Christine Benz, Morningstar’s director of personal finance and retirement planning, interviews financial experts about different aspects of retirement in ‘How to Retire,’ the companion podcast to her book of the same name. In this episode, Christine sits down with senior nerd at Kitces.com and assistant professor of finance Derek Tharp. They talk through how adjusting your spending throughout your retirement can enable you to spend more in the long run.  

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Why Early Retirees Can Spend More Than the 4% Guideline

How to Adjust Your Retirement Spending Over Time

How to Get Comfortable With Variability in Retirement

How to Transition from Saving to Spending

How to Account for Long-Term Care in Your Retirement Spending Plan

Key Takeaways

Hi, I'm Christine Benz from Morningstar and welcome to the How to Retire podcast. It's a companion to my book, which is also called How to Retire. Each episode will provide a bite-sized lesson about how to do some aspect of retirement well. Today's episode will focus on how to make sure that the amount that you're spending from your portfolio is reasonable. To tackle this topic, I sat down with Derek Tharp, who is a Senior Research Nerd at Kitces.com and an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Southern Maine. I've loved Derek's work on how adjusting your spending in retirement can actually enable you to spend more over your lifetime. I feel like it's so practical and helpful, especially for people with tight financial plans heading into retirement.

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