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[–] [email protected] 60 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Assuming you begin investing at the age of 20 and invest $554 per month for 45 years at a 6% growth rate, you would yield 1.4 million. Definitely not MILLIONS.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

6% is very conservative though. Even at 7%, which is a widely accepted inflation adjusted number, it's over 2 mil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

The other thing is that the monthly investment amount should increase when income does, which at minimum should match inflation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And then you add the inflation and you actually just owe money. Got to get that third job at 65

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Inflation historically has been 1 to 4 %.