Retirees rarely go broke because of one bad investment. They run out of money because a string of small, emotional decisions ...

Learn how to fund your retirement cash bucket using appreciated assets, savings, and tax strategies before leaving the workforce. While most retirement portfolios include allocations to stocks and ...

Each of us, unless we're independently wealthy, needs a good retirement plan that outlines how much money we'll need to amass before we retire, how we'll get it, and how we'll withdraw from it in a ...

I review conventional wisdom and Christine Benz's new book on implementing the Bucket Approach in retirement. A long-term approach for the coming decade with high starting stock valuations and ...

Life is full of milestones—and fortunately, for scheduling purposes, those milestones don't all happen at the exact same time. Think about the various savings goals you might have had across your life ...

The "bucket" strategy involves dividing your assets by different time periods. This approach can work well, but it's not perfect, or best for everyone. Consider it as a possible plan you might use, ...