3 Steps to a Retirement Income Plan: Nobel Prize Winner Helps You Figure Out Your Best Options for a Secure Future
Figuring out how much income you need during retirement and formulating a retirement income plan is the most important aspect of financial planning. Don’t believe me? Well, the theory is advanced by Robert C. Merton, recipient of the 1997 Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. (Hear him on The NewRetirement Podcast here.)
Merton believes that the most important aspect of retirement planning is to estimate your retirement income and insure that it is adequate to cover your spending. He rejects the focus...