By Mike Kenney Key Takeaways: The 4% rule is a general retirement guideline suggesting that retirees can safely withdraw funds equal to 4 percent of their savings during the first year of retirement and then adjust for inflation each subsequent year for 30+ years. The 4% rule is more of a benchmark or gauge than [...] The post Using the 4% Rule Correctly may Also Mean you Need to Break it appeared first on ETF Trends .