A Richer Retirement by William P. Bengen

A Richer Retirement

Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More

William P. Bengen

Wiley · Print & ebook · August 5, 2025

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Know exactly how much you can safely spend each year after you retire without outliving your nest egg In A Richer Retirement: Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More, entrepreneur, researcher, and financial planner, William P. Bengen, delivers a straightforward, soup-to-nuts guide for maximizing your withdrawals from your investment accounts during your retirement.

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Who it’s for
A practical, numbers-first guide to spending a little more comfortably in retirement.
Genres
Retirement Planning, Investing (Personal), Wealth Management
Published
Wiley, August 5, 2025

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Know exactly how much you can safely spend each year after you retire without outliving your nest egg In A Richer Retirement: Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More, entrepreneur, researcher, and financial planner, William P. Bengen, delivers a straightforward, soup-to-nuts guide for maximizing your withdrawals from your investment accounts during your retirement.

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The author explains how you can draw heavily on your retirement accounts without spending yourself into premature poverty. This book is a comprehensive roadmap to constructing your personal retirement withdrawal plan. You'll learn how to compute a low-risk maximum withdrawal rate so that you can enjoy your retirement savings to the utmost. You'll also discover guidance on why and how to adjust your withdrawals during retirement to help make sure that your accounts last your entire life. You'll also find: - The eight elements of a comprehensive personal retirement withdrawal plan - Techniques for selecting your withdrawal rate based on the eight elements, inflation, and stock market valuation - A template for your withdrawal plan that will help you recognize if you're overspending (or underspending!) and exactly how to address that issue Perfect for well-informed laypeople entering, nearing, or in retirement, A Richer Retirement is a can't-miss retirement playbook for everyone who wants to make the most of their retirement savings without outliving their nest egg. It's also an essential read for financial professionals who serve clients in or close to retirement.

Spend Smarter

A practical, numbers-first guide to spending a little more comfortably in retirement.

Come here for

  • 4% rule, sharpened
  • clear retirement-spending guidance

Expect

  • planning logic over pep talk
  • plainspoken money advice

Where it sits

Retirement Planning100%
Wealth Management59%
Investing (Personal)43%

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Publisher categories

  • Wealth Management
  • Portfolio Management
  • Retirement Planning
Authors
William P. Bengen
Publisher
Wiley
Published
August 5, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Wealth Management