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A comment on Ask HN: What was your worst personal financial mistake?.

Re:Ask HN: What was your worst personal financial mistake? by quietthrow on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @11:34PM (#18804203)
Not starting retirement savings till I was 41

Ps I just started this year. Would like to see how I can understand what I have lost so far and what would I need to do to “make up”

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Re:Ask HN: What was your worst personal financial mistake? by sergiotapia on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @03:40AM (#18804970)
https://www.daveramsey.com/smartvestor/investment-calculator
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Re:Ask HN: What was your worst personal financial mistake? by knopkop_ on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @11:28AM (#18807334)
It may be different where you live, in the UK it's often suggested that when you start out with a pension you should save minimum half your age as a percentage of your income until you retire. I.e. if you start at 41 then you should put 20.5% into your pension.
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Re:Ask HN: What was your worst personal financial mistake? by tudelo on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @09:31AM (#18806347)
I would recommend playing around with https://www.firecalc.com/ as it seems to be a pretty customizable calculator.
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