Also here up and to the right:
More details in my latest post: fondue.blog | Portfolio Update April 2021 - Changes
Also here up and to the right:
More details in my latest post: fondue.blog | Portfolio Update April 2021 - Changes
I made a projection and made rather pessimistic assumptions for the future. 6% return, no increase in current savingsrate (apart from the increase by 800.-/month as soon as I finish my studying in 2024), only 1%/year salary increase. You see the actual numbers till the red line and afterwards the projection till 2031 (when I’m ~40 years old).
It’s very motivating! Especially when thinking about the fact that my salary will increase way faster than that and that my savingsrate won’t stay the same the next 10 years. So in reality I might get close to 1 million by then.
Pessimistic and 6% return expectation in same sentence? Though increase in your salary and savings amount and/or savings rate will likely pick the slack if the returns over next decade are lower (than 6%).
Median return is possibly lower than 6% but average historical return is actually over 7%. The return in the next 10 years could be 0, could be 100%.
True. But if the model is supposed to be conservative 6% seems a bit high, right?
On the other hand a 1% yearly salary increase seems somewhat too pessimistic…
Yeah I guess. So what would be a conservative CAGR for 10 years? If you look at ARK, they treat bear case as expected value -1 standard deviation (and bull case +1).
I found this:
So indeed 6% looks more like an average scenario, not a conservative one, which would be closer to 2-3%.
Don’t forget most international returns and all US returns will be in USD. The USD depreciated 0.7% p.a. to the CHF last hundred years. And in the last 20 years that depreciation has even accelerated (>2%p.a.), with no end in sight.
And I saw @Cortana 's unit on the y axis is CHF.
So I’d subtract 1% from an “average return of 6%” if measuring the returns in CHF.
6% nominal return seems realistic for the US over the next 10 years if you start a year ago.
Vanguard estimates 3.7%–5.7% nominal for US equities at 0.9%–1.9% inflation:
https://advisors.vanguard.com/insights/economic-and-market-outlook-2021/impact-on-portfolios
The vanguard estimates is a bit more recent after the fast recovery.
3.5% real return seems a realistic estimate for the next 10 years for US equities.
And what is the probability that the next decade brings further advancements in computing power and artificial intelligence, causing a feedback loop in the rate of technological improvement, the so-called singularity?
I think you are all too pessimistic
It makes sense to be a bit pessimistic about return assumptions of financial assets.
Being wrong about a pessimistic expectation doesn’t negatively affect your plan. Being wrong about an optimistic expectation has negative implications.
That‘s why it‘s called assumptions and not facts. To RE or be FI you just have to wait until you hit your FU number. If it takes a year or two longer so be it. Main influx is still cash and returns make a small portition out of the eventual net worth (especially if you do it in a short space of time)
4% instead of 6% returns wouldn’t change that much regarding my FIRE goal. I might end up working till 54 instead of 52 if that happens. Time is still the biggest factor in all this.
for people like you, that want to work another 25-30 years. over 10 years it‘s not as relevant
You will have possibly saved 1’000’000 CHF by the age of 40. By 52 this could be over 3 million. What is your FIRE goal?
These are my reference points:
I practically achieved the first milestone, but I don’t really feel “independent” yet. So I’m pushing towards Safe FIRE. I currently don’t aspire to ever reach Fat FIRE.
If you’re expectation is (too) pessimistic, you might take an inefficiently low amount of risks into your plans.
For example, you might put a higher amount of your assets into bonds, if you expect the stock market to outperform bonds to a lesser degree.
(I’m not sure if this is correct!)
The longer you take to reach your goal the more you need to take inflation into account
You should, but if you don’t invest in fixed income assets, your investment should grow on top of inflation. Additionally, we have seen that in the last 30 years inflation in Switzerland practically stopped:
You can‘t predict the future based on past numbers as you surely know
But you’re doing it you just said we have to factor in inflation. Why not deflation? Any crystal balls you have lying around? Or it is reasonable to assume inflation (based on what if not history)?