Retirement
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What’s a Financial Advisor Costing You?
The typical financial advisor charges 1-2% to be your advisor. And we expect that. If you get work on your car, you pay your mechanic. If you get your hair done, you pay your barber. I remember hearing this when I was young and thinking this was very small. And at...
Investing $100 vs. $200/month
Over the course of George’s wonderful life, he contributed $42,000. What’s wild is the growth on his money turned into $380,000. He just started investing at age 30 and consistently invested in an index fund at $100/month. Now at retirement, he’s got a big ole pile of...
Investing vs. Not Investing
Allow me to introduce you to two wonderful (imaginary, but very realistic…) women. Deborah is super kind. Loves her kids and her dog, Fifi. She has a job as a teacher making $40,000 per year. Deborah doesn't invest, she just lives below her means. She doesn't take on...
Waiting 5 Years Could Cost You $500,000 🤯
While in their lives, Hulga only invested $12,000 more dollars than Bobbie, she ended up with over $500,000 MORE dollars. How is this possible, you ask? It's the power of compound interest. The eighth wonder of the world. In those final years of investing, as...
How To Invest (Without Working More)…
For me, one of the biggest hurdles to getting started in investing was feeling like I didn't have "extra" money lying around. And I didn't want to pick up a new job. But I also wanted to figure out my retirement. So my wife and I started shopping at a discount grocery...