Retirees face two big challenges. The first is how to invest their retirement assets. The second is determining how much they can withdraw each year from their retirement portfolios. What many retirees don’t realize is these challenges can be greatly reduced by paying for essential retirement expenses from guaranteed income sources. Guaranteed income sources include Social Security, pension plans, and annuities. Surprisingly, only about 10% of retirees partially fund their retirement … [Read more...]
196: How To Survive Financially
Why relying on averages is dangerous given our fate is often determined by extreme events and how we react as financial markets, the economy and our own lives evolve. Photo by William Beem In this episode you’ll learn: How times ensures only the best ideas survive.Why we should focus on tail risk.Why are reaction to actual events as time passes is more important than the average expected outcome of multiple scenarios. Show Notes If it's Tuesday, it's a workday in … [Read more...]
