Welcome to Episode 40 of Retire Me.

A listener asks a question - what is a reasonable savings rate for a person saving for retirement?

I talk about some research from Wade Pfau into something called Safe Savings Rates.

Wade performed this research to figure out what percentage of income a pre-retiree would need to save for 30 years to afford a 50% income replacement rate for a 30 year retirement using worst case historical scenarios.

I discuss the usefulness of the research and its limitations.

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Thanks for listening!

Mark