Mike Milligan breaks down retirement income into four sources: Social Security, pensions, withdrawals from retirement accounts, and guaranteed income like annuities. The key is blending them into one coordinated plan rather than treating each separately, which reduces the fear of running out of money.
Chapters
These are the 4 sources of retirement income for most Americans. First is Social Security. Second, pension income, if you have one, and increasingly fewer people do. Third is withdrawals from your accumulated retirement accounts, including IRAs, 401s, brokerage accounts, and Roth IRAs. And then fourth is going to be some type of guaranteed income, whether that's from insurance-based income vehicles like annuities, if it's from rental income from owning real estate, Or some kind of payback from a loan or a payout from a previous job. When you blend those 4, and blending them is what separates a real plan from a rule of thumb, you get that comfort versus the anxiety and fear that most retirees have. See, the number one fear retirees have is running out of money.