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Should Your Retirement Withdrawals Mirror RMDs?
Like all variable strategies, a required minimum distribution system entails trade-offs.
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Generating Retirement Income Just Got Easier—or Did It?
A new breed of target-date fund provides insurance against running out of money in retirement.
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What’s Your Retirement Income Style?
Let’s stop bickering about the ‘right’ way to generate retirement cash flows.
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Is a New Age on the Horizon for 401(k) Participants?
As BlackRock launches its target-date series with annuities, we look back at the history of retirement-income solutions.
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How Retirees Can Avoid the ‘Tax Torpedo’
Some retirement researchers are challenging the traditional thinking on tax efficiency, Social Security, and drawdowns.
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What Higher Interest Rates Mean for Retirement Cash Flows
Now that interest rates are higher, should retirees try to live off of their portfolios’ yields?
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The 4% Retirement Rule Is Just a Starting Point
Also, why we raised our suggestion for a starting safe withdrawal rate.
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3 Tricky Decisions for Every Retirement Plan
Not even experts agree about the ‘right’ withdrawal rate, long-term-care insurance, and annuities.
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What’s Surprising Retirees About Social Security Benefits?
Also, Salesforce’s dividend plans and Snowflake’s outlook following its leadership change.
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How Rising Interest Rates Affect Your Retirement Plan
Be aware of implications for returns, withdrawal rates, and asset allocation.
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How to Handle a 401(k) Hardship Withdrawal
Before you pull out retirement funds, understand the long-term costs.
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Is There Really a Better Mousetrap for Retirement Income?
A new concept in risk pooling offers an alternative to annuities, at a price.
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The Two Great Myths of Social Security Reform
How the debate about Social Security misses the mark.
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Social Security Is Taxable? Don’t Be Caught Off Guard
Here’s how to determine what you owe this tax season.
Morningstar’s Retirement Income Research: Reevaluating the 4% Withdrawal Rule
Exploring the different strategies that retirees can use to determine the appropriate withdrawal rates for their portfolios.