Tools

Calculators that go with the articles. Your numbers, the math shown.

Small tools built for specific articles, so you can run the numbers yourself instead of taking mine on faith. Each one lists its assumptions, and none of them is advice.

Countdown

Your runway

Enter your birth month and year to see how much time is left before the age-65 line for airline pilots, with an option to see the proposed 67.

See your runway
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The runway ends at 65
Calculator

Compound growth calculator

See what steady contributions, time, returns and fees do to a balance. Change the starting age, contribution, return or fee and the chart redraws as you type.

Open the calculator

More will be added only when an article needs one.