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Episode 054: Christine Benz discusses taxes and safe withdrawal rates in retirement, host Rick Ferri

Bogleheads On Investing Podcast

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The Most Complicated Problem in Financial Planning

The 4% guideline was originally developed by William Bangan, a financial planner. He used historical market returns to determine that 4% was more or less safe. But many people on smaller budgets would just be buffeted around too much if they were taking a fixed percentage of whatever their balance happened to be.

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