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Folks, I stick to my observation that the first spreadsheet is not inflation corrected and that the statement on the results page that the first spreadsheet shows, "...the inflation-adjusted end-of-year portfolio balances for every year in each of the cycles." is not correct as is demonstrated...

Folks, I believe that the explanation for the discrepancy is that the Excel spreadsheet results DO NOT INCLUDE INFLATION even though the text says that they do. A quick test case that supports this conclusion is given below, and I invite everyone to sharpen their pencils and check my reasoning...

Folks, The example that I gave in the original post in this thread was for 30 years, and that is where I originally saw the discrepancy. So I do not think that is the explanation. DocLarry

If you run FIRECalc with the default numbers ($750k portfolio, $30k/year withdrawal for 30 years) the results page says, "The lowest and highest portfolio balance throughout your retirement was $-300,739 to $4,259,606, with an average of $1,323,668" If you open the Excel results spreadsheet for...

Kinda, sorta....!

A checkoff box on the INVESTIGATE page enables the option to, "provide data and formulas in a spreadsheet format". There are inconsistencies within the spreadsheets and between the spreadsheets and the FIRECalc graphic results that I do not understand. The note in the middle of the spreadsheet...

I am a new user and am very impressed with the elegance and utility of FireCalc. Thank you Bill! Perhaps as a new user I have missed something. I am puzzled by the spreadsheet output from FireCalc, and I would appreciate an explanation of what it appears that I am seeing. The spreadsheet...