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6.4 Savings & Retirement Plans

6.4 Savings & Retirement Plans
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  • 15. Retirement Plan

    You retire at age 67. Your 401(k) retirement plan has a balance of $1 million and compounds interest monthly. (See Example 5.)

    The account earns 6%, and you want an income of $75,000 a year.

    1. How much have you withdrawn in total from your account after 10 years?
    2. How much interest has the account earned after 10 years?
    3. After 10 years, what is the balance in your account?

    • Worked-Out Solution

      Enter the information into a spreadsheet.

      1. From the spreadsheet, you can see that you withdrew $750,000 during the 10 years.
      2. From the spreadsheet, you can see that your account has earned $540,029.59 in interest during the 10 years.
      3. From the spreadsheet, you can see that the balance in your account is $790,029.59.
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  • 16. Retirement Plan

    You retire at age 67. Your 401(k) retirement plan has a balance of $1 million and compounds interest monthly. (See Example 5.)

    The account earns 8%, and you want an income of $90,000 a year.

    1. How much have you withdrawn in total from your account after 20 years?
    2. How much interest has the account earned after 20 years?
    3. After 20 years, what is the balance in your account?

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  • 17. Retirement Plan

    You retire at age 67. Your 401(k) retirement plan has a balance of $1 million and compounds interest monthly. (See Example 5.)

    The account earns 5%. How many years can the account support withdrawals of $60,000 a year?

    • Worked-Out Solution

      This question is best answered with a spreadsheet. By entering the information into a spreadsheet, you can see that you can continue to withdraw $60,000 a year from the account for 426 months or 35.5 years.

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  • 18. Retirement Plan

    You retire at age 67. Your 401(k) retirement plan has a balance of $1 million and compounds interest monthly. (See Example 5.)

    The account earns 5%. How many years can the account support withdrawals of $85,000 a year?

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  • 19. Defined Benefit Plan

    You are 55 years old and you have worked for a government municipality for 30 years. Your defined benefit retirement plan will pay you 2% of your average income for the last 3 years for each year you have worked. Your average annual income during the past 3 years is $72,000. Suppose you live to age 85.

    Your salary will increase by 1% each year. At what age should you retire to receive the greatest retirement income? (See Example 6.)

    • Worked-Out Solution

      Use a spreadsheet to analyze the possibilities.

      With the given assumptions, you will earn the greatest retirement earnings by waiting until age 59.

      Be sure you see that this answer is considering only one variable ... "How can I obtain the greatest retirement earnings?" The answer is based on things you don't know.

      • Living to the age of 85.
      • Getting only a 1% increase in salary each year.

      More than this, there are many other things that should be considered in deciding when to retire.

      • Your income will be less.
      • You might be happier working than not working.
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  • 20. Defined Benefit Plan

    You are 55 years old and you have worked for a government municipality for 30 years. Your defined benefit retirement plan will pay you 2% of your average income for the last 3 years for each year you have worked. Your average annual income during the past 3 years is $72,000. Suppose you live to age 85.

    Your salary will increase by 3% each year. At what age should you retire to receive the greatest retirement income? (See Example 6.)

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