Learn about preparing for life after full-time work through posts from Don's upcoming book.
If you have an independent way of getting your own longevity estimate, you can adapt that online Actuaries table to fit your own circumstances.
There’s a particularly useful table available online. Here I’ll show you how to use it.
Since you don’t know how long you’ll live, what is a sensible planning horizon for the length of your retirement?
Why do so many people misunderstand life expectancy? Is it the arithmetic or the concept? Let’s take a look. (Spoiler alert: the arithmetic is simple.)