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arrow-up1608arrow-down1imageAs a bike rider, I forget this is a thing. Asked my neighbor, he pays $350/month in insurance alone 🙃slrpnk.netByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square219fedilink
minus-squareUnpopularCrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·edit-224 days agoAssuming 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.
minus-squareStiffneckedppl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·24 days ago6% is very conservative though. Even at 7%, which is a widely accepted inflation adjusted number, it’s over 2 mil.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoThe other thing is that the monthly investment amount should increase when income does, which at minimum should match inflation.
minus-squareThorry84@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down9·24 days agoAnd then you add the inflation and you actually just owe money. Got to get that third job at 65
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·23 days agoInflation historically has been 1 to 4 %.
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.
6% is very conservative though. Even at 7%, which is a widely accepted inflation adjusted number, it’s over 2 mil.
The other thing is that the monthly investment amount should increase when income does, which at minimum should match inflation.
And then you add the inflation and you actually just owe money. Got to get that third job at 65
Inflation historically has been 1 to 4 %.