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DC Pot is 'big enough' but can't see how to lock in the value in real terms?

michaels · 2021-08-04 09:40:06

The markets are high, my pot is big enough to support my annual income number to age 99 if I could fix it in real terms. Made up numbers example: age 55, pot size £0.5m, 44 year time horizon of which 12 are before SPA Replace state pension until it is available: 12x9.4k = 112.8k subtract from 500k gives £387.2k Remaining…

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Ibrahim5 Posts: 1,295 Forumite

8 August 2021 at 11:44AM

Everybody is different and I was just giving my experience to make people think. I was quite interested in the 'gig' economy. I was quite happy to deliver pizzas on my bike or drive people around in my Uber. Supposedly working when I wanted. I had just forgotten how little you earn!

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