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Comment author: RolfAndreassen 10 May 2013 06:59:46PM 31 points [-]

Obvious idea is obvious: Save and invest a very large percentage of your income - I'm at 25%, but I'm not very ambitious. At 75% you can retire for three years for every year you work, even without assuming any gains from investment income or any other sources of income. If you are 30 and reasonably established in your career, this means you can work for ten years and then retire.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 May 2013 07:03:29AM 4 points [-]

At 75% you can retire for three years for every year you work, even without assuming any gains from investment income or any other sources of income.

Not necessarily. There is inflation.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 12 May 2013 12:31:55PM 9 points [-]

Please read "without assuming any real gains from..."

Comment author: hwc 11 May 2013 08:07:06PM 2 points [-]

invest in inflation-indexed bonds.