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Re:Early-Retirement Update by neogodless on Monday March 22, 2021 @07:14PM (#26548746)
https://engaging-data.com/will-money-last-retire-early/

You're more likely to die than run out of money!

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Re:Early-Retirement Update by TheCoelacanth on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:17PM (#26550634)
Certainly, but with their example of retiring at 40, you have an 8.5% chance of going broke before you die and a 3.4% chance of going broke before you even reach a normal retirement age.

That's a much higher level of risk than I would accept.

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