If an investor has retired with “more than enough” they may likely be able to use a Flexible Distribution Strategy rather than the Fixed Distribution Strategy on the previous page. These tables assume taking a percentage of the portfolio, rather than an inflation adjusted distribution. As you will see this suggests the ability to take out more without the likelihood of running out of money before running out of life.
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