Retirement For Life

The Art of Spending Down: 3 Retirement Hacks to Boost Income & Cut Taxes - Ep 41


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The transition from saving to spending in retirement represents the most challenging and risky part of your financial life, requiring strategic planning to avoid running out of money. We break down three critical "hacks" that can transform your retirement security by reducing market dependency and increasing guaranteed income sources.

• The "spending less when we're older" myth often ignores the significant impact of inflation
• Traditional 4% withdrawal rules leave 60% of retirement income dependent on unpredictable market returns
• Sequence of returns risk can deplete retirement accounts decades earlier than expected if markets decline early in retirement
• Hack #1: Optimizing Social Security timing can increase guaranteed income by tens of thousands annually
• Hack #2: Creating "Social Security 2.0" adds another layer of guaranteed lifetime income
• Hack #3: Strategic Roth conversions can virtually eliminate RMDs and potentially save six figures in lifetime taxes
• When implemented together, these strategies can reduce market dependency at age 82 from $100,000 to nearly zero
• The ideal retirement plan front-loads investment withdrawals in early years while building guaranteed income for later years

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