Sequence risk is by far the biggest
risk early retirees face, and that risk can come from market crashes, long - term mediocre returns and even rising health care costs.
Sequence risk is by far the biggest
risk early retirees face, and that risk can come from market crashes, long - term mediocre returns and even rising health care costs.
Not exact matches
I'm an
early retiree who likes to have low
risk investments with a steady income stream.
I suspect that an acceptable stock allocation, at least in the
early stages of retirement, will fall somewhere between 40 % and 60 % for most
retirees, but you can get a sense of what's right for you by completing a
risk tolerance - asset allocation questionnaire like the free version Vanguard offers online.
In contrast, this paper looks at both the health and mortality
risk of
early retirees relative to the health and mortality
risk of age 65
retirees.
This paper finds substantial heterogeneity among
early retirees in health and mortality
risk related to the age at which they are entitled to Social Security benefits.
The majority of
early retirees are in poorer health and have higher mortality
risk than age 65
retirees, and only a minority have health and mortality
risk as good as that of age 65
retirees.