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Jack has just turned 40 years old. He has currently accumulated $45,000 toward h

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Question

Jack has just turned 40 years old. He has currently accumulated $45,000 toward his planned retirement at age 60. He wants to accumulate enough money over the next 20 years to provide for a 25-year retirement annuity of $135,000 at the beginning of each year, starting with his 60th birthday. He plans to save $18,000 at the end of each year for the next 10 years. What equal amount must be saved at the end of years 11 through 20 to meet this objective. The interest rate for the first 10 years will be 3%. After that time, the interest rate is expected to be 7%.

Explanation / Answer

nest egg required at retirement:

FV = 0, PMT = 135,000, rate = 7%, N = 25

use PV function in Excel with type as 1

value of nest egg = 1,683,360.09

value of investment in 10 years from now

PV = 45,000, N = 10, rate = 3%, PMT = 18,000

use FV function in Excel

value in 10 years = 266,826.06

PV = 266,826.06, FV = -1,683,360.09, rate = 7%, N = 10

use PMT function in Excel

amount to be saved from 11 to 20 = 83,847.37