Savings for Retirement
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How much do I need in savings for retirement?
Answers:
- 15 to 16 times your last year of income according to Hewitt Associates.
- 10 to 14 times gross income according to TIAA-CREF
America's Savings Gap
Typical retirement savings in the U.S. is $29K, an amount that would yield about $190 per month according to a Wells Fargo study.
Aggregate gap as a country is $6.6 trillion according to Retirement USA.
How many Americans are trapped in this savings gap? Here are some answers:
- Nearly half of Americans fear they will suffer this gap according to the Gallup Poll.
- Boston College Center for Retirement Research says 60% of Americans are at risk of insufficient savings for retirement.
- Fewer than 2/3 of American workers are even saving for retirement according to the Employee Benefits Research Institute.
- The Government Accountability Office predicts that 37% of Americans born in 1990 will enter retirement with no savings at all.
- Twenty percent of those surveyed by Charles Schwab say they are saving nothing for retirement.
- Half of those queried in a MetLife survey fear their savings will be depleted early on in retirement.
- A majority of respondents to a Wells Fargo survey report their expectations for retirement have dwindled.
What Factors Affect Savings for Retirement?
- The brain
- Market predictions
- Tax increases
- Gender
- Age
- Debt
- Immediate financial needs
- Paralysis of choice
- The need for instant gratification from money
- The need to pay off debt
Mental accounting can help people increase their savings for retirement as well as balance risk from those savings.
Savings Events
Special events often promote savings for retirement. Two such occasions are America Saves Week and National Save for Retirement Week.
Positive Notes
Here are three positive notes:
Both Vanguard and MassMutual show portfolio holders calmer and better positioned about retirement than a couple of years ago.
T. Rowe Price contends a 55 year-old with no investments can have $400K in tax-deferred savings before the age of 65.
Personal financial planners suggest five investments to help one catch up:
- Immediate annuities
- Individual bonds
- Reverse mortgages
- Convertible bonds
- Master limited partnerships
Subtopics: How Much Should I Save for Retirement? • America's Savings Gap • How Many Americans Are Deficient? • What Factors Affect Savings? • What Are the Obstacles? • The Psychology of Saving • Mental Accounting • Savings Events • A Positive Note • Starting to Save at Age 55 • Catching Up
Topic: Savings for Retirement
Subtopics: How Much Should I Save for Retirement? • America's Savings Gap • How Many Americans Are Deficient? • What Factors Affect Savings? • What Are the Obstacles? • The Psychology of Saving • Mental Accounting • Savings Events • A Positive Note • Starting to Save at Age 55 • Catching Up
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