From what I have read about using the stock market to fund your retirement income is that you should budget to earn 8% per year and take out 4%. So, in my spreadsheet which includes my portfolio value at the end of each year and the amount I have taken out, I have a column that shows from the beginning year of retirement what would be my portfolio if I gain 8% and took out 4%.
Looking at my data, I have kept my withdrawals at or below 4%. The other part was hit and miss until year 13 of retirement. Currently my portfolio is higher than an 8% increase and 4% withdrawal would put it.
You hear a lot of about the withdrawal figure of 4% per year, but not as much about the fact that you need to earn 8% per year to take out 4% per year. I was taking out just under 4% when I retired, but I did stop working in 1999. My problem is that hit the 2001 bear market soon after and then, of course, the 2008 bear market.
By the logic of the earnings 8% and taking out 4%, a portfolio should be going up 4% per year. However, by the end of 2002, my portfolio was down 4.21% per year. After the 2008 bear market I was up 2% per year.
After the 2001 bear market I thought I would be better off if I only took out an amount equal to or less than my dividend income. At that time, my yield was around 3%. I decided to increase my portfolio yield to 3.5% and only take out 3.5% or less. I did some switching to higher yielding stock and tried to limit the increase in my spending. It took be a few years and it was mostly because of the increase in dividend income that I accomplished my goal.
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