditch-monte-carlo-modeling-and-embrace.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Ditch Monte Carlo Modeling and Embrace the Actuarial...
Thanks to Kitces.com and Justin Fitzpatrick for once again informing financial advisors and retired DIYers that there are better metrics a...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2022/06/planning-on-social-security-part-ii.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Planning on Social Security, Part II
The Social Security trustees recently released their 2022 OASDI Trustees Report detailing the financial status of the program. The news th...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2021/11/growing-protecting-and-spending-your.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Growing, Protecting and Spending Your Assets in...
How much you can afford to spend in retirement (or leave to your heirs) is a function of how much assets you possess. Generally, the more ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/07/plusses-and-minuses-of-buying-longevity.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Pluses and Minuses of Buying Longevity Insurance...
Ever since the IRS published proposed regulations permitting Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs) in early 2012, I have encouraged ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2012/08/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Can you trust retirement calculators?
Can you trust retirement calculators? Steve Vernon (August 10, 2012, CBS MoneyWatch) A nice article by Steve Vernon showing that amount...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2016/02/is-10x-pay-retirement-savings-target.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Is a 10X Pay Retirement Savings Target Too High?
The primary focus of this website is helping retirees develop a reasonable spending budget in retirement. However, the Actuarial Approach c...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/05/retired-actuaries-submit-comments-to.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Retired Actuaries Submit Comments to the Department...
Here are our comments to the Department of Labor regarding disclosure of Lifetime Income Stream Equivalent (LISE) amounts in defined cont...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2024/03/does-your-retirement-plan-have-spending.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Does Your Retirement Plan Have Spending Guardrails?
Ongoing planning in retirement involves periodically assessing whether spending may be increased or must be decreased to remain on track. ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2024/09/self-insuring-your-long-term-care-and.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Self-Insuring Your Long-Term Care (and Other...
This post is a follow-up to our post of April 16, 2022 regarding planning for non-recurring expenses in retirement, with emphasis in this...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/07/no-required-minimum-distribution-rmd.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: The Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Rules Do Not...
This is a follow-up to our post of July 19 warning our readers that it can be important to use a systematic withdrawal strategy that coordin...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2024/01/american-academy-of-actuaries-reinserts.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: American Academy of Actuaries Reinserts Caveat...
Kudos to the American Academy of Actuaries (AAA) for reinserting the following caveat language in its Social Security Challenge tool.
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/08/can-you-afford-to-retire.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Can You Afford to Retire?
In these uncertain times, it is natural (for Baby Boomers anyway) to wonder whether retirement or partial retirement may be financially vi...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2024/10/are-you-financially-better-off-today.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Are You Financially Better Off Today Than You Were...
According to many of the talking heads at Fox and other conservative media sources, a huge factor in selecting who to vote for in the upco...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2011/03/vanguard-looks-at-ways-to-spend.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Vanguard looks at ways to spend retirement savings
Vanguard looks at ways to spend retirement savings Vanguard (March 1, 2011) Interesting read. Stochastically testing three spending ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-simpler-alternative-to-our.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: A Simpler Alternative to Our Recommended Financial...
In this post, we will compare our Recommended Financial Planning Process with a retirement income strategy recently suggested by Steve Ve...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2022/03/planning-on-temporary-higher-levels-of.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Planning on Temporary Higher Levels of Inflation
This is a follow-up to our post of January 30, 2022 on stress-testing your retirement plan for rising interest rates/inflation. In this po...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/08/are-you-most-people.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Are You "Most People"?
If you are visiting this site, you are presumably interested in developing a reasonable spending budget for retirement and how much of your ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2012/01/is-4-percent-rule-viable.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Is the 4 Percent Rule Viable?
Is the 4 Percent Rule Viable? Ruffenach: A fresh look at the 4 percent retirement-withdrawal rule. Glenn Ruffenach (SmartMoney, January ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/11/confidently-boost-your-spending-in.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Confidently Boost Your Spending in Retirement with...
As discussed many times in this website, the Actuarial Approach employs a model and a process that involves systematic comparison of house...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2021/12/are-guaranteed-lifetime-income-products.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Are Guaranteed Lifetime Income Products Part of Your...
As discussed in our post of November 27, 2021 , balancing the sometimes-conflicting requirements to grow, protect and carefully spend hous...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/03/good-time-to-up-your-financial.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Good Time to Up Your Financial Knowledge Game
It is possible that this Coronavirus pandemic will produce significant changes that will result in your government and your employer assum...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2014/04/delaying-commencement-of-social.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Delaying Commencement of Social Security--Internal...
Dr. Wade Pfau has produced another fine article of interest to individuals who are in a position to delay commencement of their Social Secu...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2020/03/updated-glossary.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Updated Glossary
As you may know from our biographies, we are two retired Fellows (of the Society of Actuaries) here at How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Re...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2019/08/recommended-financial-planning-process.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Recommended Financial Planning Process for Retirees...
Several of our readers have asked us to briefly summarize the financial planning process that we have been discussing in the past few months...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-make-your-retirement-savings-last.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: How to make your retirement savings last
How to make your retirement savings last (CNN Money, October 12, 2012)
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2016/12/we-have-new-and-improved-actuarial.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: We Have New and Improved Actuarial Budget Calculator...
Just in time for your 2017 calendar year spending budget determinations, we have developed separate ABC Excel Workbooks for Retirees and Pre...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2022/10/hey-retirees-and-near-retirees-how-is.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Hey Retirees and Near Retirees: How is Your Current...
In light of lower-than-expected investment returns and higher-than-expected inflation this year, retiree and near retiree households are ...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2017/01/recommended-smoothing-approach-for.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Recommended Smoothing Approach for Actuarially...
A s discussed many times in this website and in the Workbook Overview tab of our Actuarial Budget Calculator (ABC) for Retirees: The A...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2015/02/buying-annuity-with-some-of-your.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Buying an Annuity with Some of Your Accumulated...
This post is an update of my post of September 22, 2013 where I discussed some of the benefits of managing retirement risks by diversifying...
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https://howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com/2010/06/research-cautions-against-4-spending-in.html
How Much Can I Afford to Spend in Retirement?: Research Cautions against 4% Spending in Retirement...
Research Cautions against 4% Spending in Retirement Rule PlanSponsor.com (June 18, 2010)
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