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Originally posted by: Legend
Starting at what age? What company matching? What kind of portfolio? Fund fees? Salary?
These all make all the different in how much is needed to put in.
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
15-18% of what into your 401k?
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
Just max out your 401k to the limit ($15500 for 2007). End of discussion.
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: Legend
Starting at what age? What company matching? What kind of portfolio? Fund fees? Salary?
These all make all the different in how much is needed to put in.
Actually, the most important thing really is how long you plan to live and at what quality of life you want to live at.
Originally posted by: FreshPrince
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
15-18% of what into your 401k?
of your salary
another number they threw out is that your retiring portfolio should be 8-9 times your final salary.
Originally posted by: pyonir
I've come to accept the fact that i will never be able to actually "retire". You should too. I'm 28...still live paycheck to paycheck and have very little 401k. I consider myself at middle age right now...and never plan to actually retire.
Originally posted by: FreshPrince
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
Just max out your 401k to the limit ($15500 for 2007). End of discussion.
that's assuming you make 100K+...
Originally posted by: pyonir
I've come to accept the fact that i will never be able to actually "retire". You should too. I'm 28...still live paycheck to paycheck and have very little 401k. I consider myself at middle age right now...and never plan to actually retire.
Originally posted by: pyonir
I've come to accept the fact that i will never be able to actually "retire". You should too. I'm 28...still live paycheck to paycheck and have very little 401k. I consider myself at middle age right now...and never plan to actually retire.
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Originally posted by: pyonir
I've come to accept the fact that i will never be able to actually "retire". You should too. I'm 28...still live paycheck to paycheck and have very little 401k. I consider myself at middle age right now...and never plan to actually retire.
More like your job doesn't pay well or you live outside your means. I'm 22 and I already have a 6 month emergency fund built up. I put 10% and get 4% matching into my 401K plus also have some other sort of pension fun that I don't know the specifics of.
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
Just max out your 401k to the limit ($15500 for 2007). End of discussion.
Originally posted by: JEDI
Originally posted by: FreshPrince
holy crap! I'm no where near that.... :shocked:
here a good website they quoted: link
what's pba?
Originally posted by: Naustica
Originally posted by: pyonir
I've come to accept the fact that i will never be able to actually "retire". You should too. I'm 28...still live paycheck to paycheck and have very little 401k. I consider myself at middle age right now...and never plan to actually retire.
Join the club. I plan on working til my death. Not out of necessity but of choice.
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
Originally posted by: FreshPrince
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
15-18% of what into your 401k?
of your salary
another number they threw out is that your retiring portfolio should be 8-9 times your final salary.
That 15-18% number is meaningless. Just max out the 401k and don't worry about these calculations. There is obviously no benefit to not maxing it out.
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
Originally posted by: Naustica
Originally posted by: pyonir
I've come to accept the fact that i will never be able to actually "retire". You should too. I'm 28...still live paycheck to paycheck and have very little 401k. I consider myself at middle age right now...and never plan to actually retire.
Join the club. I plan on working til my death. Not out of necessity but of choice.
I've been thinking about that myself. I don't know what job I could possibly be good at when I'm in my 60s.
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
Originally posted by: Naustica
Originally posted by: pyonir
I've come to accept the fact that i will never be able to actually "retire". You should too. I'm 28...still live paycheck to paycheck and have very little 401k. I consider myself at middle age right now...and never plan to actually retire.
Join the club. I plan on working til my death. Not out of necessity but of choice.
I've been thinking about that myself. I don't know what job I could possibly be good at when I'm in my 60s.
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
Originally posted by: FreshPrince
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
15-18% of what into your 401k?
of your salary
another number they threw out is that your retiring portfolio should be 8-9 times your final salary.
That 15-18% number is meaningless. Just max out the 401k and don't worry about these calculations. There is obviously no benefit to not maxing it out.
The benefit is that some people need that money to live now. Not everyone can pump 15k into their 401k.
Also, why would you put more than what the company matches into 401k? Aren't there better investments?
Originally posted by: shuttleboi
Just max out your 401k to the limit ($15500 for 2007). End of discussion.