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All that and more on this week's episode of Motleyful Answers. So, bro, what's up?

Well, every once in a while, you may read about or hear about, including on this very podcast,

guidelines about how much you should have saved for retirement at this point in your life.

And they're generally expressed as a multiple of your household income.

But of course, these are just general guidelines, right?

And there are many variables that will determine how much you, dear answers, listener, need to be saving to retire how and when you want. So in this

What's Up Bro or Wub, as we call it behind the scenes, I'm going to highlight two of those variables,

the age you retire and your income. So let's talk about perhaps the best known guidelines. They came

from Fidelity. You could find them just do an online search for a report called How Much Do I

Need to Retire and you'll find them. But just so we review them very quickly here. According to Fidelity,

if you're 30, you should have one times your household

income already safe. So if you make $50,000, you should have $50,000 in your 401ks and

IRAs. Age 40, you should have three times your household income, six times at age 50, eight

times at 60, and 10 times at age 67. So the guidelines that you often read about or hear about from Fidelity, they assume you

are going to retire at age 67.

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