#421 - How Will Inflation Impact My Retirement?

Inflation is on everyone’s mind these days. If you have been wondering how inflation will affect your retirement, you’ve come to the right place.

This is the 2nd episode in a 4 part series on inflation. Last week we defined inflation, today, we’re discussing the impact of inflation on retirement, next week we get strategic, and in the final episode, we’ll get tactical and answer your questions on inflation.

Press play to learn what you need to know about the effects of inflation on your retirement.

PodcastsRoger WhitneyFebruary 9, 2022inflation in retirement, retirement assumptions, bonds

#327 - Setting Your Retirement Assumptions: 5 Rules to Follow

It’s easy to say don’t live your life based on assumptions. But how can we do that in retirement when assumptions are our way of managing uncertainties? Assumptions are basically just guesses at things we don’t know. And we need to make some assumptions to create a plan. So today we’ll finish off the setting your retirement assumptions series by exploring 5 rules for setting and managing retirement assumptions. Join me to learn how we can make good assumptions.

PodcastsRoger WhitneyMay 27, 2020retirement assumptions, retirement identity

#326 - Setting Your Retirement Assumptions: Markets

Once again we are tackling your retirement assumptions on Retirement Answer Man. This week we’ll discuss market assumptions. You are modeling 30 years out, so the market assumptions that you make can easily overestimate or underestimate the amount of money you will need. What kind of market assumptions have you been making with your models?

PodcastsRoger WhitneyMay 20, 2020retirement assumptions, mortgage, withdrawal strategies

#325 - Setting Your Retirement Assumptions: Costs

One of the biggest assumptions you can make in retirement is in your spending. Spending is one of the greatest financial pieces of retirement planning. On this episode, we’re talking about spending. How do you track your spending? How do you know how much you will spend in retirement? Will your spending change after you retire? Listen in to hear how to break free from your retirement assumptions so that you can not just survive retirement but rock retirement.

PodcastsRoger WhitneyMay 13, 2020retirement assumptions, IRMAA, RMD

#324 - Setting Your Retirement Assumptions: Life Assumptions

What retirement assumptions do you have? In retirement planning, we rely on assumptions for just about everything. This may seem like a small thing, but this topic is so big that we are taking the whole month of May to talk about it. Today we tackle the life assumptions: how much you plan to spend, how long you plan to work, how long you think you’ll live. Join me as we consider the different assumptions we all make when planning for retirement.

PodcastsRoger WhitneyMay 6, 2020retirement assumptions, Roth

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