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Create an Excel spreadsheet that projects your savings balances every year until retirement, and the income you can generate in retirement from your savings.
Include columns for 1. years; 2. savings balance; 3. investment returns; 4. annual new savings (investment) from your salary. Note that each year's balance equals the prior year's balance plus investment returns, plus additional savings. See below:
| Interest Rate | 5.00% | ||
| Annual Savings | 6,000.00 | ||
| Year | Balance | Returns | Annual Savings | 
| 2020 | 500.00 | 25.00 | 6,000.00 | 
| 2021 | 6,525.00 | 326.25 | 6,000.00 | 
| 2022 | 12,851.25 | 642.56 | 6,000.00 | 
| : | : | ||
| [Retirement Year] | 770,734.57 | ||
| Retirement Annuity | 50,137.39 | 
In order to plan this retirement project , we do the following operations,
The Retirement chart is constructed in excel as per the required coloums
| 
 Years  | 
 Savings Balance / BALANCE  | 
 Investment returns  | 
 Annual New Savings (Investment)  | 
 Closing Balance  | 
The Balance in the opening was 500 and the returns are calculated on a 5% apr as has been given
Investment returns
Formula =B3*$B$1
Annual Savings is fixed at 6000
Closing Balance
Closing balance is given as the sum of all the components
=B3+C3+D3
The Retirement plan is as follows
| 
 Return  | 
 5%  | 
|||
| 
 Years  | 
 Savings Balance / BALANCE  | 
 Investment returns  | 
 Annual New Savings (Investment)  | 
 Closing Balance  | 
| 
 2020  | 
 500  | 
 25  | 
 6000  | 
 6525  | 
| 
 2021  | 
 6525  | 
 326.25  | 
 6000  | 
 12851.25  | 
| 
 2022  | 
 12851.25  | 
 642.5625  | 
 6000  | 
 19493.8125  | 
| 
 2023  | 
 19493.8125  | 
 974.690625  | 
 6000  | 
 26468.5031  | 
| 
 2024  | 
 26468.50313  | 
 1323.425156  | 
 6000  | 
 33791.9283  | 
| 
 2025  | 
 33791.92828  | 
 1689.596414  | 
 6000  | 
 41481.5247  | 
| 
 2026  | 
 41481.5247  | 
 2074.076235  | 
 6000  | 
 49555.6009  | 
| 
 2027  | 
 49555.60093  | 
 2477.780047  | 
 6000  | 
 58033.381  | 
| 
 2028  | 
 58033.38098  | 
 2901.669049  | 
 6000  | 
 66935.05  | 
| 
 2029  | 
 66935.05003  | 
 3346.752501  | 
 6000  | 
 76281.8025  | 
| 
 2030  | 
 76281.80253  | 
 3814.090126  | 
 6000  | 
 86095.8927  | 
| 
 2031  | 
 86095.89265  | 
 4304.794633  | 
 6000  | 
 96400.6873  | 
| 
 2032  | 
 96400.68729  | 
 4820.034364  | 
 6000  | 
 107220.722  | 
| 
 2033  | 
 107220.7216  | 
 5361.036082  | 
 6000  | 
 118581.758  | 
| 
 2034  | 
 118581.7577  | 
 5929.087887  | 
 6000  | 
 130510.846  | 
The target retirement balance of 770,734.57 was calculated in the Retirement year 2060 as follows
| 
 2058  | 
 649450.0134  | 
 32472.50067  | 
 6000  | 
 687922.514  | 
| 
 2059  | 
 687922.5141  | 
 34396.12571  | 
 6000  | 
 728318.64  | 
| 
 2060  | 
 728318.6398  | 
 36415.93199  | 
 6000  | 
 770734.572  | 
Excel


Hence the retirement plan is constructed with the excel as follows