Retire Planwhat you pass on
Most family money starts at a kitchen table with one pay stub.
The first-job plan: $60,000 at 22, 6% into the 401K with a 3% match. At 65 it is $839K in today's dollars, from ordinary paychecks and nothing else.
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Open the planner Type in one paycheck. About three minutes, in the browser.
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Retire Plan
Type in one paycheck and it runs your plan through every year of market history since 1871, with the taxes worked out. About three minutes, in the browser.
Open itSources: The first-job plan: $60,000 at 22 with 3% raises, 6% into a 401K with a 3% match, 5% real return, 2026 dollars, expected path..