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by Aholiab
Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:40 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: "Show failures"
Replies: 3
Views: 5316

Re: "Show failures"

Mostly, the y-axis refers to the portfolio value.

For "Show failures," does the y-axis also refer to how many of the 10,000 simulations are failures? Therefore a percentage, top to bottom is 0% to 100%?
by Aholiab
Sat Mar 03, 2018 3:20 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: "Show failures"
Replies: 3
Views: 5316

"Show failures"

When I run my simulation, I can check a box at the bottom to "Show failures (times money ran out)," whereupon a zigzag appears.

Does the height of the zigzag refer to the y-axis? If so, how? Is it showing what additional funds I would need to make it to life expectancy?
by Aholiab
Sat Mar 03, 2018 3:04 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: What's next?
Replies: 12
Views: 29701

Re: What's next?

A year ago (January, 2017,) my financial planner (a personal friend who represents a major investment house) was excited to show me how he could show me Monte Carlo sensitivity analyses for my retirement plans. I knew enough about what he was doing to think, "I'll bet I can find a way to do thi...