CME - Jane's January 2025 Retirement Income Update: A Conservative Forecast Of Income Growth

2025-03-01 09:00:00 ET

Summary

• Forecasting is challenging but essential; balancing simplicity and complexity is key to insightful analysis without being overly complicated or boring.
• Conservative forecasts show a potential -14.0% income drop in the Traditional IRA and -.9% in the Roth IRA for FY-2024.
• With January's numbers updated, the updated forecast has already improved considerably to -13.2% and -.2%, respectively.
• Despite a weaker growth outlook, Jane's portfolios have consistently achieved positive income growth, with double-digit increases in most years.

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