Life Expectancies & Retirement Planning

Life Expectancies & Retirement Planning

When it comes to planning for retirement, the length of the planning horizon (i.e., life expectancy) stands apart from the many other assumptions required in the modeling process. Life expectancy is defined as the average number of years a person can expect to live at a given age. The specific issue for planning is something called longevity risk, or the possibility an individual will live to such an advanced age that they will deplete their retirement savings and be forced to rely solely on Social Security and Medicare for their expenses.

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