Worst Retirement Ever

[SeattleCPA]

The thread going right now about what to do if the market drops makes me think of this excellent post from two years ago by GoCurryCracker:

http://www.gocurrycracker.com/the-worst-retirement-ever/

Jeremy's post isn't about a bear market per se, but it really does an excellent job of laying out the retirement plan risk of a the worst case scenario

[TheAnonOne]

Yea, this highlights that while the 4% rule may have failed and making it to 3% was unfeasible, retirement if your a bit flexible is entirely possible.

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[SeattleCPA]

Lacking any sort of political or sociological expertise, i try in public forums to avoid commenting on those sorts of issues...

But one other thing Jeremy's post highlights (to me) is that retiring in a year like 1966 didn't work out well as much for socio-political reasons as anything else.

I.e., the country was in crisis. And the economy (and the capital markets) simply reflected that.

Not sure how actionable that insight is... but as I think about it, it makes me worry less about a richly valued stock market... and maybe more about the other issues we as a country or world are debating.