According to widely accepted practice, you can
set your withdrawal rate at 4 % a year and have very little chance of ever running down your entire hoard to zero.
I am
setting the withdrawal rate at 4.0 % plus inflation.
I set the withdrawal rate equal to 5 %.
I set the withdrawal rate at 5.0 %.
I set the withdrawal rate at Year 0 and adjusted withdrawals later to match inflation.
I set the withdrawal rate equal to zero.
Not exact matches
Half of the Fed's powerful
rate -
setting committee could leave as the
withdrawal of its stimulus program looms.
But keep in mind that another solution may be better if you think you'll need to withdraw varying amounts of money during retirement or if you need your initial
withdrawal rate to be
set higher or lower than 4 %.
With Abra, while Tellers will
set their own
rates for processing deposits and
withdrawals, Abra
sets the f / x fee.
The
withdrawal rate he
set is 3.5 %.
Adding 30 % to my income and a 1 %
withdrawal rate would
set the bar too high for me.
With the huge market swings of recent years, retirees no longer can
set their
withdrawals at a certain
rate and leave them there, says Christine Fahlund, a senior financial planner at T. Rowe Price.
According to our figures (and I keep asking you to use the figures
set out in the Liberal Democrat and Labour document not the figures given by the IFS who state they got their figures from these documents but actually give different figures) to reverse the cuts to Universal Credit cost # 3.665 billion and as I pointed out above these are the reductions in the amounts a person can keep before they start to lose their benefit, which were
set much higher than the old benefits, but the
withdrawal rate seemed to be higher with Universal Credit (65 % [reduced to 62 %] than with Tax Credit (41 % on gross income).
For example, before state lawmakers approved virtual charters in 2014, members of the State Board of Education prepared a report for legislators that recommended the state
set a 25 percent
withdrawal rate in the first year.
In
setting your initial
withdrawal rate, you'll also want to consider how much of your expenses you can cover from Social Security and any pensions, what other resources you have to draw on (home equity, income from an annuity, cash value life insurance, income from a part - time job) and how much of your retirement spending goes to essential expenses that you would have a hard time trimming vs. discretionary items that leave you with a lot more leeway cutting back should you need to in the future.
The authors conducted 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations with three different
sets of assumptions about stock and bond returns, equity risk premia as well as inflation
rates, 121 lifetime asset allocation glide paths, annual
withdrawal rates of 4 % and 5 %, and time horizons of 20, 30 and 40 years.
The Guaranteed Transfer
Withdrawal Rate is
set on the first business day of each month.
Guaranteed Transfer
Withdrawal Rates applied to transfers are
set each month.
I collected a complete
set of Historical Surviving
Withdrawal Rates from 1871 - 1980.
Guaranteed
Withdrawal Rates applied to contributions are
set each quarter.
This approach produces Historical Surviving
Withdrawal Rates when you
set the final balance at zero.
$ 250 Minimum Balance
Rates Set: Monthly A penalty will be imposed for early
withdrawal, which will reduce the earnings on the account.
$ 1 Minimum Balance $ 1,000 Maximum Balance
Rates Set: Monthly A penalty will be imposed for early
withdrawal, which will reduce the earnings on the account.
Terms: Daily
Rates Set: Quarterly A penalty will be imposed for early
withdrawal, which will reduce the earnings on the account.
$ 10,000 Minimum Deposit Term: 24 Months
Rates Set: Monthly A penalty will be imposed for early
withdrawal, which will reduce the earnings on the account.
Data Collection and Processing I collected a complete
set of 30 - year Historical Surviving
Withdrawal Rates from 1871 - 1980.
This
rate assumes that a
set amount is on deposit at the beginning of the dividend period, that no deposits or
withdrawals are made during the dividend period and funds remain on deposit for one full year at the same dividend
rate.
$ 5,000 Minimum Deposit Term: 26 Weeks
Rates Set: Monthly A penalty will be imposed for early
withdrawal, which will reduce the earnings on the account.
Given such a wide range — from a low of a $ 1.2 million nest egg assuming a 5 %
withdrawal rate to a high of $ 2 million if you figure on a 3 %
rate — how can you
set a reasonable target for the size nest egg you should build and then decide how much you should withdraw from it after calling it a career?
But keep in mind that another solution may be better if you think you'll need to withdraw varying amounts of money during retirement or if you need your initial
withdrawal rate to be
set higher or lower than 4 %.
Possible ways to adjust for inflation include
setting a flat annual increase of 2 percent per year, which is the Federal Reserve's target inflation
rate, or adjusting
withdrawals based on actual inflation
rates.
Set forth below is the text of a comment that I recently posted to another blog entry at this site: Admit it, this all about you seeking some sort of glory and acclaim and not at all about errors in
withdrawal rate studies or investing strategies.
I determined a new
set of 30 - year Historical Surviving
Withdrawal Rates for 1923 - 1980 for portfolios HSWR20T2, HSWR50T2 and HSWR80T2.
I did not collect a
set of Historical Surviving
Withdrawal Rates.
According to CIBC Wood Gundy, for RRIFs
set up after 1992, the minimum RRIF
withdrawal rate at age 65 is 4 %, reaching 5 % at 70, then 5.28 % at 71 and so on.
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).
Thresholds
set to: varies -78-79-80 Allocations
set to: 100 % -0 % -0 % -0 % -0 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 6: 1 Failure: 4.1 % (1929, 1930) 5 Failures: 5.6 % 10 Failures: 6.8 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 9: 1 Failure: 3.1 % (1930) 5 Failures: 5.2 % 10 Failures: 6.3 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 12: 1 Failure: 2.5 % (1930) 5 Failures: 4.0 % 10 Failures: 4.7 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 15: 1 Failure: 2.9 % (1930) 5 Failures: 3.9 % 10 Failures: 4.5 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 18: 1 Failure: 3.6 % (1930) 5 Failures: 4.2 % 10 Failures: 4.8 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 21: 1 Failure: 3.3 % (1969) 5 Failures: 3.7 % 10 Failures: 4.2 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 24: 1 Failure: 3.7 % (1968) 5 Failures: 4.0 % 10 Failures: 4.3 %
I
set expenses equal to 0.2 % and calculated 30 - Year Historical Surviving
Withdrawal Rates for 1923 - 1980.
The percentages varied at Year 0 since I
set each year's
withdrawal rate equal to its 30 - Year Historical Surviving Withdr
withdrawal rate equal to its 30 - Year Historical Surviving Withdrawal R
rate equal to its 30 - Year Historical Surviving
WithdrawalWithdrawal RateRate.
Portfolio C is old Portfolio B but it replaces stocks: Portfolio C (replaces stocks): 1) 75 % Large Cap Value Stocks 2) 25 % T - Bills Portfolio C only: Thresholds
set to: 2-78-79-80 Allocations
set to: 100 % -100 % -0 % -0 % -0 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: 1 Failure: 4.1 % (1929, 1930) 5 Failures: 5.6 % 10 Failures: 6.6 % Portfolio D is old Portfolio A but it replaces commercial paper: Portfolio D (replaces commercial paper): 1) 75 % Large Cap Growth Stocks 2) 25 % T - Bills Portfolio D only: Thresholds
set to: 2-78-79-80 Allocations
set to: 100 % -0 % -0 % -0 % -0 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: 1 Failure: 3.7 % (1966, 1968) 5 Failures: 3.9 % 10 Failures: 4.2 %
But a
withdrawal rate isn't something you should
set and then adhere to rigidly come what may.
Thresholds
set to: varies -78-79-80 Allocations
set to: 100 % -0 % -0 % -0 % -0 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 6: 1 Failure: 3.7 % (1966, 1968) 5 Failures: 3.9 % 10 Failures: 4.2 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 9: 1 Failure: 3.9 % (1966) 5 Failures: 4.2 % 10 Failures: 4.4 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 10: 1 Failure: 4.3 % (1966, 1968) 5 Failures: 4.6 % 10 Failures: 4.9 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 11: 1 Failure: 4.3 % (1966, 1968) 5 Failures: 4.6 % 10 Failures: 4.9 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 12: 1 Failure: 4.9 % (1966) 5 Failures: 5.3 % 10 Failures: 5.7 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 13: 1 Failure: 4.9 % (1966) 5 Failures: 5.3 % 10 Failures: 5.7 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 14: 1 Failure: 5.0 % (1966) 5 Failures: 5.4 % 10 Failures: 5.8 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 15: 1 Failure: 5.0 % (1966) 5 Failures: 5.4 % 10 Failures: 5.8 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 16: 1 Failure: 4.9 % (1966) 5 Failures: 5.2 % 10 Failures: 5.8 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 17: 1 Failure: 4.1 % (1929) 5 Failures: 4.9 % 10 Failures: 5.3 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 18: 1 Failure: 4.5 % (1929) 5 Failures: 5.2 % 10 Failures: 5.7 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 19: 1 Failure: 4.5 % (1929) 5 Failures: 5.7 % 10 Failures: 6.0 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 20: 1 Failure: 4.5 % (1929) 5 Failures: 5.8 % 10 Failures: 6.2 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 21: 1 Failure: 4.5 % (1929) 5 Failures: 5.8 % 10 Failures: 6.2 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 22: 1 Failure: 4.3 % (1929) 5 Failures: 5.6 % 10 Failures: 6.2 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 23: 1 Failure: 3.6 % (1929) 5 Failures: 5.6 % 10 Failures: 6.2 %
Withdrawal rate for first occurrence of the number of failures: Threshold = 24: 1 Failure: 3.6 % (1929) 5 Failures: 5.6 % 10 Failures: 6.6 % Have fun.
It displays a full
set of
withdrawal rates for each stock allocation in increments of 10 %.
Set a sustainable
withdrawal rate.
If you rely solely on a portfolio of stocks and bonds for retirement income, you have to
set a conservative
withdrawal rate in case markets perform unusually poorly or you live exceptionally long (or both).
Let's assume I pose the following
set of facts: 1) I need to plan for a 60 year retirement, 2) I want to have at the end of Year 60 100 % of my original balance (inflation adjusted obviously), 3) Only 10 % of my savings / investments is in tax deferred accounts (e.g., the bulk are in a taxable accounts), 4) I need a 6 %
withdrawal rate pre-tax, and 5) I am indifferent to strategy (VII, etc) and asset choices (annuity vs. dividend blend vs. income, etc) but to guarantee the goals above.
People have come up with some quick rules - of - thumb which I think are a little chancy: I'm all for approximations, especially when it comes to long - range forecasting where precision is impossible, but
setting some percentage
withdrawal rate seems just a little too simple.
None of this matters, they found, if the retirement income
withdrawal rate was
set at an initial 4 percent, with the amount adjusted upward for inflation in each succeeding year.
Set forth below is the text of a comment that I recently posted to the discussion thread for one of my columns at the Value Walk site: There has never been a 30 year period in which a 4 %
withdrawal rate has not worked.
A
withdrawal rate isn't something you can
set once and put on autopilot.