Tag: decumulation

Elderly couple looking over finances at the kitchen table

Arguing that we need to delay withdrawals to 75 as a work incentive doesn’t hold water. In a recent meeting I attended, participants were bemoaning the fact that people are reluctant to withdraw their 401(k) accumulations.  Much emphasis was placed on the word “decumulation,” which apparently has negative connotations.  The answer apparently is to replac…

elderly man inserting credit card to ATM

The brief’s key findings are: Studies show that retirees have tended to draw down their financial wealth very slowly. But these retirees generally had defined benefit (DB) pension plans, which pay benefits for life. Hence, this slow drawdown pattern may not hold for new retirees, who rely on 401(k)s. Indeed, the analysis finds that households…