Can Retirees Base Wealth Withdrawals on the Irs’ Required Minimum Distributions?
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* Wei Sun is an assistant professor at the Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics at Renmin University in Beijing, China. Anthony Webb is a research economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. This brief, which is adapted from a longer paper (Sun and Webb 2012), provides general guidance that may be useful in many circumstances. However, a household’s specific investment or financial planning strategy should be based on its personal circumstances. The authors strongly recommend that households obtain appropriate financial advice prior to making any decisions. Introduction
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