At age 60
1 MIL... 3MIL..5 MIL..10 MIL USD?
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@Master_Blaster
It depends:
Those factors will determine your monthly Net. Do you feel comfortable with that Net living in Country ___?
$1M US could be good if all your loans are paid off especially owning your house.
@Master_Blaster
A “good” net worth for retirement depends less on a magic number and more on what your money has to do for you: cover your yearly spending, for how long, with what safety margin (and whether you’ll have pensions, or part-time income).
A practical rule of thumb (the one most people use)
Estimate your annual spending in retirement (after taxes, and after any guaranteed income), then use a safe withdrawal rate:
4% rule (classic starting point):
Net worth needed (investable) ≈ 25* × annual spending
More conservative (3–3.5%):
≈ 29–33 × annual spending
(*Trinity Study)
Example:
If you want $60,000/year from your portfolio:
At 4%: $60k × 25 = $1.5M
At 3.5%: $60k × 28.6 ≈ $1.7M
When people ask about net worth, they often include home equity, but you can’t easily spend your kitchen cabinets.
A “good” retirement net worth might be, for example:
$1.8M total net worth, but only $1.3M investable, and that’s the number that really drives income.
Sarge