Question

You are trying to decide how much to save for retirement. Assume you plan to save $ 5,500 per year with the first investment made one year from now. You think you can earn 12.0​% per year on your investments and you plan to retire in 38 ​years, immediately after making your last 5,500 investment.

a. How much will you have in your retirement account on the day you​ retire?

b.​ If, instead of investing $5,500 per​ year, you wanted to make one​ lump-sum investment today for your retirement that will result in the same retirement​ saving, how much would that lump sum need to​ be?

c. If you hope to live for 20 years in​ retirement, how much can you withdraw every year in retirement​ (starting one year after​ retirement) so that you will just exhaust your savings with the 20th withdrawal​ (assume your savings will continue to earn 12.0​% in​ retirement)?

d.​ If, instead, you decide to withdraw $671,000 per year in retirement​ (again with the first withdrawal one year after​ retiring), how many years will it take until you exhaust your​ savings?

e. Assuming the most you can afford to save is $1,100 per​ year, but you want to retire with $1,000,000 in your investment​ account, how high of a return do you need to earn on your​ investments?

Answer 1