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Back in 1994, financial adviser Bill Bengen came up with a retirement principle called the 4% rule. His idea went viral. Now, Bengen's rule is getting an update. The 4% rule says you should plan to ...

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Three decades ago, financial adviser Bill Bengen created a retirement principle called the 4% rule. It went viral. Now, the rule is getting an update. The 4% rule says you should plan to spend 4% of ...