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Tool : Why save 15% A simple tool to understand why we should save 15% for retirement. To access the file, clic above for a link to an Excel file without macro. The goal of the tool is to let you understand the impact of savings. It will allow you to model the impact of a higher savings rate, higher salary, of savings later and much more. See at the end for other information to navigate the file. Analysis : Virtually all in finance recommend to save for retirement. Often, we talk about a 10%-15%. But why? Go into the tool above to explore what savings means for you. Conclusion : For a 50 000$ salary, saving 15% starting at age 20 provide 1.3 million at age 60 . Supposing that we need after retirement 70% of salary pre-retirement (due to lesser tax/paid house/no more kid) and the rule of 4%, it should provide a retirement at age 57. This would however not count for governmental pension or taxes. Some parameter in the tool have a multiplying effe...