03-03-2008, 03:59 PM | #1 |
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I've decided to get serious about retiring Rich
I up my retirement 401k% to 12.5% of my gross. I been only at 5% for the past several year so 12.5% should really jumpstart my nest egg.
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03-06-2008, 06:37 PM | #2 | |
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Check these numbers out... Your savings, if invested in a fairly aggressive index fund (90-10 or 80-20 stocks-bonds) should double in real value about every ten years (assumes 10% returns with 2-3% inflation). Thus, in about 35 years, your 10% this year will be about 100% of your current salary (in real purchasing power). Do this for each of the next 35 years and you have a sort of endowment fund. Your first year of retirement, you save 10% again, which you've already proven you can do, and the cycle starts again. No one should have to work more than 35 years. Up the percentage to 20% and you can cut your working years to 25 years. Anyway, sorry for the digression. Congrats on your decision. |
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