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- From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
- Subject: Re: Another question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.180610.27503@unocal.com>
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- References: <1992Nov20.005720.27678@netcom.com> <1992Nov20.150841.19689@odi.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:06:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.150841.19689@odi.com> ed@odi.com (Ed Schwalenberg) writes:
- >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?
- >
- > Is there any formula for calculating the income needed? Also would like
- > to know average yearly inflation for the past 30 years.
-
- Hard to predict.
- "Postdict" and look at the past. Long term government bonds were at 4% and
- slightly ahead of inflation of about 3%. Many inflation blips due to
- wars ending and the energy crisis. Fewer deflations such as the oil crash
- and the current real estate crash.
-
- Look at current numbers. Guess you want to generate half you income from
- savings- the other half from social security and pensions. Retirement
- income needs will be lower. Assume you will draw out 4% of savings
- per year. Try for a 8% yield where other 4% is inflation hedge.
- Half income at 4% requires savings of 12.5x current income, assuming you
- don't draw down principle like an annuity or IRA. So savings goal would
- be $600,000 in today's dollars for this to work. Not impossible will
- real estate inflation and magic of compounding interest. Don't get too
- attached to money- many catastrophes could happen- devaluations (e.g. many
- Russians saved 10 years of income in rubles which deflated by 500x past
- two years), you could lose a lawsuit, you or family could have a serious
- illness. Life is life and has unpredictibilities. But if one does not
- save at all, they will certainly only have SS to live on.
-