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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates

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To: Apollo who wrote (40377)3/13/2001 1:29:52 PM
From: Uncle Frank  Read Replies (2) of 54805
 
>> What would you advise the rest of us who haven't yet tried retirement on how to better determine the "magic number"?

My personal "Fat Lady" number is a portfolio valued at 10X your annual gross income. That's provided you don't intend to upgrade your standard of living. Since you're a youngster with a growing family, I'd think 15X would be more appropriate.

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