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FI/RE - Financial Independence / Retire Early, Share your experience
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thesoothsayer
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Dec 1 2019, 07:42 PM
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QUOTE(iqlas @ Nov 30 2019, 10:36 AM) I had been reading and watching alot of personal finance articles/videos lately. Just a question, when people(from usa) said save 20%-30% of your income. If i were to translate to malaysia situation, that means our employer and employee contribution already include in the 20% consideration correct? Because seems like usa 401k/roth ira is an optional rather then mandotary unlike our epf unless of course im misunderstanding of the situation. Well, they expect people without health problems to work up to 65. An extra 10 years of income and 20% savings translates to much more money after retirement. If you were to retire at 55, your EPF may not be enough if you're not a high income earner.
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thesoothsayer
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Dec 1 2019, 10:37 PM
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QUOTE(Dd2318 @ Dec 1 2019, 08:44 PM) My wealthy Mgr tells me... Unless you have million-million in the bank, don't retire. Nothing more depressing than having too much free time, but not enuf passive-replacement income. A better alternative is work, maintain 100% income lifestyle, till u drop dead. I hope to work till 60, 62, 65, 67...whichever later. For me, will probably "retire" from my job at around 50-55 depending on how my investments pan out. Then I'll probably start contributing more to open source code and maybe some freelance consulting and lecturing. I'll be free from working to have a comfortable lifestyle to doing whatever pleases me.
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