Not exact matches
By delaying Social Security benefits, and dipping into your
retirement portfolio early on, you can help to ensure the
longevity of your funds along with a proper standard
of living so you can enjoy the
retirement you deserve.
Then, as the
portfolio begins to shrink in the later
retirement years, the
longevity annuity would kick in to provide a new stream
of monthly payouts.
Holding a 100 % equity
portfolio right up until, or even throughout,
retirement has historically increased your total returns and greatly extended the
longevity of a
portfolio.
Following a «to
retirement» glide path serves to help reduce sequencing risk — the risk
of sustaining a large loss near
retirement that impacts the
portfolio's
longevity potential.»
Or you could lighten up on stocks, figuring you don't want to run the risk
of a big setback early in
retirement that could shorten the
longevity of your
portfolio.
The question is then: how efficient is a
longevity annuity like a QLAC as part
of a
retirement income
portfolio?