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Long Term Planning

Use our retirement planner to guide your investment, savings and withdrawal decisions.

Current Portfolio Value
Current Age
Annual Contribution
Desired Retirement Income
Portfolio Selection (Pre Retirement)
Retirement Age
Annual Contribution Percentage Increase
Projected Inflation
Portfolio Selection* (In Retirement)

* Portfolio Selection -

Risk Target 2.5 - Preserve wealth through minimal fluctuation.
We expect fluctuations less than ±5% per year, 95% of the time. Appropriate for investors who have started to make withdrawals from their wealth.

Risk Target 5 - Preserve wealth while providing some capital appreciation.
We expect fluctuations less than ±10% per year, 95% of the time. Appropriate for investors with low risk tolerance or investors within 5 years of starting withdrawals.

Risk Target 7.5 - Moderate capital appreciation & moderate fluctuation.
We expect fluctuations less than ±15% per year, 95% of the time. Appropriate for investors with medium risk tolerance and moderate ability to take risk, or investors within 6 to 13 years of starting withdrawals.

Risk Target 10 - Moderate to high capital appreciation while keeping fluctuations moderate.
We expect fluctuations less than ±20% per year, 95% of the time. Appropriate for investors with medium to high risk tolerance and a moderate ability to take risk, or investors within 14 to 21 years of starting withdrawals.

Risk Target 12.5 - High capital appreciation with high fluctuations in value.
We expect fluctuations less than ±25% per year, 95% of the time. Appropriate for investors with high risk tolerance and ability to take risk, or investors within 22 to 29 years of starting withdrawals.

Risk Target 15 - High capital appreciation. Fluctuations in portfolio value can be very high.
We expect fluctuations less than ±30% per year, 95% of the time. This strategy is appropriate for investors with high risk tolerance and ability to take risk or investors with more than 30 years of starting withdrawals.