Retirement Planning: How to Plan for a Retirement

Mansi, a 30-year-old graphic designer, hasn’t started her retirement planning yet. After using Lxme’s eye-opening Retirement Calculator, she realized she needs a whooping 8.84 crores when she retires! She immediately starts an SIP of Rs, 15,922. She recommends the calculator to her 25-year-old sister who needs the same amount at the time of retirement but started with a SIP of 7,877. Why the a difference between Mansi and her sister? 

That’s because of compounding. Hence, the importance of retirement planning, when you start early, you can set aside small amounts because you will have more time for your money to grow.

What is retirement planning?

Retirement planning involves strategically managing finances and investments to ensure a secure and comfortable lifestyle post-employment. It includes assessing future needs, saving, and investing wisely during one’s working years to build a sufficient nest egg, providing financial stability and peace of mind during retirement.

Following are the steps for Retirement Planning:

1. Know when to start:

The best time to start retirement planning is in your 20’s. The earlier you start, the more time you have for the ‘ Magic of Compounding’ to happen. Well, although it is never too late to start investing your money for retirement planning, it is always better to start early. If Mansi would have waited for 5 more years, her SIP would have been Rs. 322,442.

2. Use the Lxme Retirement Calculator:

Check out Lxme’s Retirement Calculator to calculate and find out how much you need at the time of retirement. Simply, add your current age, retirement age, life expectancy and monthly expenses. Lxme’s Calculator will tell you the required corpus you need when you retire. What are you waiting for, start to plan for retirement and go check it out NOW!

3. Prioritize your other financial goals:

Other than retirement planning, there are various other financial goals to start investing for. Goals vary from person to person like buying a house or a car or planning to travel across Europe. Saving for your Emergency Fund is also a very important goal to plan for retirement. Ideally, you should plan and save for your other goals, at the same time you are planning for retirement.

4. Start Investing with Lxme:

Once you have figured out your financial goals, it is time to start investing. Check out Lxme’s Long Term Portfolio and start investing to reach your desired corpus at the time of retirement

5. Monitor your portfolio:

The final step to plan for your retirement is to constantly monitor your portfolio time and again and make the required adjustments. There are various life stages where your priorities and goals can change. There can be some unexpected expenses too that can come along the way.

Starting a retirement planning process can be a thrilling adventure, especially when you have Lxme as your trusted partner. Remember, the key to successful retirement and investing lies in starting early and staying committed to your long-term goals.

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