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My retirement planning diary (Part 4): Crunching the numbers

Read part 1, part 2 and part 3 of Barbara’s retirement diary.

Last month, I finetuned my expected retirement spending. Now I’m ready to test drive some retirement calculators to work out how much annual income I’m likely to generate from my projected super balance and how long my super should last.

If the results match my target retirement income, all good. If not, I’ve got decisions to make and I will have to look at my options.

Test driving retirement income calculators

First up, I try my own super fund’s retirement income calculator.

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