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By: WealthiHer Blog Network » Blog Archive » Carnival of Personal Finance at BankerGirl

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:22:14 +0000

[...] Fisted Miser – How Much Should You Save for Retirement? My answer to this question: as much as you possibly [...]

By: Weekly Roundup- Insomnia Edition : Tight Fisted Miser

Weekly Roundup- Insomnia Edition : Tight Fisted Miser — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:18:10 +0000

[...] The Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted by BankerGirl this week and included my post “How Much Should You Save for Retirement?” [...]

By: My Plan to Retire at 50 : Tight Fisted Miser

My Plan to Retire at 50 : Tight Fisted Miser — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:34:51 +0000

[...] from the response I got to my post “How Much Should You Save for Retirement?“, people are really interested in the subject of my retirement. In that post I mentioned my [...]

By: Frugal Babe » Archive » Welcome To The 142nd Festival Of Frugality

Frugal Babe » Archive » Welcome To The 142nd Festival Of Frugality — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:06:07 +0000

[...] from Tight Fisted Miser ponders the question of how much you should save for retirement. His time frame is shorter than most (he’s 41 and wants to retire by 50), but his savings [...]

By: Slinky

Slinky — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:29:21 +0000

I’m currently saving in that 10-15% range…but I’m only 24. I’m also only counting on having money for standard retirement age(65) on. In about 5 years after purchasing a house, I’ll begin saving for early retirement.

By: Tight Fisted Miser

Tight Fisted Miser — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:08:52 +0000

DGI- You have a good point. I probably shouldn’t have returned to school. At this point I feel like I should finish it though. I hope to not have another job when I retire but I plant to still make money outside of a job like I do now.

By: Dividend Growth Investor

Dividend Growth Investor — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:06:16 +0000

Of course retirement at 50 does not mean never working again. If you do plan to retire in 9 years however, why are you in school? You will have less than 8 years when you find a job related to your field of study to save money..

By: Zombie Money

Zombie Money — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:19:52 +0000

I’m still debating if I want to sacrifice a lot and retire early at 40-50 or have some fun and retire in late 50s. I’m swinging to the latter right now.

By: Early Retirement Extreme

Early Retirement Extreme — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:14:21 +0000

I still think that savings relative to expense level is the best way to measure savings rate e.g. someone making 100k might spend 90k. That’s 10% relative to expense but almost 100% relative to poverty level. However, I think it would be very challenging to someone used to a 90k consumption level to scale down to 10k because someone who spends that much are just not very good at handling money efficiently.

By: Tight Fisted Miser

Tight Fisted Miser — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:28:08 +0000

Kelly- I kinda have to save a big percentage of my income since I started so late and have a small income. I’m going to write more about my retirement plans this week.