JD1967
Confused about dryer sheets
Hi everyone ... new to the forum ... have run a series of firecalc scenarios and cannot believe some of the numbers I'm getting .. .either i'm doing something wrong or the calculator is off ... if someone could comment/help, i'd very much appreciate ... here goes
Current info ... age 51
current IRA portfolio 1,675,000
current spend 150,000 (highly exaggerated / includes hcare)
Panel 2 (Other Inc Spending) - 12000/yr SSec starting in 2029
- 5400/yr Pension starting in 2032
Panel 3 (Not Retired?) - Retiring in 2026
- not adding anything to portfolio
Panel 4 (Spending Models) - Inflation assumption - CPI
- Constant spending power
Panel 5 (Your portfolio) - Mixed portfolio - 30% LCap Value 70% SCap Value
Panel 6 (Portfolio changes) - none
Panel 7 (Investigate) - using 1970 as the starting retirement year
My results
Because you indicated a future retirement date (2026), the withdrawals won't start until that year. The tested period is 8 years of preretirement plus 32 years of retirement, or 40 years.
FIRECalc looked at the 39 possible 40 year periods in the available data, starting with a portfolio of $1,675,000 and spending your specified amounts each year thereafter.
Here is how your portfolio would have fared in each of the 39 cycles. The lowest and highest portfolio balance at the end of your retirement was $-35,452,228 to $262,525,534, with an average at the end of $85,044,449. (Note: this is looking at all the possible periods; values are in terms of the dollars as of the beginning of the retirement period for each cycle.)
For our purposes, failure means the portfolio was depleted before the end of the 40 years. FIRECalc found that 2 cycles failed, for a success rate of 94.9%.
How can this possible be right ... any feedback would be great ... putting a lot of faith in these numbers
Current info ... age 51
current IRA portfolio 1,675,000
current spend 150,000 (highly exaggerated / includes hcare)
Panel 2 (Other Inc Spending) - 12000/yr SSec starting in 2029
- 5400/yr Pension starting in 2032
Panel 3 (Not Retired?) - Retiring in 2026
- not adding anything to portfolio
Panel 4 (Spending Models) - Inflation assumption - CPI
- Constant spending power
Panel 5 (Your portfolio) - Mixed portfolio - 30% LCap Value 70% SCap Value
Panel 6 (Portfolio changes) - none
Panel 7 (Investigate) - using 1970 as the starting retirement year
My results
Because you indicated a future retirement date (2026), the withdrawals won't start until that year. The tested period is 8 years of preretirement plus 32 years of retirement, or 40 years.
FIRECalc looked at the 39 possible 40 year periods in the available data, starting with a portfolio of $1,675,000 and spending your specified amounts each year thereafter.
Here is how your portfolio would have fared in each of the 39 cycles. The lowest and highest portfolio balance at the end of your retirement was $-35,452,228 to $262,525,534, with an average at the end of $85,044,449. (Note: this is looking at all the possible periods; values are in terms of the dollars as of the beginning of the retirement period for each cycle.)
For our purposes, failure means the portfolio was depleted before the end of the 40 years. FIRECalc found that 2 cycles failed, for a success rate of 94.9%.
How can this possible be right ... any feedback would be great ... putting a lot of faith in these numbers