I kicked off a conversation with coworkers about this subject, then did some looking. Came up with some interesting stuff: http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm $1 today is the same as: $0.77 in 2003 $0.63 in 1993 $0.42 in 1983 $0.19 in 1973 $1,000 in 1973 is the same as $5,355.97 today. Or over $60k/year. US Median income is $52k in 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States# I know it varies state to state and all. Am I missing something? Shawn Upton Section Head, Test Engineering Sensors Business Unit Allegro MicroSystems, LLC [log in to unmask] 603.626.2429/fax: 603.641.5336 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lamar Young Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 2:07 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] [NTC] Explaining Benefits Doug, I think the best way is to visualize the value of compounding. I've seen a lot of graphs over the years, and found this one in a Forbes article. Basically if one saves for the first 20 years of employment, you could almost stop if you wanted to without dramatically impacting your portfolio. The challenge is for young people to not run out and buy new cars, houses, etc. right out of college and get locked in to spending all their income. There was a good commercial by some investment firm a couple years ago - it looked like a commercial for a luxury sports car but instead told how much the money spent on the car would be worth at retirement. It is all about opportunity cost. In case the attachment gets stripped, the link to this particular article is: http://www.forbes.com/sites/greggfisher/2013/03/11/savings-start-early/ I second Dave Ramsey's approach. One doesn't need to make a lot of money to have a lot of financial freedom. Lamar Young Specialty Coating Systems, Inc. 7645 Woodland Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46278 (317) 244-1200 Ext. 276 www.scscoatings.com From: Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>, Date: 07/01/2015 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [TN] [NTC] Explaining Benefits Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> Agreed. Fidelity handles our 401K and gives seminars periodically, but they don't seem slanted to the new investor or the new professional. Somehow they all seem to end with the message "you aren't giving us enough of your money to manage, you need to give us more of your money to manage". Good suggestions though. Doug Pauls Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Leland Woodall <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Doug, > > Our local Edward Jones office conducts a yearly one hour training course > for our associates. They give a great overview of budgeting along with > investment choices. Anthem comes in yearly as well to discuss health > benefits, options, and any changes being made to our health insurance > coverage. Prudential visits quarterly to give one-on-one sessions to folks > who want to talk about their 401k accounts. > > I'm certain Rockwell could ask their providers to do the same at your > facility. After all, I'm certain they'd love to maintain their accounts! > > Leland > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 10:35 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] [NTC] Explaining Benefits > > Good morning all, > > A completely non-technical question for you this morning. As many of you > know, my evil twin brother Dave Hillman and I have the great privilege of > mentoring and supervising our extremely bright co-op students and interns > (7 this summer). We have found, over the years, that these students do > not get any kind of education or training on how to make intelligent > choices relevant to benefits. Things like medical choices, HSA vs. FSA, > pre-tax vs. post-tax dollars, 401K options, etc. None of the colleges I > know of have such a course for graduating seniors. Rockwell Collins does > not have any such training, though it is being discussed for the future. > > So, I am wondering if any of your companies offer your new professionals > such training or know of good publicly available courses on the topics? > > Doug Pauls > Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ________________________________ > > “Confidentiality Notice: > This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential > information belonging to the sender and is intended only for the use of the > party or entity to which it is addressed. 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