This is your space to ask me questions, which I welcome.
Let’s establish some ground rules:
- I can only answer general questions about my research, my website, my book, and the 4.7% Rule. I can’t answer questions specific to your personal financial situation.
- Keep it clean. Keep it on topic. Keep it respectful.
- I will post my answer to your question on this board for all to see, in the hopes it helps many people. I will hide your identity.
- You may comment on my answer or others' comments. If you do so, please don’t forget rule #2. I will diligently remove comments I deem inappropriate.
- I’ll answer questions as soon as I can. If I get swamped, I apologize in advance for any delay.
Now: Ready, Aim and Fire those questions!
Thanks,
Bill Bengen
Answers From Bill
Creating a personal withdrawal plan in mid-retirement
I've just started reading your new book and have a general question. Someone fortunate enough to be embarking upon retirement can use your ideas to set their own SAFEMAX but ...
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Is the safe withdrawal rate net of income taxes or including income taxes? J. Dear J, Thanks for your question and your interest in my research. The safe withdrawal ...
Read More SSA benefits
Why don’t you include ssa benefit for some period of time in your portfolio? I look at it as an inflation adjusted annuity that is part of my portfolio. T. ...
Read More SAFEMAX and very high Shiller CAPES
Bill, your new book is excellent, thank you for your efforts. One of the two or three must haves for retirees! My question is this. Since the book was written ...
Read More Vanguard VT ETF as an alternative for exposure to global stocks
Hi Bill, thanks for the wonderful book! Your research uses 5 stock asset classes (US large, small, mid, micro, and international) weighted equally. I was wondering how the historical SAFEMAX ...
Read More Global stock fund as an alternative to 5-asset stock allocation
Hi Bill, thanks for the wonderful book! Your research uses 5 stock asset classes (US large, small, mid, micro, and international) weighted equally. I was wondering how the historical SAFEMAX ...
Read More Does the 4.7% rule still apply to people who retire much earlier in life?
Does the 4.7% rule still apply to people who retire much earlier in life or should the withdrawal rate be more conservative? Excellent question, AG. The safe withdrawal rate (SAFEMAX) ...
Read More Risk management advisor?
Hi Bill, I did not want to post this on your ask Bill section as I suspect you would rather reply individually to this question. You have mentioned in a ...
Read More International Equities
I'm curious about your decision to allocate only 20% to international equities, which is notably lower than the approximately 40% share of international stocks in the global market capitalization. For ...
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