Rover13
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Any Idea how to tackle this?
Help is appreciated, thanks!
Ricky is 32, earns $71,000 a year, and wants to retire at 62. His employer currently provides a 401(k)
plan, with no probationary period and a one year vesting provision. The plan allows him to contribute up to 6 percent of his salary with a 25 percent company match. Additional information:
a) Current tax rate - 25 percent.
b) Expected tax rate during retirement - 15 percent.
c) Current personal savings - $42,000. This is a mutual fund to which he contributes $500 per month. His average earnings have been 8 percent.
d) Assume the 401(k) plan would earn a return of 6 percent.
Questions:
1. How much would Ricky have saved at retirement (including all of his investments) if he maximizes his contributions to the 401(k) plan and his employer maintains the match?
2. How would his accumulated savings change if the employer suspended the matching program after 10 years?
3. How much would he need to increase his contributions to his mutual fund to offset the money lost from his employer suspending the matching program?
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Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:06 pm |
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oldguy
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1. The 401k will be $446,000 in 30 yrs if 7.5% of his income is invested.
(It would be $1,176,000 if he invested at 11%/yr).
The $42k Taxable Fund will be $1,096,000 @ 8%/yr & $6000/yr invested.
(It would be $2,150,000 if he invested ar 11%/yr).
2. The 41=01k (w/o matching after Year 10) would be $405,000. (Ie, a $41,000 shortfall).
3. You would need to increase the $6000/yr to $6375/yr to bring the $1,096,000 up to $1,137,000.
As for your tax rates - US Tax Code cannot be predicted, it could be anything 30 yrs from now. (I'm a retired engineer, I've been in more tax brackets in the past 50 yrs than I can count). So it is important to diversify the tax status of your investments. The 3 account-types are after-tax, pre-tax, and taxable. You have 2 out of them 3 covered nicely (the third is the Roth).
Tip. I avoid using 'over-conservative' numbers such as 6% and 8% in my projections - I calculate "most probable outcome" and then add a +/- tolerance to my final answer.. The generic US Market has returned an average of 11%/yr for your lifetime and more - and your 30 year horizon provides time for statistical averaging to occur. So if you are purposely using 6% products, you could be leaving a lot of money on the table.
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Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:47 pm |
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oldguy
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2. I meant 'the 42k'
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Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:50 pm |
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Wino
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But if we adhered to that policy exclusively, Rover13 would have to do his own homework.
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Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:05 pm |
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littleroc02us
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What class are you taking?
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. (Warren Buffet)
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Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:48 pm |
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