Timing of market swings can leave retirees $260,000 apart in retirement income
The sequence of investment gains and losses significantly affects how much retirees can draw from their portfolios.
When retirees begin drawing income from their investment portfolios, the timing of market performance becomes critical to long-term outcomes. Identical investment returns can result in vastly different final balances depending on when gains and losses occur during the withdrawal phase. This timing effect can create differences of hundreds of thousands of dollars between retirees with otherwise identical circumstances.
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How the same investment returns can leave retirees $260,000 apart
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