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Old Yesterday, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by kingofbeer View Post
Leave Ameriprise due to higher fees. Fidelity is a good choice. Ideally you would have well over 1 million in savings plus 401k. I don't see enough money in your 401k of $276,748 for retirement. I would suggest to keep on working until at least 62 and contribute to your 401k and roth to build up your retirement savings.
Thank you for the response.

I know my finances well. And I know I don’t need to live like most people do here. I’ll never understand needing 7,000 or 10,000 a month. $4000/month is enough to support both my wife and I fully. We are going back to the basics. Simple life. 1.0 to 1.25 million plus to bridge until SS will be way more than enough.

I don’t care about preserving wealth and passing on an inheritance. I didn’t kill myself working to make my kid’s retirements easier.

I also know I have one life to live and I hate working.

I know I’m going back to growing my veggies and splitting my wood and shooting my own meat sources in the woods. I know I’ll be more satisfied and healthier. I know that doesn’t require fancy cars and fancy cruises and eating out at restaurants and big houses with high insurance rates and high tax rates.

A modest 7% yearly average growth on the money I currently have plus the 50-60K per year I’m saving every year for the next 7 years will easily reach that number. If the market tanks and my plans have to shift, I’ll deal with that scenario then. But the plan is, punch out in 2467 days for the last time.

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