The most widely accepted rule of thumb is that if you retire at 65, you can afford to withdraw 4 % of
your initial nest egg each year plus inflation adjustments and run only a small risk of running out of money.
As a result,
your initial nest egg in that example should be roughly 26.3 times the size of your annual withdrawals.
This means that if you retire at 65,
your initial nest egg should be roughly 25 times the amount you plan to withdraw each year in today's dollars.
After nearly seven years in my first job out of college, I reached
an initial nest egg about 3.5 times my annual salary at the age of 29.
Not exact matches
I've 52 wonderful companies in my portfolio, achieving my
initial goal to own 50 companies so that I'm diversified across various sectors and
not putting all
eggs in one basket.
Testing assumes a $ 1,000
nest egg at retirement, a withdrawal rate of 4 % of the
initial amount adjusted annually for inflation and a 30 ‐ year retirement.
To fund the other (100 minus X) percent of your
initial retirement spending, you will need a
nest egg of $ Y based on the assumption that this income also needs to keep pace with inflation even though you won't need anywhere near that much over time.»
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initial rise or refrigerate the dough for about 5 days (10 if you don't use
eggs).
And in fact, a 2013 paper titled «The 4 % Rule Is
Not Safe In A Low - Yield World» suggests that given today's low yields and anemic expected rates of return, an
initial withdrawal rate closer to 3 % may be more appropriate if you want your
nest egg to support you at least 30 years.
Whatever
initial withdrawal you start with, be prepared to change it as your needs, market conditions and your
nest egg's value change.
But whatever
initial rate you choose, you need to remain flexible, say, forgoing an inflation increase or even paring your withdrawal for a few years if a big market setback or higher - than - expected spending puts a big dent in the value of your
nest egg or spending more if a string of stellar returns causes your
nest egg's value to balloon.
And, in fact, if you go to a lower
initial withdrawal rate, say, 3.5 % or 3 %, you see much the same effect — that is, very high stock allocations don't boost the probability that your savings will last and may even slightly reduce the odds (although, of course, the chances of one's
nest egg lasting at least 30 years are higher all around at lower withdrawal rates).
For example, a 65 year - old with a $ 1 million
nest egg split equally between stocks and bonds who wants an 80 % chance that his savings will sustain him for at least 30 years would have to limit himself to an
initial draw (that would subsequently rise with inflation) of just under 3.5 %, or a bit less than $ 35,000, assuming annual expenses of 1.5 %.
If you use a 4 %
initial withdrawal rate, you'll need a
nest egg 25 times the annual amount you draw from it.
For example, go to a tool like T. Rowe Price's Retirement Income Calculator, plug in a $ 1 million portfolio and assume an
initial 4 %, or $ 40,000, withdrawal that will subsequently be adjusted by the inflation rate, and the calculator will estimate that there's roughly an 80 % chance that your
nest egg will be able to sustain that level of withdrawals for at least 30 years, or, if you retire at 65, until you reach age 95, a reasonable planning assumption given today's long lifespans.
For many retirees a stock stake in the range of 40 % to 60 % in the
initial stage of retirement makes sense, although what's right for you will depend on such factors as your risk tolerance, the size of your
nest egg, how much income you need to draw from it and what other resources (a pension, cash value life insurance, whatever) you have to fall back on.
That would reduce the
initial withdrawal on a $ 1 million
nest egg by 25 % from $ 40,000 a year to $ 30,000, or from $ 3,333 a month to $ 2,500.
But if the couple goes to a good retirement income calculator, plugs in their $ 1 million savings balance and
initial 3.5 % withdrawal, they should find they've got a relatively high chance that their
nest egg will last 25 years or longer.
For example, if you have $ 500,000 in savings and limit yourself to an
initial withdrawal of 3 %, or $ 15,000, and then increase subsequent annual draws for inflation, the chances that your
nest egg will last at least 30 years are greater than 90 % even if your savings are invested in an very conservative mix of 50 % cash and 50 % bonds, according to T. Rowe Price's retirement income calculator.
If you increase that
initial withdrawal from your
nest egg from 4 %, or $ 20,000, to 5 %, or $ 25,000, and adjust it annually for inflation, the success rate for a 30 - year retirement drops to just over 50 %, essentially a coin toss.
As a rule of thumb, adding that amount to your
nest egg would allow you to withdraw a further $ 6,000 a year plus inflation adjustments starting at age 65 (based on a 4 %
initial withdrawal rate).
As I've explained before, however, as long as you hold your withdrawals to a reasonable level — say, an
initial 3 % to 4 % subsequently adjusted for inflation — you should have a decent chance that your
nest egg will support you for 30 or more years.
But with projected diminished returns, the chance of your
nest egg lasting that long might be 80 % or less, leading some retirement experts to suggest that an
initial withdrawal rate of 3 % or less might more appropriate today.
So if you're prudent about how you tap your conservatively invested $ 800,000
nest egg for discretionary outlays — say, starting with an
initial withdrawal rate of 3 % to 4 % subsequently adjusted for inflation each year — you should easily be able to fund a comfortable lifestyle that extends well beyond the basics without having to worry about outliving your assets.
Assuming you want your
nest egg to last at least 30 years, that typically means starting with an
initial withdrawal rate of 3 % to 4 % of assets — or $ 15,000 to $ 20,000 from a $ 500,000
nest egg — and then adjusting that dollar amount annually by the inflation rate to maintain purchasing power.
Assuming you want your savings to last at least 30 years, the standard advice until a few years ago would have been to follow the 4 % rule — that is, withdraw an
initial 4 % of the value of your
nest egg the first year of retirement and then increase that amount each year for inflation.
Assuming $ 250,000
nest egg, that would translate to an
initial withdrawal of $ 10,000 the first year of retirement.
So, for example, if you have a $ 1 million saved and go with an
initial 4 % withdrawal, you would pull $ 40,000 from your
nest egg the first year of retirement.
Also, there is no large
initial tax bill on your entire
nest egg; each monthly payment is subject to income tax at your current rate.
So, for example, if you're 65, have $ 500,000 in retirement accounts divided equally between stocks and bonds and you withdraw an
initial 4 %, or $ 20,000, from your
nest egg, this tool estimates that there's an 80 % chance that your
nest egg will be able to sustain that withdrawal amount adjusted annually for inflation for at least 30 years.
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Not only is the initial contribution tax - free, but any interest or investment gains earned in the HSA is also not taxed, growing an employee's health expense nest egg over ti
Not only is the
initial contribution tax - free, but any interest or investment gains earned in the HSA is also
not taxed, growing an employee's health expense nest egg over ti
not taxed, growing an employee's health expense
nest egg over time.