9/30/2015 – How to draw down your retirement savings (CNBC)

Saving for retirement is challenging, no doubt. But if you want to know what’s really tricky, consider spending that money in retirement.Retirees in the past often relied on a simple rule for retirement income: Draw down 4 percent of your savings every year and you will be all set. But the retirement landscape has changed.For one thing, people are living longer, and their money has to last all that time. One in four people who are 65 years old today will live to age 90, and one in 10 will live to 95. Low interest rates also complicate the picture for savers. A one-year certificate of deposit came with a yield of just 0.28 percent, on average, through most of September, according to Bankrate. That’s hardly enough to generate much retirement income.

Read the full article in CNBC.