It does indeed seem that retiring at times with particularly low bond yields, which can be expected to increase over time, may not favor rising
equity glidepaths during retirement.
Both the February and March 2015 issues of the Journal of Financial Planning include articles which address and extend the work on rising
equity glidepaths during retirement, which Michael Kitces and I published in the January 2014 issue.
Not exact matches
The idea behind a
glidepath is that if we start with a relatively low
equity weight and then move up the
equity allocation over time we effectively take our withdrawals mostly out of the bond portion of the portfolio
during the first few years.
He considers declining
equity, rising
equity and static
glidepaths with an annual withdrawal rate of 4 % (of the portfolio value at retirement) and annual rebalancing
during a 30 - year retirement period.