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Accounts & Assets Overview
Snapshot of your total investments, assets, liabilities, and net worth.
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Net Worth Tracking
Track your financial journey with snapshots and visualizations over time.
Snapshot History
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Account History Over Time
Monthly Budget
Organize your spending by category and see how it evolves over time.
| Expense | Type | Frequency | Start Age | End Age | Inflation % | Monthly Amount | Actions |
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| Age | Needs Monthly | Needs Yearly | Total Monthly (Needs + Wants) | Total Yearly |
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Spending Smile - Retirement Spending Pattern Calculator
Would you like to travel more in early retirement and spend less in the later years? Do you anticipate higher healthcare costs in the later years? The Spending Smile allows you to customize your retirement spending pattern to reflect your personal retirement desires and expectations. By default, the calculator uses a standard inflation-adjusted withdrawal plan, and you can specify percentages to adjust the spending pattern. Research by David Blanchett (Morningstar, 2013) found that retirees' real (inflation-adjusted) spending typically dips in early retirement and rises again in the late years, forming a gentle "U-shape" or spending smile. Use the tool below to see how that pattern changes your withdrawal targets. Hide this message
Early "Go-Go" Years
Higher initial spending gradually tapering as travel and large purchases slow down.
Middle "Slow-Go" Years
Lower, steadier consumption with reduced discretionary spending.
Late "No-Go" Years
Healthcare, assistance, and support costs begin to increase spending again.
Smile Spending - values based upon your specified Retirement Spending.
| Age | Smile % | CPI Multiplier | Nominal w/ Inflation | Adjusted Spend | Difference |
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Understanding the Spending Pattern Calculator
This calculator demonstrates how the "retirement spending smile" pattern affects your yearly withdrawals:
- Smile % - Shows the spending level as a percentage relative to your first year (baseline of 100%).
- CPI Multiplier - The cumulative effect of inflation over time.
- Nominal w/ Inflation - What your baseline withdrawal would be after inflation.
- Adjusted Spend - Your actual withdrawal amount adjusted for both inflation and the spending pattern.
By adjusting points on the graph, you can customize your spending pattern to reflect your personal retirement expectations.
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