Comments on: The Best Retirement Question I’ve Ever Heard http://www.financialreflections.com/best-retirement-question/60 Personal Finance for those stuck in the middle. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:32:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Judi Andrews http://www.financialreflections.com/best-retirement-question/60/comment-page-1#comment-550 Judi Andrews Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:52:47 +0000 http://www.financialreflections.com/net-worth/best-retirement-question/#comment-550 I am retired. Although I am taking out 5.1% of my savings each year to live, my net worth keeps going up because I am invested 41% in stocks. Is it OK to take 5.1% out or should I cut it back to 4%. Thanks in advance for your answer.  <em>Financial Reflections responds:  Judi, that's a question for you to discuss with a financial planner.  I wish you the best in your decision!</em> I am retired. Although I am taking out 5.1% of my savings each year to live, my net worth keeps going up because I am invested 41% in stocks. Is it OK to take 5.1% out or should I cut it back to 4%.

Thanks in advance for your answer.

 Financial Reflections responds:  Judi, that’s a question for you to discuss with a financial planner.  I wish you the best in your decision!

]]> By: Marie Swift http://www.financialreflections.com/best-retirement-question/60/comment-page-1#comment-549 Marie Swift Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:14:58 +0000 http://www.financialreflections.com/net-worth/best-retirement-question/#comment-549 What a thoughtful contribution for the Financial Reflections community. George Kinder is the planner you referenced above - the one who came up with the 3 Questions that Eisenberg details in THE NUMBER book. Kinder is widely considered to be the "father of life planning". He is also a CFP with 30 years experience advising clients. Anyone looking to balance money and meaning in their life would do well to work with a Registered Life Planner (Kinder's organization trains and certifies them). There are in fact over 650 life planners listed on Kinder's site, http://www.kinderinstitute.com. I know because I'm working with one of them, know George Kinder personally and have taken his 7 Stages of Money Maturity workshop (as well as having read his book by the same name). If today were my last day, I would have missed seeing my kids grow up. I'm going to put them to bed and give them an extra dose of hugs and snuggles now. Financial Reflections replies:  Thanks for dropping in.  I'm glad you enjoyed the post.  While money is important, there's far more to "The Number" than meets the eye. What a thoughtful contribution for the Financial Reflections community. George Kinder is the planner you referenced above – the one who came up with the 3 Questions that Eisenberg details in THE NUMBER book. Kinder is widely considered to be the “father of life planning”. He is also a CFP with 30 years experience advising clients.

Anyone looking to balance money and meaning in their life would do well to work with a Registered Life Planner (Kinder’s organization trains and certifies them). There are in fact over 650 life planners listed on Kinder’s site, http://www.kinderinstitute.com. I know because I’m working with one of them, know George Kinder personally and have taken his 7 Stages of Money Maturity workshop (as well as having read his book by the same name).

If today were my last day, I would have missed seeing my kids grow up. I’m going to put them to bed and give them an extra dose of hugs and snuggles now.

Financial Reflections replies:  Thanks for dropping in.  I’m glad you enjoyed the post.  While money is important, there’s far more to “The Number” than meets the eye.

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