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minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoTry playing with this. Set the interest rate to 7%. Assume you will live to 75 (average us life expectancy) and retire at 65. Now change the monthly contribution amount to the most you can comfortably contribute right now if you opened an IRA IRA. This is your low estimate of your retirement savings. As you get older hopefully you earn more and can contribute more.
minus-squarenutcase2690@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoJust curious how you came up with 7%? I was always taught to expect the yearly return to be 4%
minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoMy number I picked after reading about historical averages. https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2021/05/200-years-of-asset-class-returns/
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago4% stays ahead of normal inflation, 7% matches greedflation.
Try playing with this. Set the interest rate to 7%. Assume you will live to 75 (average us life expectancy) and retire at 65.
Now change the monthly contribution amount to the most you can comfortably contribute right now if you opened an IRA IRA.
This is your low estimate of your retirement savings. As you get older hopefully you earn more and can contribute more.
Just curious how you came up with 7%? I was always taught to expect the yearly return to be 4%
My number I picked after reading about historical averages.
https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2021/05/200-years-of-asset-class-returns/
4% stays ahead of normal inflation, 7% matches greedflation.
I found this even more helpful.