Is A 3% Withdrawal Rate Too Conservative?

51hh
  |     |   1,693 posts since 2010

3%, 4%, or 2%... The only useful sentence is "...none of us knows what the future holds..."  The stock market may be bull or bear; one's life may be long or short; the salary may be high or low; the job may be here or gone; one's life style may be frugal or luxurious;...  So guessing this number of withdrawal rate is wasteful, useless, and case-by-case dependent. 

Just save as much as one practically can for retirement and live a happy, contented, and useful life presently. 



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Shorebreak
  |     |   4,039 posts since 2010
Re: 51hh @ 1. Monday, May 14, 2012 - 3:05 PM

I concur 100% with your post. What gets me is that some of these financial columnists like Liz Weston actually get paid to offer sage advice such as "none of us knows what the future holds".  Brilliant.


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