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Kiplinger
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Richard P. Himmer, PhD

How Retirement Puts Your Cognitive Portfolio at Risk (and the Answer Isn't Doing More Crosswords)

A pink three-dimensional maze in the shape of a brain on a bright purple background.

Every retirement plan is built around the same fear: Outliving your money. The industry has developed sophisticated tools to address it.

  • Monte Carlo simulations model the probability that a portfolio will survive 30 years of withdrawals
  • Safe withdrawal rates are debated to the decimal point
  • Longevity risk is taken seriously
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