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INCOME, RETIREMENT

Wade Pfau

Professor of Retirement Income,

The American College of Financial Services

  • Principle and director for McLean Asset Management
  • Professor of retirement income at The American College
  • Doctorate in economics from Princeton University and CFA charterholder

About Wade

Wade D. Pfau, PhD, CFA, RICP® is the founder of Retirement Researcher, an educational resource for individuals and financial advisors on topics related to retirement income planning. He is a co-founder of the Retirement Income Style Awareness tool and a co-host of the Retire with Style podcast. Mr. Pfau also serves as a principal and the director of retirement research for McLean Asset Management. He is a professor of practice at the American College of Financial Services and past director of the Retirement Income Certified Professional® (RICP®) designation program. He holds a doctorate in economics from Princeton University and has published more than sixty peer-reviewed research articles in a wide variety of academic and practitioner journals.  Wade’s newest book is Retirement Planning Guidebook: Navigating the Important Decisions for Retirement Success.


Wade's Videos

What do you need to save every year to fund your retirement, Wade Pfau discusses the "Safe Savings Rate," which highlights the amount of savings to

Investors should examine their portfolio to make sure they are positioned correctly. It is important to be in the correct investments based upon wh

Annuities often get a bad name--especially if you listen to Ken Fisher--but Wade Pfau believes that have a place in your retirement portfolio
Wade Pfau discusses safe retirement planning. How to build a retirement portfolio in a negative and zero interest rate world?