$ 250,000 just 50 years ago was a princely sum and good enough for
a pretty comfortable retirement, but now it is not worth much and can not even support basic living expenses.
Not exact matches
Although we're
pretty comfortable, I worry about closing in on
retirement with that debt still outstanding.
In terms of how this relates to asset allocation in
retirement, if you are
comfortable with any given 5 year period being slightly below breakeven on a worst case basis, you could consider having about 5 years» worth of expenses in more liquid and safe assets and have comfort that the rest of your portfolio in stocks will at least hold their value
pretty well.
I watch my investments and feel
pretty comfortable with the level of risk I'm taking, but I'm unsure whether I need to rebalance my
retirement portfolio.
On the one hand, you're proud of how much you've saved and feel
pretty sure it's sufficient for a
comfortable retirement.