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What’s Worse In Retirement? An Investment Decrease Or A Spending Increase?
A large decrease in portfolio value is a common concern when entering retirement. After all, seeing a large chunk of your retirement portfolio evaporate over just a few months can be quite disconcerting.
But… a large spending increase should be much more concerning in retirement.
If you had to guess, between a 20% drop in portfolio value and a 20% increase in spending, what is worse for a retirement plan?
It feels like a large stock market correction of 20%+ is the worst thing that can happen in retirement. After all, for an average retirement portfolio, a 10-20% drop could equate to a portfolio decline of $50,000 to $200,000+. That’s a large amount of money!
But a permanent increase in retirement spending should be much, much more concerning.
An increase in retirement spending of 10-20% is significantly worse than a 10-20% portfolio decline. Let’s see why…
Safe Vs Max Retirement Spending
If you’re thinking about retirement, then one big question you probably have is how much you can spend in retirement without running out of money in the future.
You probably want to know how much retirement spending your investment portfolio, CPP, OAS and other retirement income can safely support.
In this blog post we’re going to take a closer look at two important levels of retirement spending, your “safe” level of retirement spending and your “max” level of retirement spending.
These are two very important spending levels that every retirement plan should highlight. Your “safe” and “max” level retirement spending represent both lower and upper guardrails for your retirement plan.
Eight Ways To Build An Emergency Fund Fast
Emergency funds are great. There are lots of reasons why you should have an emergency fund. Financial emergencies happen all the time. It could be an unexpected car repair, the deductible on your home insurance, or something really terrible, like dropping your iPhone and it shattering into a million pieces.
The common recommendation is to have between 3 and 6 months of living expenses in your e-fund (more if you have variable income or work in an industry known for layoffs).
But saving 3 to 6 months of expenses can seem daunting. Even saving up just one month of expenses in your emergency fund can take a very long time if you’re just making ends meet.
Don’t get discouraged, emergency funds are great, even small ones. Having just $100 in a savings account can make a huge difference.
If it seems like it’s taking forever to reach your e-fund goal, and you want to build your emergency fund faster, then try one, two, or all eight of these ideas to help boost your e-fund quickly.
Owen Winkelmolen
Advice-only financial planner, CFP, and founder of PlanEasy.ca
“Welcome to the PlanEasy blog! We make personal finance easy.
Thanks for visiting.”
– Owen
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What’s Worse In Retirement? An Investment Decrease Or A Spending Increase?
A large decrease in portfolio value is a common concern when entering retirement. After all, seeing a large chunk of your retirement portfolio evaporate over just a few months can be quite disconcerting.
But… a large spending increase should be much more concerning in retirement.
If you had to guess, between a 20% drop in portfolio value and a 20% increase in spending, what is worse for a retirement plan?
It feels like a large stock market correction of 20%+ is the worst thing that can happen in retirement. After all, for an average retirement portfolio, a 10-20% drop could equate to a portfolio decline of $50,000 to $200,000+. That’s a large amount of money!
But a permanent increase in retirement spending should be much, much more concerning.
An increase in retirement spending of 10-20% is significantly worse than a 10-20% portfolio decline. Let’s see why…
Safe Vs Max Retirement Spending
If you’re thinking about retirement, then one big question you probably have is how much you can spend in retirement without running out of money in the future.
You probably want to know how much retirement spending your investment portfolio, CPP, OAS and other retirement income can safely support.
In this blog post we’re going to take a closer look at two important levels of retirement spending, your “safe” level of retirement spending and your “max” level of retirement spending.
These are two very important spending levels that every retirement plan should highlight. Your “safe” and “max” level retirement spending represent both lower and upper guardrails for your retirement plan.
Eight Ways To Build An Emergency Fund Fast
Emergency funds are great. There are lots of reasons why you should have an emergency fund. Financial emergencies happen all the time. It could be an unexpected car repair, the deductible on your home insurance, or something really terrible, like dropping your iPhone and it shattering into a million pieces.
The common recommendation is to have between 3 and 6 months of living expenses in your e-fund (more if you have variable income or work in an industry known for layoffs).
But saving 3 to 6 months of expenses can seem daunting. Even saving up just one month of expenses in your emergency fund can take a very long time if you’re just making ends meet.
Don’t get discouraged, emergency funds are great, even small ones. Having just $100 in a savings account can make a huge difference.
If it seems like it’s taking forever to reach your e-fund goal, and you want to build your emergency fund faster, then try one, two, or all eight of these ideas to help boost your e-fund quickly.
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Tax planning, benefit optimization, budgeting, family planning, retirement planning and more...