What will it taketo retire?

Retirement planning in plain language

Retirement isn't one number. It's five connected questions.

Build the life you want to fund, test whether your portfolio can support it, and understand which tradeoffs actually change the result.

Educational planning tool—not professional advice. Results are hypothetical and may be incomplete or wrong. You remain responsible for every decision. Read the important terms.

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Your retirement planOne life. Several levers.
A

Define the lifeTiming, expenses, income, goals

B

Test the portfolioMany possible market returns and real historical stress

C

Understand the choicesStarting savings, investment mix, timing, flexibility

Not a predictionA clearer decisionChange one assumption. Rerun. Learn what matters.

Today's dollarsResults stay in purchasing power you recognize.

Private by designPlan inputs and calculations stay in this browser.

Several market lensesMany possible market returns and real difficult-market periods.

See the planner in motion

Your retirement plan is a control panel—not one magic number.

Retirement age, expenses, income, starting savings, and investments are connected levers. The planner shows how they work together, then lets you move one lever at a time.

STEP 1 & 2

Describe the retirement you want

36 years
Retire at age60
Plan through age95
Annual expenses$84,000
Active retirement60–69
Slower travel years70–79
Later retirement80–95
01

Start with the retirement you want.Set your retirement years, everyday expenses, future income, and the milestones that make your plan personal.

The conversation this planner is built to support

Begin with the question you actually came to answer.

The planner connects all five, because a portfolio percentage means very little without the lifestyle, timeline, income, and goals behind it.

02Use risk with purpose

How much investment risk is actually useful for my goals?

Compare how different portfolio styles change resilience and long-term growth—without assuming that either the safest or most aggressive mix is automatically better.

03Find the useful lever

If the plan falls short, which change appears most useful?

See whether the gap responds more to additional retirement savings, changes to expenses and incomes, retirement timing, or the mix of investments.

04Understand the tradeoff

What could I change to close the gap?

Test flexible spending, part-time income, a later retirement date, more starting savings, or a different investment mix—one change at a time.

05Challenge the conclusion

Does the same conclusion survive difficult markets?

Test the plan across many possible market returns, then compare it with real historical retirement periods—including some of the hardest times to retire.

A guided six-step planner

From “I wonder” to a plan you can discuss.

01

Describe your retirement

Set the timeline, expenses and incomes, assets, accounts, and important milestones.

02

Test a sensible starting portfolio

See how often the plan funded every year, how much of the portfolio it used, and how it handled difficult markets.

03

Explore one change at a time

Compare starting savings needs, investment styles, spending choices, or retirement timing without losing the original plan.

Your plan starts with your life—not a rule of thumb

What will it take for you to retire?

Most people can complete a useful first pass, then return later to refine the details.

Important—educational tool, not professional advice

For educational and informational purposes only. This tool does not provide individualized financial, investment, tax, accounting, insurance, retirement, estate-planning, or legal advice and does not create an adviser-client, fiduciary, professional, or other relationship. Outputs are hypothetical estimates based on user-provided information and modeling assumptions; they may be incomplete or inaccurate and are not forecasts, promises, or guarantees. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Do not rely on this tool as the sole basis for a decision. Verify all inputs and results and consult independent qualified professionals before acting. You are solely responsible for every decision and action.