03/08/2021
The Optimal Retirement Plan
I assure you, there is only ONE optimal way to retire, and I’ll share it with you here. Keep this in mind though: I’m not going to offer you my “opinion.” Instead, I will lay out the mathematical, scientific, and economic evidence, that this is the optimal way to retire. With the ongoing Department of Labor ruling debates, nobody can agree on what is "best," but what optimal means is this. It will be the best more often than anything else will be the best, and it’ll never be the worst. So what do I think of when I think about ? Four simple steps.
Step 1: Cover your basic expenses with Guaranteed Lifetime Income
First, calculate how much money you need each month in retirement. Now subtract your Social Security and any pensions you may receive. The remainder is what needs to be covered by a lifetime income annuity. This is the only way to optimize income over the indefinite period of a human life because the mortality credits provide greater benefits the longer you live. This is how you completely remove longevity risk from your retirement plan. In fact, covering basic expenses with Guaranteed Lifetime Income actually takes five key risks off the table. It reduces market risk, withdrawal rate risk, and order of returns risk because of its structure. Plus, since it repeatedly grants you a paycheck, you are protected from deflation risk if prices go down during a recession or depression. There is a lot of value in a guaranteed paycheck for life, but a few key risks still remain.