Not exact matches
The point was to show how
much variation in performance there's been historically over shorter time frames compared with a
much narrower range
in long - term
returns.
Although there are many different
variations, the basic idea is the same: Equity - indexed annuities typically promise some guaranteed rate of
return,
much like a fixed annuity, but they also offer participation
in equity market
returns.
At the bottom of the Ballparkinator is the so - called «backwards method», which uses a set sustainable withdrawal rate (
variations on the 4 % «rule») plus any gaps
in spending to see how big a nest egg Elrond needs at the beginning of retirement, then figures out how
much he needs to save each year to get to a nest egg that size based on the various real
return rates (note that this ignores taxes).
You wrote, «The length of the thermohaline circulation is not synchronous with the length of the
variations in solar surface turbulence so it is very
much a lottery as to whether a
returning warm or cool pulse will encounter an active or inactive sun.»
The length of the thermohaline circulation is not synchronous with the length of the
variations in solar surface turbulence so it is very
much a lottery as to whether a
returning warm or cool pulse will encounter an active or inactive sun.