Finance retirement question important?
Question Details: Your father intends to retire in 4 years. He expects to live for 12 years after he retires. He curently has $35,000 in his investment account. He projects that he will require $15,000 per year during his retirement years, starting one year after he retires. How much would he have to save in each of the next 4 years so that he will have enough money to fund his retirement? He expects to earn an average annual rate of return of 7% per year. Thanks for any help
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- If he wants 7% pa, an income of $15000 and no growth then his fund needs to be 15000/7 x 100 = 1500000/7 = $214285. He already has $35000 so needs to save an extra $179285 or $44821 per year. This does not allow for dipping into capital. If he did that the capital would produce a lesser amount of interest each year but ideally would equal 'Nil' on the day he died.
