The shockingly un-simple math behind retirement safe withdrawal rates, with Karsten Jeske, PhD (Part 1)

#35: When it comes to early retirement the most important (and difficult) thing you have to grasp is your safe withdrawal rate. FIRE bloggers rave about “the shockingly simple math behind early retirement,” but they almost never talk about the shockingly un-simple math behind safe withdrawal rates. So this week, I invited Karsten Jeske, PhD – a former professor, Fed economist, quantitative finance researcher, and early retiree – to the podcast to share insight on how to estimate your safe wit...