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Planning for retirement

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  • Anonymous101
    Anonymous101 Posts: 1,869 Forumite
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    simonfitba wrote: »
    Actually, if you have 25x expenses you "should" be able to live off 4% of your investments for 30 years, not indefinitely, without running of of cash. This is based on a study of portfolio of 50% US shares and 50% bonds.

    So OP should, based on his non-pension stash, be able to draw £14k per year for 30 years.

    Bengen's initial study on it found no scenario could be found where a 4% withdrawal rate exhausted funds in less than 33 years. I've seen studies where its stated as being sufficient to last indefinitely.

    Its a mute point in this case anyway... The point it the OP has sufficient to retire now with a large safety net.
  • atush
    atush Posts: 18,731 Forumite
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    Moot point.
  • atush
    atush Posts: 18,731 Forumite
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    41 a week on food (and Drink) seems astonishingly low- even for a single person.
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