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Old 06-02-2012, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by buzzy View Post
Amazing how things have changed. In 2007, a year before retirement, a fee-based financial planner ran our cash-flow simulations. The model predicted a 95% chance of our savings lasting 30 years. Back then, they were still using a 9% earnings rate in the model. Since retirement, we have been getting 3%.
Oh, well, back to work!
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