Retirement in Sight – June 2018
When It Comes to Retirement Savings, How Much Is Enough? While it is hard for any pre-retiree to determine an exact answer to that question, it seems some are just stumped. A Bankrate survey just asked working-age Americans how much they should save to have a comfortable retirement, and the most common answer (61%) was “Don’t know.” The average estimate of those 39% who ventured a guess was $650,000. One average, members of Generation X felt they would need $1 million, while baby boomers and those age 73 and older most frequently said $500,000. Just 16% of the pre-retirees surveyed