The Three-Bucket Retirement Withdrawal Strategy Explained

Episode 32 of Retirement Planning with Fexingo breaks down the three-bucket withdrawal strategy—a systematic approach to sequencing your retirement income from taxable, tax-deferred, and tax-free accounts. Lucas and Luna walk through a concrete example: a retiree with $600,000 in a 401k, $200,000 in a Roth IRA, and $100,000 in a taxable brokerage account, withdrawing $40,000 per year. They explain how withdrawing from the right bucket each year can reduce your lifetime tax bill by tens of thousands of dollars, mitigate sequence-of-returns risk, and keep your Medicare premiums lower. The episode also covers the 'cash wedge' technique and how to refill buckets during bull markets. No fluff—just a practical framework you can apply to your own retirement plan. #RetirementPlanning #ThreeBucketStrategy #WithdrawalStrategy #TaxEfficientWithdrawal #SequenceOfReturnsRisk #CashWedge #RothIRA #TraditionalIRA #TaxableAccount #MedicareSurcharge #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Finance #PersonalFinance #RetirementIncome #BucketStrategy #TaxPlanning #BucketsOfMoney Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo