Is your cpf enough for you to retire?
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Well I personally feel, CPF is more of a safety net. Not exactly there to support us for retirement. It will be better to do personal risk planning and map out your investment, protection plans and be on a lookout for good retirement plans.
Especially these days, I feel we are pretty much on our own. When the kids grow up, they have plenty of things they need to pay for (who knows what interesting prices will the HDBs be next time). If they do take care of their parents, I see it as a "performance bonus" for us.
It is disturbing to see youths these days just spending and not thinking about what will happen once they reach 65. On the average now, a retired couple should be able to live on 3k/mth. But years down the road, who knows.
So my stand is, unless we are investment/retirement planning savy ourselves, CPF will not be sufficient. -
every year minimum sum is increasing…200k on the way
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rogerin88:
every year minimum sum is increasing.....200k on the way
Yes, the rate at which MS is increasing every year is so RIDICULOUS. Its even higher than annual salary increment of most people.
And the best part is you cant even touch it until you are 62? or 65?
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For example: min sum of 200k for a person who has worked, 20 years (reasonable?), then each year is 10k which means each month save < 1k for retirement ?
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What about people who are not working? eg. SAHMs
Won’t be able to meet minimum sum requirment -
Is this min sum meant to buy the CPF Life?
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sleepy:
What about people who are not working? eg. SAHMs
Won't be able to meet minimum sum requirment
Definitely cannot. Too bad then - whatever $ is inside there will remain as MS. -
starlight1968sg:
Is this min sum meant to buy the CPF Life?
Yes, it is. I think CPF MS is a good idea to force us to save for old age/retirement. What I cannot accept is that the increase in MS per year is so unrealistic for average income earners. It wont affect high wage earners but it really makes it tough for ordinary workers.
Also, the best part of their argument is that the % is pegged to the inflation rate which everyone knows is high. Salary increment is never pegged to inflation, so why MS?
I just don't understand the logic of their argument.
Maybe someone can explain?
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