Originally Posted By: wew3006
Originally Posted By: Recurve
Originally Posted By: wew3006
Originally Posted By: joshm28
Originally Posted By: Gobl4me
Being 31 years old...... retirement seems about impossible. I'd really like to not work past 58-60 years. I figure you'd need 5-6 million saved. My financial adviser did the math. I gotta put some $$$$ back fast


Interest of $6 million, at 5%, would be roughly $300k/year. I believe I could live off a little less per year than that.


And; where are you getting 5% interest; I need to know.


My mutual funds have averaged 8% over the last 10 years.


Understood, but that's not "interest". Those are investments; we have been on the greatest run in history since 03/09 when the S&P 500 bottomed at 683 and closed yesterday at 2465. I have also enjoyed nice returns(for instance,bought Apple at the bottom) during that period; but can't expect it to continue.
Plan to buy some nice dividend yielding stocks on next pullback for retirement income.


Yes it is. Interest earned by a fund's asset is paid by dividends. You’re right, it won’t continue. But, that 8% is including the recession for my investments and I came out on the other side looking good. That’s why mutual funds are 5-10 year investments. I don’t buy and sell frequently. I buy and hold for actually 10 years or more.


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