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Work · June 12, 2022

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The Tortoise – a sophisticated retirement calculator

Hi HN! I've been working on this calculator for some time now. It started off as a tool to help me do some retirement planning and I think it could be broadly useful to others as well. It's very generic, which is both good and bad. Good, because you are not beholden to the assumptions of the model, like in many other calculators. This also means that it’s not US centric. On the other hand, you do need a bit of financial planning knowledge to be able to use it effectively. There are many retirement calculators out there -- here's what I think The Tortoise does better than most: 1. An easy to…

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Hi HN! I've been working on this calculator for some time now. It started off as a tool to help me do some retirement planning and I think it could be broadly useful to others as well. It's very generic, which is both good and bad. Good, because you are not beholden to the assumptions of the model, like in many other calculators. This also means that it’s not US centric. On the other hand, you do need a bit of financial planning knowledge to be able to use it effectively. There are many retirement calculators out there -- here's what I think The Tortoise does better than most: 1. An easy to use UI 2. Exposes all of the model's assumptions 3. Gives more detailed results than many calculators (more to come), and trusts the user to interpret them 4. Gives you the ability to export/import and save your scenarios 5. Allows you to compare different scenarios, and also perform 'what-if' analysis on Debts and Assets 6. Independent of any other business so there's no conflict of interest I also think there’s a real need for more financial education, and I hope that tools like this one will spark people’s curiosity and drive them to learn more. Let me know what you think, and if you have any suggestions or questions!

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