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by jimr
Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:34 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: Investing Style
Replies: 6
Views: 17499

Re: Investing Style

Hello, Your question is a good one and gets right to the heart of one of the biggest challenges in using this type of tool. No one really knows what the future will bring in terms of the return/standard deviation that we're likely to experience over the next 20-30 years. The values associated with t...
by jimr
Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:20 pm
Forum: Problems installing and running the program
Topic: Printing issues
Replies: 2
Views: 16590

Re: Printing issues

Here are a couple of suggestions. 1) See if there are any resolution settings that you can adjust for the printer in the print properties window. I've seen cases where for some reason the printout doesn't look right when the resolution is set to 300, but it looks perfect at 600. Unfortunately, this ...
by jimr
Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:31 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: FRP version 4.0 released with new report printing feature
Replies: 0
Views: 135850

FRP version 4.0 released with new report printing feature

Version 4.0.0 is now up on the site and it includes a new report/print feature that produces a multi-page printout of all your planner information. Here's a complete rundown of the changes since the last release: Release Notes ----------------- 07/01/2013 - 04.00.01 Recompiled for backward compatibi...
by jimr
Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:45 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: FRP version 3.0 released with 'Sensitivity Analysis' feature
Replies: 0
Views: 135970

FRP version 3.0 released with 'Sensitivity Analysis' feature

Originally release date for Version 3.0 was 05/12/2012 I just posted a new version of the planner with a brand new feature called sensitivity analysis. The sensitivity analysis feature uses the standard inputs that you entered into the planner and lets you select two input parameters for further ana...
by jimr
Tue May 28, 2013 8:26 am
Forum: Problems installing and running the program
Topic: Planner launch takes me to Oracle
Replies: 1
Views: 11410

Re: Planner launch takes me to Oracle

Hello,

Thanks for your question. The planner requires Oracle's Java plugin to be installed in your browser. The launch page checks if Java is installed, and if it isn't, you're automatically redirected to Oracle's website where you can get the latest version of Java.

Jim
by jimr
Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:43 am
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: conservative spending assumptions
Replies: 1
Views: 6780

Re: conservative spending assumptions

I'm new to the site, but am impressed already. I have a very simple question for which I haven't found an explanation. Re the flexible spending option, your support says "Basically, in any year where the portfolio shrinks and the portfolio balance is smaller than it was at the start of retirem...
by jimr
Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:55 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: New Investment Increases
Replies: 1
Views: 6893

Re: New Investment Increases

All of the outputs from the simulation are shown in today's value dollars rather than in inflated dollars. My feeling is that displaying the outputs in constant value dollars makes it easier to interpret and understand the results.

Hope that helps,

Jim
by jimr
Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:51 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: custom button
Replies: 1
Views: 6962

Re: custom button

I'm a little confused what you mean by the 'custom button' but I'll take a guess at an answer. The additional inputs window allows you to override the main planner inputs with yearly granularity. When you specify a rate of return in additional inputs, you have to specify a start and end year, which ...
by jimr
Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:59 pm
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: App for iPad?
Replies: 3
Views: 16923

Re: App for iPad?

Unfortunately, there isn't a plan for ipad support. The sad reality is that both Apple and Google don't support Java in their mobile operating systems. That is, of course, a big barrier to getting the app ported to mobile. It likely means nearly a complete re-write. I've read that there are some too...
by jimr
Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:47 am
Forum: General questions and comments
Topic: Standalone version
Replies: 1
Views: 8276

Re: Standalone version

For the latest version of the standalone application, just send an email to info@flexibleRetirementPlanner.com - Jim