Pulling $5,000 a month from a portfolio is a common benchmark for early retirees who want a middle-class income floor without relying on full-time work. It can help cover property taxes, insurance, ...

Quick Read A 66-year-old couple with $850,000 can generate $4,612 monthly income (6.5% yield) by placing Realty Income (O), ...

Reddit debates the bucket strategy vs. the 60/40 portfolio to help retirees choose the retirement strategy that fits them.

Learn how to fund your retirement cash bucket using appreciated assets, savings, and tax strategies before leaving the workforce. While most retirement portfolios include allocations to stocks and ...

While the stock market has been near all-time highs, there has been volatility. For investors near or in retirement, it may be time to move to safer assets.

Retirement bucket strategies have a way of getting complicated quickly. Don McDonald, co-host of Talking Real Money, prefers ...

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Salvatore M. Capizzi is executive vice president of Dunham & Associates Investment Counsel Inc., which has been challenging industry thinking for 40 years. He authored a whitepaper (“Is Our Industry ...

While most retirement portfolios include allocations to stocks and bonds in the years leading up to retirement, most retirement savers don’t hold much more than an emergency cushion in cash. Thus, an ...