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Stop Panicking: Your “Retirement Number” is Lower than You Think By PresenterMedia.com

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Some assumptions we make can lead us to overestimate--by a large margin--how much we'll really need in retirement

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Stop Panicking: Your “Retirement Number” is

Lower than You Think

By PresenterMedia.com

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Don’t forget about taxesIf you hold your retirement savings in a 401(k) or Traditional IRA, you’ll pay taxes on your disbursements. So, let’s up that “retirement number” to $1.1 million

What We Are Commonly Told About Retirement Planning

You will need to replace roughly 80% of your current income Let’s assume you’re 55, and make $50,000 (post-tax) per year, so you’ll need $40,000 per year in retirement

You will need to save about 25 times whatever that number is, adjusted for inflation.That comes out to $1 million, in today’s dollars.

Don’t count on Social Security to still be around

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ON TARGET Assuming you retire at 65, and adjusting your needs for inflation, your retirement number is:

$1.5 million

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“But the average 55-year-old has less than $200,000 saved!”

Things aren’t as bad as they seem.

Many of these assumptions we are told about retirement are simply wrong!

Here are six key points to remember

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Let’s Forget the 80% Rule and Start From

Scratch

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IT’S WHAT YOU SPEND, NOT EARN!Point #1

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It’s what you spend, not what you earn

• Replacing 80% of your earnings doesn’t help figure out what you need to continue the same lifestyle.

• What matters is what you spend.• THAT is what constitutes your financial lifestyle

• Let’s say you dutifully put away 10% of your salary every year.

• Now, you need about $45,000 per year (with a nice safety margin)

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ON TARGET Your new retirement number, adjusted for inflation, is now:

$1.7 million

*Remember, we ditched the 80% rule, that’s why the number is higher…for now

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YOU’VE LIKELY PAID THE MORTGAGE OFFPoint #2

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You’ve paid the mortgage off• Mortgages typically

account for 70% of housing costs

• The average home in America spends $17,000 on housing.

• Because your mortgage is paid off, that’s $12,000 you’re no longer paying.

• Your yearly needs just dipped to $33,000

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Your new “retirement number,” adjusted for inflation, is:

$1.22 million

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NO MORE LIFE/DISABILITY INSURANCEPoint #3

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No more life or disability insurance

Think about it:• Life insurance is to replace

your earnings if you pass away• If you’re retired, you aren’t

earning anymore

• Disability insurance is to replace your earnings if you become disabled.

• Again, you aren’t earning anymore

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Insurance (Cont’d)

However, one area that will likely increase is medical spending—which includes out-of-pocket and insurance premium payments.

• It’s highly unlikely that increased medical costs will outweigh the benefits of no longer paying for life or disability insurance.

• However, for argument’s sake and to build in a nice margin of safety, let’s say it’s a wash.

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ON TARGET Your new “retirement number,” adjusted for inflation, remains:

$1.22 million

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SPENDING LESS ON FOODPoint #4

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Spending less on food• Several studies have found that

retirees spend less on food at home after they retire.• The reasoning is that they have

more time to prepare food on their own, which is cheaper than pre-prepared food.

• The average American family spends $4,000 per year on food at home.

• Let’s assume a modest 10% downtick in spending.

• You now need $32,600 per year in retirement

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ON TARGET Your new “retirement number,” adjusted for inflation, is now:

$1.20 million

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YOU DRIVE LESSPoint #5

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You drive less• Commuting is a major part of

our working lives.• Though you’ll still use your car,

it’ll be far less than before.• According to a recent study by

Frontier Group, retirees drive about 35% less, for a total of 8,200 miles per year.

• If the average car gets 25 mpg and the average cost for a gallon of gas is $3.75, you’ll spend $650 less on gas per year

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ON TARGET Your new “retirement number,” adjusted for inflation, is now:

$1.18 million

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SOCIAL SECURITY WON’T DISAPPEAR

Point #6

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Social Security won’t disappear• Don’t get me wrong here, it

doesn’t hurt to be safe without Social Security.

• But it’s very unlikely that the program will disappear altogether.

• To build in a margin of safety, assume that your benefits will be cut in half by retirement time.

• That means you’ll get $8,800 per year from Social Security.

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ON TARGET Your new “retirement number,” adjusted for inflation, is now:

$855,000

That is roughly 57% of the amount we had at the beginning of the exercise

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What this does NOT mean

1. This does NOT mean saving for retirement is easy, or should be taken lightly.

2. This does NOT mean you should put off savings and spend your money on other things—the Hedonic treadmill is a tough one to get off.

3. This does NOT mean your own situation will mimic this example. Take all of these factors into consideration, but understand that its up to YOU to figure out what kind of lifestyle you want in retirement, and how to best reach that goal.

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