A couple will retire in 40 years; they plan to spend about $27,000 a year in retirement, which should last about 20 years. They believe that they can earn 7% interest on retirement savings. a. If they make annual payments into a savings plan, how much will they need to save each year? Assume the first payment comes in 1 year.  b. How would the answer to part (a) change if the couple also realize that in 15 years they will need to spend $57,000 on their child’s college education?

You want to be able to withdraw $25,000 from your account each year for 30 years after you retire. You expect to retire in 20 years. If your account earns 8% interest, how much will you need to deposit each year until retirement to achieve your retirement goals?

A couple is saving for retirement with three different accounts. The table below shows the current balances in their accounts, along with their yearly contribution, and the yearly return on each account. The couple will retire in 22.00 years and pool the money into a savings account that pays 4.00% APR. They plan on living for 27.00 more years and making their yearly withdrawals at the beginning of the year. What will be their yearly withdrawal? Yearly Contribution Account Fidelity Mutual Fund Vanguard Mutual Fund Employer 401k Balance $24,316.00 $184,560.00 $304,945.00 $1,000.00 $10,000.00 $15,000.00 APR 6.00% 8.00% 6.00%

A couple wants to retire in 35 years and can save $400 every month. They plan to deposit the money at the end of each month into an account paying 3.55% compounded monthly. How much will they have at the end of the 35 years? Give your answer to the nearest dollar.

Monica has decided that she wants to build enough retirement wealth, if invested at 10 percent per year, to provide her with $4,000 c monthly income for 20 years. To date, she has saved nothing, but she still has 25 years until she retires. How much money does she need to contribute per month to reach her goal? First compute how much money she will need at retirement, then compute the monthly contribution to reach that goal. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. Contribution per month

You are saving for retirement. To live comfortably, you decide you will need to save $1 million by the time you are 65. Today is your 22nd birthday, and you decide, starting today and continuing on every birthday up to and including your 65th birthday, that you will put the same amount into a savings account. If the interest rate is 4%, how much must you set aside each year to make sure that you will have $1 million in the account on your 65th birthday?

Shelly Franks is planning for her retirement, so she is setting up a payout annuity with her bank. She is now 25 years old, and she will retire when she is 65. She wants to receive annual payouts for twenty years, and she wants those payouts to receive an annual COLA of 2.8%. (a) She wants her first payout to have the same purchasing power as does $14000 today. How big should that payout be if she assumes inflation of 2.8% per year? (b) How much money must she deposit when she is 65 if her money earns 8.1% interest per year? (c) How large a monthly payment must she make if she saves for her payout annuity with an ordinary annuity? (The two annuities pay the same interest rate.) (d) How large a monthly payment would she make if she waits until she is 30 before starting her ordinary annuity?

C. Fred is planning on retiring this year. How much must his retirement account have in it this year in order to make a $40,000 payment each year for the next 30 years to meet his needs assuming that the appropriate interest rate is 8%?*

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