• JayTreeman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    This is such bs. Assuming an annual return of 7% (historical average) $2 000 000 would get you $140 000. I don’t know about anyone else here, but I live on far less than $140 000/year. If your bare bones living expenses were $36 000 that would mean you’d need $514 285.71. There’s investment strategies that pay out far more than 7% as well. I don’t understand this fear mongering. Getting more people investing would probably get BlackRock a lot more money than telling people that there’s no hope and you’ll die poor

    • GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      The calculation is 4% withdrawals annual to historically have a 99% chance of not running out of money in 30 years which is still 80k every year adjusted for inflation

      3.5% withdrawals gets you to infinite retirement based on historical data

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        2 months ago

        $80k/yr when most of these people own a home is kinda crazy to me. However, assisted living is like $6-$10k/month.

        My personal investment strategy is to raise kids that won’t put me in one

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      They can, and are, working both angles simultaneously. You get the fearful people into the market with one spiel and the optimistic people into the market with another.