Lifetime investing calculator

Money Seasons

Build an investment growth scenario with changing monthly contributions, stock and bond assumptions, historical returns, retirement withdrawals, and future dollars translated into today's spending power.

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30-40 $500/mo Building the habit
40-50 $1,000/mo Peak earning years
50-65 $18k/yr Catch-up season
65+ 4% Retirement withdrawals

Money Seasons calculator

Build your lifetime scenario

Model long-term investing with age-based contribution seasons, steady growth assumptions, and clear retirement targets.

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Return model

Stock-only mode applies the stock return to the full portfolio.

Stock and bond mode blends the stock and bond returns using the selected allocation.

Uses annual S&P 500 total returns and 10-year Treasury bond returns from 1928-2025. Percentage mode can use a different split before and after retirement. Static bond mode keeps up to that dollar amount in bonds and treats the rest as stocks.

Historical return data source: Aswath Damodaran, NYU Stern.

Post-retirement

Withdrawals are paid monthly.

Contribution Schedule

Add the different money seasons of your life.

Projected end portfolio

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