How To Make It Through Retirement Without Outliving Your Money

Bert Whitehead, Business Insider
Fri, 02/22/2013 - 8:05am

How much can you withdraw annually from your investment portfolio to be sure you don't outlive your money? Here are three tips to get you through retirement financially. Don’t get bogged down worrying about exogenous issues like inflation rates, historical investment rates of return and life expectancy projections. Instead, focus more on the things that you can control like living within your means, how much you pay in taxes and taking appropriate risk for your situation.

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