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"Should I use a 3.5% or a 4% safe withdrawal rate? My house is paid off and I got a company pension, two dogs and a partner. Cars are paid off but our iPhones are on a payment plan till 2028. Net worth around $2.5 billion but highly concentrated in one company"

rootusrootus 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> Should I use a 3.5% or a 4% safe withdrawal rate?

Well...

> My house is paid off and I got a company pension, two dogs and a partner.

Kids? What are you planning for your estate after you croak? You can do a little better than 4% with an lifetime joint annuity for you and your partner, so long as you don't care about leaving anything to family...

FireBeyond 15 minutes ago | parent [-]

> You can do a little better than 4% with an lifetime joint annuity for you and your partner, so long as you don't care about leaving anything to family...

"How are you spending your retirement with all that free time?"

"SKIing"

"Aren't you a bit old for that... wait, what?"

"Spending Kids' Inheritance"