Assess learners' ability to evaluate trade-offs and long-term impacts of pursuing FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) strategies under uncertain market returns, evolving tax regimes, and rising healthcare costs. Tasks include comparing withdrawal rules and contingency buffers, modeling sequence-of-returns and longevity risk (sensitivity or Monte Carlo analyses), estimating tax-efficient withdrawal sequencing and policy-change exposure, projecting healthcare cost scenarios (private insurance, Medicare, long-term care), and recommending robust, adaptable retirement plans with justified assumptions.