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How much retirement savings is enough?

Report shows sizable disconnect between expectations, reality

By Inman News Feed

Add Comment | Comments: 0 | Posted Feb. 17, 2011

For all the age groups surveyed, $300,000 was the median amount predicted to be needed for a proper retirement nest egg. However, the median savings of these respondents was only $20,000. They also expected to spend 10 percent of their retirement nest egg annually. Standard industry recommendations call for annual withdraws in the 4 percent range.

That's a huge gap to bridge. How could there possibly be enough time to save $280,000 when only $20,000 has been stashed so far?

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