The 4% rule can shape your retirement income strategy, but there are factors that annuity buyers need to know first.

For decades, financial advisors have preached the gospel of the 4% rule as the holy grail of retirement planning. I’m here to ...

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The 4% rule is based on the assumption that you retire around age 65 and die around age 95. If you plan to live a longer retirement (maybe because you retire earlier or live longer), the 4% rule ...

Retirement isn’t a competition, as the 'Rule of Four Futures' demonstrates; there's a lot left up to chance. But it may help you prepare for retirement as if it is a tournament — maybe even ...

The 4% rule has been THE rule for retirement spending for decades. According to David Blanchett, managing director and head of retirement research at PGIM DC Solutions, 61% of financial advisors ...

That moment was the birth of a new, more generous rule of 4.7% and the origin of Bengen's new book, "A Richer Retirement: Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More." ...

“The 4% Drawdown Rule” for retirees has become a reference rule of thumb since it was coined by financial advisor William Bengen in 1994. Predicated on various retirement portfolios, Bengen ...

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1. The 'Rule of Four Futures' first rule: the expected retirement Dator’s first future, called “continuation,” reflects stability. The world and your life proceed as planned.