Recent content by ankos714

Yes, I have looked there. Actually, that is what drove me to post here. I was trying to incorporate the appreciation of a multi-family real estate investment property alongside my 401k. To do so, I created a weighted average rate of return that I plugged into the last option in that section: "A...

Can you shed light on why: [400,000 * (1+10%)^30] + [400,000 * (1+5%)^30] does not equal [800,000* (1+7.5%)^30] As well as: How do we incorporate different assets, with different annual rates of return, into FireCalc? Any additional insights? Thanks

Greetings, Why is it that Future Value calculations don't seem to handle weighted average rates of return very well? I notice this both in FireCalc and Excel. For instance: The future value of $400,000 @ 10% annual rate of return for 30 years is $6,979,760.91. The future value of $400,000 @...

Greetings, since I am 31 today, I have delayed my retirement year out 34 years. While I can tell that the results page shows me the future value of my current portfolio, it's not as obvious if the future value of my indicated spending level is what has been used to judge the viability of my...