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Your Retirement Plan Has to Work Twice
Most retirement plans are built for two people and tested against one lifetime. What changes for whoever is left, and the four questions worth answering now.
What the 4% Rule Actually Promises
The 4% rule is a survival estimate, not a payment plan. Where the number came from, why it keeps changing, and what the word safe is actually carrying.
Your Parents' Pension Made Four Promises
A pension made four promises your 401(k) does not. You have probably rebuilt some of them already without realizing it, and one matters more than the rest.
What Is Your Old 401(k) Up To?
The account didn't stay the same after you left it. Fees may have shifted to you, loans disappeared, and old 401(k)s complicate required withdrawals in ways IRAs don't.
The Retirement Blind Spots Tech Professionals Keep Missing
25 years in IT taught me that tech professionals solve hard problems brilliantly, then leave easy and expensive ones unsolved in their own finances.
The Retirement Expenses Nobody Warns You About
Most people expect retirement expenses to shrink. Several categories grow instead. Healthcare alone can run $172,500 for one person, $345,000 for a couple.
You Retire on Income, Not on Investments
We celebrate savings milestones and growing balances. Retirement security is built on income you can count on, month after month, for as long as you live.
The Mathematics of Living Too Long
Mary planned for twenty years of retirement. She is now in year thirty-five, still active and still needing resources. That is longevity risk in one story.
The Hidden Retirement Risk Most People Have Never Heard Of
Two people retire with identical savings and identical average returns. One ends up with nearly double the money. The difference is a risk few have heard of.