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#132 Making Money Simple & Smart - Nick Maggiulli on blogging into a new career, writing for smart people, building relationships in the finance world, the lifestyle creep myth, dying with too much money, and money emotions

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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How Do You Calculate Social Security?

I found that I had already fully qualified for Social Security by working 40 quarters. If I just break even, never invest any additional money for the next 30 years and then project a conservative 4% annual market return, I would essentially have $5,000 a month for retirement starting at age 67. That was the craziest thing to me because I basically declared in this post, 'I am officially retired' And I think I just got a couple responses back there: You're insane if you think you can actually live on $5,00 a month.

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