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Planning for retirement is an important step in securing your financial future. However, simply coming up with a retirement plan is not enough. It is crucial to stress test your retirement plan to ensure it can withstand unexpected events and changes in the economy. By stress testing your retirement plan, you can identify potential weaknesses and make adjustments to ensure your financial security in the long run.
Here are some steps to stress test your retirement plan:
1. Evaluate your current financial situation: Before stress testing your retirement plan, it is important to have a clear understanding of your current financial situation. Take stock of your assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and any anticipated changes in the near future.
2. Consider potential risks: Identify potential risks that could impact your retirement plan, such as market volatility, inflation, unexpected expenses, or changes in interest rates. Consider how these risks could affect your retirement savings and income.
3. Adjust your assumptions: Many retirement plans are based on certain assumptions, such as rate of return on investments, inflation rate, and life expectancy. Stress test your plan by adjusting these assumptions to see how changes in these variables could impact your retirement savings.
4. Run different scenarios: Use retirement planning tools or work with a financial planner to run different scenarios based on different market conditions or life events. Consider scenarios where your investments underperform, inflation is higher than expected, or you incur unexpected expenses.
5. Plan for worst-case scenarios: As you stress test your retirement plan, make sure to plan for worst-case scenarios. Consider what would happen if you were to retire earlier than planned, if you faced a major health crisis, or if you lived longer than expected. Make sure your retirement plan can withstand these challenges.
6. Review your insurance coverage: Insurance can provide a safety net in case of unforeseen events. Review your insurance coverage to make sure you are adequately protected against risks that could derail your retirement plan.
7. Make adjustments as needed: After stress testing your retirement plan, make necessary adjustments to strengthen your financial position. This could involve boosting your savings rate, diversifying your investments, or creating a contingency fund for unexpected expenses.
By stress testing your retirement plan, you can better prepare for potential risks and uncertainties that could impact your financial security in retirement. Take the time to evaluate your plan, run different scenarios, and make adjustments as needed to ensure you can enjoy a comfortable retirement.
Good content.
It's good to hear you say, "It's just a guess." Nobody knows how long they'll live. Nobody knows how the markets will perform. Nobody knows how much money they will spend. Nobody knows how much they will pay in taxes.
Other than those small variables, it's easy to figure out.
I did this with our plan right after retirement and added 50% for each of the first 10 years. That still had us with money in our accounts at age 90, and we will have SS…maybe.
As always, it's good to hear you explain a lot of scenarios. All of these uncontrollable situations need to be considered as we move through retirement. We don't have to worry about aging parents, but we always have the possibility of one of the kids needing help.
We leave tomorrow on a 6 day trip that will make a total of 47 days we have spent traveling in 2023. Our goal is 90 days for the year, and we still have Montana and Las Vegas trips coming, plus 2 short RV excursions.
Another great video! Thank you for the the retirement calculator link as well. I will definitely be using it. I said it before and I'll say it again… You = DA MAN!!! Cheers.
Awesome!!
I'm always envious of the simple toggle switch feature of the software you show. I'm using New Retirement and you can setup five scenarios, but it doesn't compre with how easy your software can just turn on and off different variables. Maybe the fine folks at New Retirement will add it someday – I hope.
Glad to know you recommend the NewRetirement software … you give very helpful videos … thank you …
My spouse and I have these types of conversations all the time. When we run our numbers with various scenarios, it always comes out ok. 100% success. I also have done a scorched earth budget. The what if the crap hits the fan type deal. Worst case scenario. It comes out that if everything went sideways, one of us could work part time and we would be just grand. SS alone when we turn it on early will cover all our inflation adjusted household expenses. So anything we want to do above that is just a little money off our investments but our investments have been out earning my salary for a few years now. So we are pulling the plug early on this work thing, because at this stage, I am just trading time for money. Money we don't need. I can always make more money. I cannot make more time. Cheers !
David, great video! Thank you for keeping us informed with retirement information. The New Retirement Planner you attached for us to use was very simple and informative. Thank you
The what if scenario planning feature in your software is very good. It really allows someone to determine if the choice would have far reaching issues that normally you cant predict well. I think for most, you immediately go to "No, its not possible". It would be good if you can do a video on the software and the features it has. I have created my plan but havent stepped up to the full version (not the right time yet).
New Retirement seems pretty awesome so far. I'm working through the 2-week free trial.
New Retirement really is worth the time to check out. Thanks Dave.
Do white collar and blue collar retirees more/less have the same plan, just expenses would be different because of life style?