Second Opinion

A Second Opinion for Your
Entire Retirement Plan

RetireLogica independently reviews your projection, optimizer results, stress tests, assumptions, and evidence to determine whether you can retire—and stay retired.

Why it exists

A reviewer that can actually disagree

A conclusion is only reassuring if it was reached by weighing the evidence — including the parts that don’t line up.

Most tools always say “you’re good”

A favorable-by-default tool that never pushes back is hard to trust. A Second Opinion is only useful if it can disagree when the evidence warrants it.

One success score lacks context

A single probability tells you little about why. The more useful question is what the number depends on and what it leaves out.

You want to know what was missed

Whether the plan holds may hinge on spending flexibility, tax assumptions, or a scenario that was never tested. Those gaps deserve to be named.

What it reviews

The full body of evidence

The Second Opinion looks across every source that shapes the answer — not a single score in isolation.

Deterministic projection

The reproducible year-by-year plan behind every conclusion.

Cash flow

How income and withdrawals cover the modeled spending path each year.

Taxes

Federal brackets, RMDs, and Social Security taxation as modeled over time.

ACA and IRMAA

Subsidy cliffs before 65 and Medicare surcharges after, under the stated assumptions.

Optimizer outputs

The Roth and Social Security strategies compared on the same assumptions.

Monte Carlo

Resilience measured across simulated market conditions, as one evidence source.

Historical sequences

Behavior under known difficult return sequences from real market history.

Spending assumptions

The spending path and how much spending flexibility the plan relies on.

Evidence gaps

What was not tested or could not be evaluated with the inputs provided.

What it answers

The decisions you’re actually weighing

Each answer is framed around a decision and supported by the available evidence.

Can I retire?
Can I stay retired?
Can I maintain my modeled spending?
Is spending flexibility required?
What causes failure, and when?
What should change first?
Example conclusion states

A calibrated verdict, not a rubber stamp

The Second Opinion lands on one of a few honest states, calibrated to the evidence reviewed.

We agree

The evidence reviewed supports the plan’s conclusions under the stated assumptions.

We mostly agree

The plan looks reasonable, with reservations worth understanding before you rely on it.

We do not agree yet

The evidence points to a material concern that should be addressed first.

Insufficient evidence

Key inputs or tests are missing, so a confident conclusion isn’t yet supported.

What it does not claim

Clear about its limits

The Second Opinion is a rules-based review of the evidence — and it’s honest about what that is and isn’t.

No guarantee of any particular outcome
No prediction of how actual markets will behave
No human professional sign-off
No replacement for personalized legal or tax advice

Second Opinion is generated by RetireLogica's deterministic review rules. It is not a review by an unaffiliated human advisor and does not replace professional financial, tax, or legal advice.

Put your plan up for review

Build a plan, then let the Second Opinion tell you plainly where it stands — and why.