Preparing interactive calculation engine
Preparing interactive calculation engine
Build a sustainable corpus that ensures you never run out of money in your golden years.
Retirement planning is calculating the capital required to replace your working income and structuring investments to provide a safe, inflation-adjusted withdrawal stream for 30+ years.
With rising life expectancy and medical inflation, retiring without a massive corpus guarantees elder poverty. You can borrow for a house or education, but no one will lend you money for your retirement.
Every working adult. The earlier you start, the less you have to save per month due to the exponential math of compounding.
Calculate your current monthly expenses and project them 20-30 years into the future using 6-7% inflation.
Multiply your projected annual expenses by 25 to 30 (based on the 4% rule).
Add up your current EPF, PPF, and mutual funds earmarked for retirement.
Calculate the shortfall between your projected corpus and your required corpus.
Automate a monthly investment designed specifically to bridge that gap.
Shift from equity to debt starting 5 years before your retirement date.
Why starting at 35 instead of 25 means you have to save 3x as much.
Why ₹50,000/month today will feel like ₹15,000 in 20 years.
Why you should never leave free money on the table.
Understanding Safe Withdrawal Rates based on the Trinity Study.
How to utilize Tier-1 and Tier-2 accounts for tax-efficient retirement.
Why a 100% debt portfolio will fail in a 30-year retirement.
Why retiring right before a market crash can wipe out your portfolio, even if average returns are high.
Dividing your retirement corpus into Immediate Cash, Safe Debt, and Growth Equity.
When it makes sense to trade capital for a lifelong guaranteed pension.
* Scenarios are illustrative and rely on assumed market conditions.
NPS: Extra ₹50k tax deduction (80CCD), highly regulated, very low cost, but rigid (requires mandatory annuity purchase at 60).
Equity MFs: No extra tax benefit, but completely liquid. You have full control over when and how you withdraw.
The total capital amount required to generate your desired monthly income.
A financial product that pays out a fixed stream of payments to an individual, primarily used as an income stream for retirees.
The maximum percentage of your portfolio you can withdraw annually without running out of money before you die.