You might want to rethink everything you thought you knew about retirement withdrawals. The famous 4% rule, which has guided retirees for three decades, is under intense scrutiny from financial ...

One of the cornerstones of retirement planning is determining how much you can safely withdraw each year while maintaining a certain quality of life. And it wouldn't take much searching to come across ...

Three decades ago, financial adviser Bill Bengen created a retirement principle called the 4% rule. It went viral. Now, the rule is getting an update. The 4% rule says you should plan to spend 4% of ...

The 4% rule is a strategy designed to help your retirement nest egg last. It has you withdrawing 4% of your savings your first year of retirement and adjusting future withdrawals for inflation. The 4% ...

New research published in the Journal of Retirement found that full or partial annuitization leads to better retirement income outcomes than the 4% rule. The research also found that those with ...

For nearly three decades, one of the most widely cited guidelines in retirement planning has been the "4 percent rule." Originally devised in the mid-1990s by financial adviser Bill Bengen, the rule ...