An article in the Wall Street Journal today jump on a topic we’ve been preaching on for years.  The “4% Rule” for retirement income is no longer a good rule of thumb for planning withdrawals and income for retirement.  This article stems from a study in the Journal of Financial Planners that ran 1001 different [...]

Protection from inflation, cost of living adjustments, keeping up with inflation are all terms that are common amongst the currently retired and the soon to be retired.  But what exactly is that number to keep up with?  Beating Broke wrote a bit about that number and I think it will surprise you.  The commonly used [...]