life expectancy

Counter-intuitive effect of shorter life expectancy

All of the modeling I've done until recently assumed a maximum age of 100. It would seem that living longer requires more assets at the outset of retirement than does dying at, say, 85. I recently tested that theory and was surprised to find that, in my case, my standard of living was lower if I died at 85 than if I survived to 100.

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