When savings can replace your income.
A worked example
Starting figures
- Current pot
- $180,000
- Monthly saving
- $2,200
- Yearly spending
- $44,000
- Return
- 6%
- Withdrawal rate
- 4%
- Current age
- 36
What it returns
- Retirement age
- 43
- Years to go
- 7 yr
- Target pot
- $440,000
- Savings rate needed to halve it
- $4,400
How to read the results
With the defaults above, retirement age works out at 43.