PFIN 7:STUDENT EDITION-TEXT
PFIN 7:STUDENT EDITION-TEXT
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780357033616
Author: Billingsley
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 14, Problem 3FPE
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To calculate: The annual savings

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to help George and Jude Sullivan determine how much they need to retire early in about 20 years. Both have promising careers, and both make good money.  As a result, they’re willing to put aside whatever is necessary to achieve a comfortable lifestyle in retirement. Their current level of household expenditures (excluding savings) is around $75,000 a year, and they expect to spend even more in retirement; they think they’ll need about 125 percent of that amount. (Note: 125 percent equals a multiplier factor of 1.25.)  They estimate that their Social Security benefits will amount to $20,000 a year in today’s dollars and that they’ll receive another $35,000 annually from their company pension plans.  George and Jude feel that future inflation will amount to about 3 percent a year, and they think they’ll be able to earn about 6 percent on their investments before retirement and about 4 percent afterward. Find out how big their investment nest egg will have to be and how much they’ll have…
Determine how much George and Jude Sullivan need to retire early in about 20 years. Both have promising careers, and both make good money.  As a result, they’re willing to put aside whatever is necessary to achieve a comfortable lifestyle in retirement. Their current level of household expenditures (excluding savings) is around $75,000 a year, and they expect to spend even more in retirement; they think they’ll need about 125 percent of that amount. (Note: 125 percent equals a multiplier factor of 1.25.)  They estimate that their Social Security benefits will amount to $20,000 a year in today’s dollars and that they’ll receive another $35,000 annually from their company pension plans.  George and Jude feel that future inflation will amount to about 3 percent a year, and they think they’ll be able to earn about 6 percent on their investments before retirement and about 4 percent afterward. Find out how big their investment nest egg will have to be and how much they’ll have to save…
Your parents will retire in 18 years. They currently have $250,000 saved, and they think they will need $1,000,000 at retirement. What annual intrest rate must they earn to reach their goal, assuming they don't save any additional funds?
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