Interview with Retirement Researcher Dr. David Blanchett Part 1

Dr. David Blanchett is Head of Retirement Research formerly at Morningstar and currently at Prudential’s asset management arm PGIM. He is also an adjunct professor at The American College of Financial Services. David has been a voracious and accomplished researcher, being published in a variety of peer-reviewed articles, and receiving many ‘best paper’ awards. Today he conducts research primarily in the areas of financial planning, tax planning, annuities, and retirement.  

Listen to Kevin and David do a deep dive into key assumptions made in your retirement planning – investment returns, spending assumptions, longevity, and inflation. Learn from David’s original research on retirement spending and how it is likely to decline as you age, including the positive implications it has on your planning. (Hint: you may be able to retire earlier than you think.) 

Be sure to pay attention to the end where David and Kevin discuss guaranteed income, cryptocurrency, and empirical studies on quantifying the benefits of working with a trustworthy and competent advisor. 

A big "thank you" to Dr. Blanchett for sharing his research and wisdom.  To read David’s research, visit https://www.davidmblanchett.com/research 

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Key topics in this episode:

1:11 - Welcome in Dr. David Blanchett

2:15 - Reviewing his historical papers

3:39 - Important retirement variables

5:26 - What are reasonable expected returns?

9:44 - Building blocks that play into forming expectations

13:50 - Spending patterns

16:24 - Spending data and categories

21:05 - Behavioral aspects of spending