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Sequence Explorer

If the bad years come first, how long does your money last? Twenty years of returns, the same ones twice. Slide what you take out and watch.

Your savingsWhat you would be living on.
Bad years firstYear 12your money runs out
Good years first$1,482,135left after 20 years
$1M$2M$3Mnow2468101214161820years from nowruns out, year 12$1.5M

Good years first, $1,482,135 is left after twenty years. Bad years first, it runs out in year 12. Up to $3,500 a month lasts either way.

What you take out each month. Up to $3,500 a month lasts twenty years. That is the gold line.

Same twenty returns. Only the order changes.

Good years first highest to lowest
Bad years first lowest to highest

Twenty made-up yearly returns, averaging about 5.6% a year, 20 of them. Not a forecast of any market.

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What this tool does and does not do

What this shows

Your savings over twenty made-up years of returns, good years first and bad years first, the year the money runs out, and the monthly draw that lasts either way.

What it does not do

The returns are made up and not a forecast; there are no taxes, fees or raises, and nothing you enter is saved.

These figures restate what you entered. They are not a projection, a recommendation, or a plan. A hypothetical illustration does not reflect the experience of any actual client. Nothing you enter is saved.

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For those within five years of retirement or already there, with $1 million or more set aside. No cost. No obligation.