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              <image:caption>The Protection Map</image:caption>
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            <loc>https://www.investales.com/retirement.html</loc>
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              <image:caption>Three retirement money buckets: Now for near-term spending, Later for long-term growth, and Buffer for unexpected expenses.</image:caption>
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              <image:caption>Your 40s: review the gap and increase the pace if needed. See my numbers in the Retirement Calculator.</image:caption>
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              <image:caption>Three retirement money buckets: Now for near-term spending, Later for long-term growth, and Buffer for unexpected expenses</image:caption>
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              <image:caption>Your 50s: prepare the transition and think beyond accumulation. See my numbers in the Retirement Calculator.</image:caption>
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              <image:caption>Your 30s: build early and give compounding time. See my numbers in the Retirement Calculator.</image:caption>
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              <image:caption>Bar chart: monthly SIP needed to reach ₹5 crore at age 60, assuming 12% a year. About ₹9,160 if you start at 25, ₹16,380 at 30, ₹29,650 at 35, ₹54,870 at 40 and ₹1,06,050 at 45.</image:caption>
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              <image:caption>Bar chart: what ₹1 lakh of today’s spending may cost later at 6% yearly inflation. About ₹1.8 lakh in 10 years, ₹3.2 lakh in 20 years and ₹5.7 lakh in 30 years.</image:caption>
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              <image:caption>Illustrative example: ₹75,000 a month today could need about ₹3.2 lakh a month at age 60 if inflation averages 6%. Try it in the Retirement Calculator.</image:caption>
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