How will contributing the maximum amount to your IRA affect you?

IRA contributions are limited to $5,500 in 2013 and may be indexed to inflation thereafter in increments of $500.

To illustrate the impact of this, a 25-year-old saving $2,000 a year—and earning an assumed 8% return—would accumulate about $518,000 by age 65. However, if that same individual contributed the maximum amount to an IRA and earned the same return, he or she would have nearly $1.4 million at age 65.*

How will contributing the maximum amount to your IRA affect you? Enter your information below, and see how your retirement savings may grow.

1. Current age:
 
2. Age at which you wish to retire:
 
3. Estimated annual rate of growth of the investments:

 
4. Current value of your retirement accounts (include balances in IRAs and qualified retirement plans):
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5. Current contributions to your IRA: $
 
6. The maximum contribution allowed in 2013: $
 
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*This is for illustration only and does not predict or guarantee the performance of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund®.

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