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Why You Must Take Term Insurance Equal to 10 Times Your Annual Income

Term insurance (or term life insurance) is essentially a family’s financial safety net for a fixed period. It provides a death benefit if the insured person dies during the term, but pays nothing if the term expires while the person is alive. In practice, that means you choose coverage for, say, 10 – 30 years, matching key milestones like the mortgage or the years until children are independent.

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Is the 4 percent retirement rule applicable today also?

n practical terms, the rule is simple to apply. For example, a retiree with $1 million saved would withdraw $40,000 (4% of $1M) in the first year. If inflation is 2% in year two, the withdrawal would increase to $40,800 and so on. This inflation-adjusted withdrawal schedule is intended to maintain purchasing power while using up the savings over about 30 years.

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