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Spending Smarter - Daily Spending Calculator

Daily Spending Calculator

Each week most people spend quite a bit of money on small items they may not even recall once the week has gone by. This calculator shows the potential impact of saving that money instead.

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Your Information

(Modify the values presented below according to your needs)

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Quantity Weekly or Daily Per Unit, Cost Total Today
Pack of Cigarettes $ $
Cup of Coffee $ $
Half-dozen Donuts $ $
One Lottery Ticket $ $
Eating-out Lunch $ $
Magazine $ $
Other Habits $ $
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Your Result

Total Weekly Discretionary Habit Spending. $
Total Spent Until Retirement $
Future (nominal) Value if You Save Instead $

Estimate Upon Retirement

Per Unit, Cost If you refrain today, how many units can you afford per WEEK in retirement?
Pack of Cigarettes $
Cup of Coffee $
Half-dozen Donuts $
One Lottery Ticket $
Eating-out Lunch $
Magazine $
Other Habits $

We wish to thank York University Professor Moshe A. Milevsky, and researchers at the Individual Finance and Insurance Decisions (IFID)Centre, a non-profit corporation, housed at the Fields Institute in Toronto, for developing the content of this calculator.

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