You believe you will need to have saved $550,000 by the time you retire in 30 years in order to live comfortably. If the interest rate is 5% per year, how much must you save each year to meet your retirement goal?

You believe you will need to have saved $550,000 by the time you retire in 30 years in order to live comfortably. If the interest rate is 5% per year, how much must you save each year to meet your retirement goal?

Explanation
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Compute the annual savings needed to accumulate the desired retirement savings:

FV	=	C × {[(1 + r)t – 1] / r}
$550,000	=	C × [(1.0530 – 1) / .05]
C	=	$8,278.29

Calculator computations:

Enter

30

5

–550,000

N

I/Y

PV

PMT

FV

Solve for

8,278.29