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Money Guy Show

How Much Should You Save When You Have a Pension?

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Investing, Education, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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If you have a pension, should you still be saving 25% of your income for retirement? We'll walk you through that question and more in today's Q&A episode! Jump start your journey with our FREE financial resources Reach your goals faster with our products Take the relationship to the next level: become a client Subscribe on YouTube for early access and go beyond the podcast Connect with us on social media for more content Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We're going to move on to Ron's question.

0:09.7

He says, when is a lower interest rate worth paying the premium for a new car versus an

0:15.2

old one?

0:16.4

My wife and I are needing a new car.

0:18.4

And interest rates for used are like 7 to 8% where some deals for new cars have 3%.

0:26.1

Okay, so this one, I'm trying to think about how to answer this well.

0:30.8

Ron, the answer, I mean, it's going to be mathematics, right?

0:32.8

You got to weigh value of a used car versus cost of a used car with interest rate factored

0:40.4

in versus value of a new car versus cost of a new car with a lower interest rate factored

0:46.8

in.

0:47.8

Cars are hard decisions because they kind of suck, right?

0:50.5

They're expensive and they only require maintenance and they become less valuable through

0:56.2

time.

0:57.2

But sometimes buying a new car is just a five.

0:59.6

I know when my wife and I started having children, we said, hey, you know what?

1:04.7

There are some pretty cool safety features out there.

1:06.4

There are some stuff that will keep you inside the lane.

1:09.3

There are some stuff that will let you know if you're getting too close to car and

1:11.5

fruity.

1:12.5

There are some stuff that will let you see 360 degrees around the car.

1:16.6

So those kinds of things are valuable.

1:19.2

And so if you buy a four, five, six-year-old car, you might not have that technology.

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