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📣 brap

How do you simulate your financial future?


How do you simulate your financial future?

I’m not talking about budgeting, but rather long term cash flow.

Regular income, expenses, investments…

Sure, you can use a spreadsheet, but if you want to keep things accurate it gets too complicated. For example, you have to take into account income tax, capital gains tax… there’s a regular taxed investment portfolio, there’s 401(k), IRA, RSUs… not to mention if you live in a non-US country, now you have to model pension funds, etc etc…

Is there an easy to use tool that gets the job done? Something that tells me when I can retire? And how certain financial decisions can affect this?


  👤 jonahbenton Accepted Answer ✓

👤 asdefghyk
RE "...if you want to keep things accurate..." always unexpected expenses and taxes. To within 10% is fine for me. I use spreadsheet.

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