tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32639162.post7549835126721953691..comments2023-12-07T01:00:56.264-05:00Comments on My Wealth Builder: Adjusting for Things not Going the Way I PlannedSuper Saverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11172939501208456194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32639162.post-71567267177613099542009-09-26T21:37:10.523-04:002009-09-26T21:37:10.523-04:00Yup. There's quite a few folks in that positio...Yup. There's quite a few folks in that position, I imagine. That's the downside of Monte Carlo simulations - statistics are no guarantee...Shadoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742366461186295248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32639162.post-44047337318027933322009-09-26T20:22:27.094-04:002009-09-26T20:22:27.094-04:00I hope you fired your financial advisor and I hope...I hope you fired your financial advisor and I hope you retooled your portfolio so that you are not counting on conventional equity and/or bond funds to meet your retirement income needs. What happened in 2008 can easily happen again, perhaps several times in your lifetime. In the interim, high inflation is likely to inject itself into your Monte Carlo analyis and ruin its value as an outcome predictor. Have you considered TIPS and I-Bonds?Mark Pattersonhttp://gotoretirement.comnoreply@blogger.com