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- From: ed@odi.com (Ed Schwalenberg)
- Subject: Re: Another question
- In-Reply-To: sbale@netcom.com's message of Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:57:20 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.150841.19689@odi.com>
- Organization: Object Design, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov20.005720.27678@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 15:08:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.005720.27678@netcom.com> sbale@netcom.com (Swamy S. Bale) writes:
- A person( family) can have a decent living standards for $50000/year.
- (this is just an assumption). After 30 years, and after adjusting to
- inflation, how much do you think that family need per year to
- maintain the same living standards?
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- Is there any formula for calculating the income needed? Also would like
- to know average yearly inflation for the past 30 years.
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- It's far easier to just do your calculations in today's dollars, and look
- at yields NET OF INFLATION rather than gross yields. For example, money
- market funds typically return around 0% net of inflation, short term bonds
- 1 or 2 percent, long term bonds 3%, stocks 5% to 9% if you're lucky.
-