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Old 05-01-2020, 03:51 PM   #143 (permalink)
JSH
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To adjust the math of someone that I am sure is a perfectly nice person, $3,736.06 in Vanguard's VFINX would be worth $63,353.41 in 27 years, but based on my 3% inflation math, we will have 100% inflation by then.
To get inflation adjust numbers you take the investment percentage (In this case 10.53% for VFINX) and subtract your inflation estimate (3%) and plug that new percentage into a compounding interest calculator.

That comes out to $28,126 in inflation adjusted dollars.

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I am curious what my retirement actually gets.
What is it invested in?

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The Accord...

The Civic....
I'll ask again. Why two cars for 1 guy. Twice the insurance and twice the registration fees.


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I will remind you, I will have paid off $13,600 of personal debt on a $36,000 salary.
Which is awesome

That second job is really paying off.
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