How the hell are we supposed to retire?

@Patrick What stock options do I pick to have enough to buy an island in the next few years? J/k.

Any opinions on these T Rowe or similar 'retirement' plans? My company matches 80% so I've been dumping. A good percentage is in this 2055 plan which starts you with riskier/stock options, and over time moves more towards safer/bond investments depending on your plan retirement year.
 
The biggest issue i see is that younger people think they have "time" to start savings, and little (if any) extra money to actually save.
so it isn't worth starting - when it is really the "time" that is the more valuable item than the money!

My 16yo is going to have reportable income this year of $600. I'll start a ROTH ira for him with a 50 year horizon.
if the laws don't change, and the earth doesn't fall off its axis, it should be worth around $30,000 tax free by then.
if the earth does fall off its axis, he'd be better off with fuel and ammo.....mostly ammo.
 
Magic said:
@Patrick What stock options do I pick to have enough to buy an island in the next few years? J/k.

Any opinions on these T Rowe or similar 'retirement' plans? My company matches 80% so I've been dumping. A good percentage is in this 2055 plan which starts you with riskier/stock options, and over time moves more towards safer/bond investments depending on your plan retirement year.
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Looks good to me. 85% stock for a young guy is fine. Put in as much as you can and forget about it. Don't drive yourself crazy looking at short-term ups and especially downs.
 
Magic said:
@Patrick What stock options do I pick to have enough to buy an island in the next few years? J/k.

Any opinions on these T Rowe or similar 'retirement' plans? My company matches 80% so I've been dumping. A good percentage is in this 2055 plan which starts you with riskier/stock options, and over time moves more towards safer/bond investments depending on your plan retirement year.
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1. does your co match in company stock? or $$$?
- if it matches in stock, keep it to approx 5% of the total plan by re-balancing every 6 months or so. they get reports, so you want to be "in" - but not at risk.

2. ret. year target plans are fine - i'd think the fees outweigh the benefits of a total market, or index fund, but i've not done any analysis.
If a fund manager could consistently out-gain the market, they'd be a rockstar. I think what these do best is protect the $$$ as retirement approaches.
At that point the principal is high, and a 5% safe return is acceptable. Somewhere in here i mentioned that i don't do bond funds - instead i do income funds.
they can take a principal hit, but keep paying....

3. i have an island for you, but i'll need a deposit. 😀
 
Patrick said:
1. does your co match in company stock? or $$$?
- if it matches in stock, keep it to approx 5% of the total plan by re-balancing every 6 months or so. they get reports, so you want to be "in" - but not at risk.

2. ret. year target plans are fine - i'd think the fees outweigh the benefits of a total market, or index fund, but i've not done any analysis.
If a fund manager could consistently out-gain the market, they'd be a rockstar. I think what these do best is protect the $$$ as retirement approaches.
At that point the principal is high, and a 5% safe return is acceptable. Somewhere in here i mentioned that i don't do bond funds - instead i do income funds.
they can take a principal hit, but keep paying....

3. i have an island for you, but i'll need a deposit. 😀
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1. $$$$$$

2. I'm so good at not knowing what I'm doing that I don't know what the fees are, but had some good growth this year. Only 4% YTD now after the recent developments. Time to pull it all out to buy a used 911 and some bicycles.

3. Joking on island. Islands are for hermits. Do you have a Mclaren F1 sitting around?
 
Magic said:
1. $$$$$$

2. I'm so good at not knowing what I'm doing that I don't know what the fees are, but had some good growth this year. Only 4% YTD now after the recent developments. Time to pull it all out to buy a used 911 and some bicycles.

3. Joking on island. Islands are for hermits. Do you have a Mclaren F1 sitting around?
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1. ?
2. ignore ytd returns. but you know this.
3. i can re-badge the Metro and add some brake cooling intakes/tubes. hope you don't mind the cabriolet configuration. gull wing wasn't available.



BTW: good job at getting in there - keep putting it away. think of the slight downturn as your current investment buying the funds on-the-cheap.....
 
Patrick said:
The biggest issue i see is that younger people think they have "time" to start savings, and little (if any) extra money to actually save.
so it isn't worth starting - when it is really the "time" that is the more valuable item than the money!

My 16yo is going to have reportable income this year of $600. I'll start a ROTH ira for him with a 50 year horizon.
if the laws don't change, and the earth doesn't fall off its axis, it should be worth around $30,000 tax free by then.
if the earth does fall off its axis, he'd be better off with fuel and ammo.....mostly ammo.
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Just saw this Pat. Your son is richer than you are. He is a time billionaire!

My father did the same thing for me and at 18 explained to me in detail the relationship of time and money. He started by eliminating any thinking I had of a Black Swan event like hitting the lottery, lol. By 23 I was out of school and spreading my wings. He reminded me weekly that I had no idea what I money was about. There was a period there were we couldn't see eye to eye. I was earning the money and he was influencing me on how to handle it. I thank him often for enduring the verbal lashings and even one time I threatened to kick his ass (young and dumb). I can only repay that lesson by paying it forward to my kids. That's one reason why I don't buy new bikes every other year. I feel I'm giving in and weak if I do buy something impulsively.

My wife, who was my gf at the time, came to me bragging about what she saved at store on store discounts. I told her I spent zero so I was the biggest saver. She got it right away.
 
w_b said:
this assumes you don't have it in CL stock.... pffft
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Did I outline it above? I'm in 3 funds - well 4, cause i like one of the managers, but his is just a play on us total market.

1. Total international market - returned 22% last year. VTIAX
2. Total US Market - returned 30% last year. VTSAX
3. High Yield fund (rather than bond fund). returns about 5% with consistent monthly reinvestment. VWEAX
secret 4th fund is VWUAX

ratio is something like 1:4:2 -

the only individual stock i have is BRK-B - again, betting on the individual, and the company is a conglomerate -

Last real stock i had was cisco, avg cost probably around $2, rode it up to $90, and all the way back down to $20.
Should pay attention..now i don't have to.

I'm going to guess the market is going to pull a 20% correction one of these days, then hang out for a bit, then start back up slowly.
seems way overheated, but that shouldn't stop people from getting in - ya can't time it.

Save! Save! Save! - like your future depends upon it.

if you feel that you are conservative, or the timing is bad, just go heavy bonds, and some in total us & total intl. say ratio like 3:2:1
then re-balance after some "event"

i don't do options or futures. If you find yourself in a start-up, with certain restrictions and they go public, you might be able to purchase PUTS
far enough out after a restriction expires. kinda protect the downside.
 
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