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LTA Dilemma

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  • JP1970
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    Thanks Albermarle, I am vaguely familiar with the concept of SWR and have seen to tools such as this :-
    Pension Drawdown Calculator: Retirement Drawdown Calculator - Easy Use (2020financial.co.uk)

    But I haven't seen one flexible enough to accommodate a hybrid of DC/DB and State pensions kicking in at different times.
  • QrizB
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    JP1970 said:
    But I haven't seen one flexible enough to accommodate a hybrid of DC/DB and State pensions kicking in at different times.
    cFIREsim will handle multiple pensions, although it's set up to use historic US data rather than UK.

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  • MallyGirl
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    I think that is the point where you start hitting the spreadsheets although cfiresim allows you to enter 2 pensions
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  • JP1970
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    Guiide seems to work pretty well although personally, I like to look under the bonnet to see how calculations are made and that isn't possible. Has any body else used this ?
  • MallyGirl
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    Guiide does seem to cover the bases. I have had a play with it but I am enough years away from retirement that I haven't gone into great detail yet.
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  • Ficalc.app does a pretty good job of testing scenarios including multiple pensions/withdrawals/strategies. More user friendly than most of the FI calculators I’ve come across.
  • JP1970
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    Thanks Superdude. At first glance looks quite good. I'll have a play tonight. Again I assume Success rate is based on historical US returns but I'll have live with that and assume outcomes are a little overstated.
  • Cus
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    Bear in mind that what you might want to spend when you are 80 may be less than when you are 70 etc. It would be good to have a tool that allows for age related adjustments.
  • marlot
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    Cus said:
    Bear in mind that what you might want to spend when you are 80 may be less than when you are 70 etc. It would be good to have a tool that allows for age related adjustments.
    I'm assuming spend will be 'U' shaped.

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    MallyGirl said:
    I think that is the point where you start hitting the spreadsheets although cfiresim allows you to enter 2 pensions
    https://whatapalaver.co.uk/retirement-planning-couples is quite a handy one if you aren't sure where to start....I know many of us build our own.  
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