Retirement is the most expensive purchase faced by most individuals. In this session, David Blanchett will explore a framework to better understand how much retirement actually costs and a process for better estimating its true cost. This session will include a discussion of the implications of properly forecasting the growth of assets and important considerations when estimating the liability, such as determining the optimal replacement rate, forecasting the retirement period and understanding what it truly means to fail (or succeed) during retirement.
The impact of today’s return environment on retirement success.
The impact of a better model of retirement spending on retirement success.
Better understand the overall cost of retirement.
Morningstar Investment Management LLC
Head of Retirement Research
(888) 748-0710
David Blanchett, PhD, CFA, CFP; is head of retirement research for Morningstar Investment Management LLC. In this role, he works to enhance the group’s consulting and investment services and serves as the chair of the Advice Methodologies and Automated Strategies subcommittee, which is the working group responsible for developing and maintaining all methodologies relating to wealth forecasting, general financial planning, automated investment selection, and portfolio assignment for Morningstar Investment Management LLC. His research has been published in a variety of industry and academic journals and received a number of awards, such as the Journal of Financial Planning’s 2014 and 2015 Montgomery-Warschauer Award, the Financial Analysts Journal’s 2015 Graham and Dodd Scroll Award, and the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning 2017 Academic Research Colloquium Best Investments Paper Award. He is currently an Expert Panelist for the Wall Street Journal and an Adjunct professor at The American College. He holds a master’s degree in financial services from the American College, a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a doctorate in personal financial planning program from Texas Tech University.