TIME VALUE OF MONEY AND RETIREMENT FUNDING
1. Starting with your current situation, what must you do to ensure an annual retirement income of $75,000 starting at age 65? Make sure that you submit time value of money calculations that support the conclusions (this can be done by either using the Excel retirement calculators that are provided, online retirement calculators, or develop you own Excel solution).
2. Do you think that there is a “retirement problem” in the US, meaning that individuals and families are not saving enough for retirement? What three original pieces of evidence support your observations and conclusions (journal articles, studies, special reports, etc.)?
3. Explain how inflation will affect your estimates (include appropriate calculations, too)?