$3,000 a Month in Retirement - How Much Do You REALLY Need?
Episode 7 min 50s

$3,000 a Month in Retirement - How Much Do You REALLY Need?

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The 4% rule says you need $900,000 to generate $3,000 a month in retirement — but the average Social Security check is $2,087, which means your portfolio only needs to cover $913, and at 4% that’s $274,000, not $900,000. This video breaks down three completely different versions of that math depending on when you claim and your benefit amount, including a married couple scenario where combined Social Security already covers the target before touching a dollar of savings. The number every retirement calculator gives you is technically correct if your portfolio is your only income source — most people’s isn’t, and that gap is worth over $600,000.

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