investment insights

Learn how to manage your money with confidence and work towards your ideal retirement.

What I learnt about investing for retirement over the years

1) Start investing early. The earlier you start, the lesser you need to invest as you can take advantage of compounded interests (i.e. earn interest on your interest)

2) How to calculate how much you need for retirement. Using today’s price, calculate your expenses in a year. Take this number and divide it by 0.03 or 3% to arrive at the amount you will need for retirement.

For e.g. if you need $50k/year at today’s price. you will need $50k/0.03 = $1.66million to retire. This amount is relatively accurate if you are planning to retire in the next 10 – 15 years. If it is longer, you will need more to retire.

3) You should continue to invest even after retirement. If you can consistently grow your money at 6% a year, your portfolio will continue to grow even as you draw down for retirement. This will help you hedge against inflation and it is very likely you will have a substantial portfolio to pass on to your children eventually.