# Retirement Savings Calculator | Lighthouse Legacy Strategies

> See what your savings and monthly contributions could add up to by your retirement age, using a hypothetical annual return that you choose yourself.

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# Are you on track for retirement, in about 2 minutes

This one runs on an assumption you control. Move the return slider and watch the ending balance move with it, because that is the honest way to read it.

Want help understanding your results?

## What this assumes

- The balance is compounded monthly at the hypothetical annual rate you selected. That rate is an assumption you chose, not a forecast and not a promise.

- Contributions are treated as level, made every month, never missed and never raised.

- Inflation, taxes, account fees and the order in which returns actually arrive are all ignored. Every one of them can change the real outcome.

- The lifestyle check divides the projected balance by the monthly income you entered, with no growth applied after you stop working.

## Reading your result

### What this calculated

What your current balance and monthly contributions could add up to by the retirement age you entered, using the hypothetical return you selected, and how many months of your desired income that balance would cover.

### Why the number matters

On track is not a feeling. It is arithmetic between three things: how much you set aside, how long you have, and what you assume the money does in between. This puts all three on one screen.

### What could change it

Move the return slider and the ending balance moves with it, which is the point. A change to the contribution, an earlier or later date, a pause in saving, taxes and fees all shift the result too.

### Reasonable next steps

Run it twice, once with a cautious assumption and once with an optimistic one, then plan around the cautious version. Then see what one modest increase to the monthly contribution does across the years you have left.

This tool is educational and does not provide financial, investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Results are estimates based only on the information you enter and the assumptions shown, they are not a quote, an offer of coverage or a promise of any outcome, and your actual situation will differ. Insurance guarantees are backed by the claims paying ability of the issuing insurance company. Speak with a licensed professional before acting on anything you see here.

## Other tools worth two minutes

## Numbers are a start. A conversation is the next step.

Bring what this gave you. I will tell you what it misses, what it gets right, and what is actually worth doing about it.

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Lighthouse Legacy Strategies, the independent insurance practice of Sharon Donovan, a licensed life insurance and annuity agent in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas, based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Retirement income planning, annuities, life insurance and IUL with living benefits, final expense and mortgage protection.

Sharon Donovan (501) 516-9456 (call or text), sharon.donovan@wealthwave.com. By appointment, including evenings. Most consultations happen by phone or video.

Important disclosures: Lighthouse Legacy Strategies is an independent insurance practice. Sharon Donovan is a licensed insurance agent (NPN 18170848) in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas. This website is for educational purposes only and is not financial, tax, legal or investment advice. Guarantees are backed by the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company. Policy loans and withdrawals reduce cash value and death benefits. Not affiliated with any government agency. Full set: https://lighthouselegacystrategies.com/disclosures

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