Overspending and impatient selling are two moves that can prematurely drain retirees' portfolio income, warns financial columnist Gail MarksJarvis, who offers strategies to avoid these pitfalls.
Morningstar's director of personal finance recommends locking down short-term income needs in cash-like investments, stress-testing your bond holdings, and staying poised to buy on the dips.
Portfolio Solutions' Rick Ferri expects stocks to return 7% and bonds to yield 2% during the next decade, and he also offers tips on how investors should handle their fixed-income positions.
Bonds may have done well over the last decade but dividend paying stocks like J&J may be the best bet for the next ten years says Morningstar's Josh Peters.