marko
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Frequenters of this forum will know how skewed my mathematical capacities are, so I just about know I'm off the rails somewhere, but here goes and apologies in advance for once again being a dumba$$.
This may have been covered somewhere but I was unable to find it quickly.
I was goofing with FC this morning and here's what I came up with.
I entered my data including a future date for my and DW's SS. Came out with a portfolio Spending Level of 5.5%. I calculated that 5.5% against my portfolio balance (not counting SS) and yes, 5.5% was the amount.
So then I wanted to see what my Spending Level would be from portfolio withdrawals alone and removed our SS. FC returned a 3.8% Spending Level which again matched my portfolio balance. Yes, the amount was lower by the two SS amounts.
So am I correct that FC includes SS as part of the portfolio spending percentage in it's report even when it is not making the calculation against the actual portfolio balance?
This may have been covered somewhere but I was unable to find it quickly.
I was goofing with FC this morning and here's what I came up with.
I entered my data including a future date for my and DW's SS. Came out with a portfolio Spending Level of 5.5%. I calculated that 5.5% against my portfolio balance (not counting SS) and yes, 5.5% was the amount.
So then I wanted to see what my Spending Level would be from portfolio withdrawals alone and removed our SS. FC returned a 3.8% Spending Level which again matched my portfolio balance. Yes, the amount was lower by the two SS amounts.
So am I correct that FC includes SS as part of the portfolio spending percentage in it's report even when it is not making the calculation against the actual portfolio balance?
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