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

Barbara DruryBarbara Drury

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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About the author

Barbara Drury
Barbara Drury
Barbara is a financial journalist and author with over 30 years’ experience in Australia and the UK. She is a contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Money section, and has worked for the Australian Financial Review and The Australian. Barbara is the author of Alan Kohler’s Eureka Report Guide to Personal Investing, Sorting Out Your Finances for Dummies and Personal Finance for Dummies and co-author of Investing for Dummies with James Kirby.
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