Q: On June 23, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled "Forget the 4% Rule: Rethinking Common Retirement Beliefs". Among other issues, the WSJ article states:
“When saving for retirement, calculate your “number”— the amount you’ll need without running a big risk of depleting your savings. When in retirement, spend no more than 4% of your initial balance, adjusted annually for inflation.
Investing in the market has long been considered to be a reliable way to protect one’s assets against inflation. Is adjusting “annually for inflation” really necessary?
“When saving for retirement, calculate your “number”— the amount you’ll need without running a big risk of depleting your savings. When in retirement, spend no more than 4% of your initial balance, adjusted annually for inflation.
Investing in the market has long been considered to be a reliable way to protect one’s assets against inflation. Is adjusting “annually for inflation” really necessary?