2491: Silly and Misleading Retirement Calculators by Mr Money Mustache on Percentage of Income Formulas

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice
Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice
Episode • Oct 22, 2023 • 10m

Mr. Money Mustache talks about silly and misleading retirement calculators.

Episode 2491: Silly and Misleading Retirement Calculators by Mr Money Mustache on Percentage of Income Formulas

Mr. Money Mustache is a thirty-something retiree who now writes about how we can all live a frugal, yet awesome, life of leisure.

He and his wife studied engineering and computer science in Canada, then worked in standard tech-industry cubicle jobs in various locations throughout the late ’90s and early 2000s.

Then they retired from real work way back in 2005 in order to start a family. This was achieved not through luck or amazing skill, but simply by living a lifestyle about 50% less expensive than most of their peers and investing the surplus in very boring conservative Vanguard index funds and a rental house or two.

The original post is located here: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/04/21/silly-and-misleading-retirement-calculators/

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