by Samantha Asher
‘Do you want to be rich?’ is an easy question. Most likely you do, unless you believe you’re not greedy. In that case, you want to be able to live comfortably without worrying about money. Either way, you have to be rich.
You might agree that being rich with friends, family, and love is very important, but let’s just consider monetary riches for now. What does it take to be rich? How much money do you need to have? When can you finally consider yourself a ‘rich and wealthy’ individual?
When you were a kid, having $100 probably made you feel rich. Right now, $20,000 seems like a lot of money, but for many, this would not last entire year.
If rich to you means being able to retire at 65 years old and still live comfortably as you are, being rich is very attainable, depending on the next factors. If being rich means have $1,000,000 by age 40, then again, it very well might be attainable, depending on these next factors.
You can be rich, but the degree to how rich you can be depends on your age, how much money you make, and how much you can save. If you are in your 20s and make enough money to put several thousand dollars a year into a retirement account, there is no doubt you could retire by age 65 if not earlier. Saving more money will get their quickly as will having a high return. Put both together and you’re savings will be unstoppable.
Your salary and annual savings will have a lot to do with your wealth. In fact, how much money you can put aside from your salary will have everything to do with how much wealth you can accumulate. You could make a million dollars a year, but if you spent it all and didn’t save a dime, you would still not be very rich. On the other hand, even if you made only $40,000, if you invested just 10% of it every year, soon you would amass a great amount of wealth and riches.
The sad part is that many people believe they can’t save. If you feel like you could never be rich because you can’t afford to save, then you won’t ever be rich. You need to be proactive if you want to secure your financial future. You need to make a plan.
You also have to consider where you put this money you save. If you save $4,000 a year and hide it under your mattress, yes, it will accumulate, but very slowly. After 40 years, you’ll have $160,000. Aside from a lot of money not being safe, you’ll be giving up a lot of money by not investing it. Invest it in an 8% yielding investment every year and you’ll have about $1.1 million.
You have to invest your money. As long as you are 20 or more years away from retirement, you must invest in stocks. Bonds just won’t earn you the same kind of return. At best, with bonds you can beat inflation, but you really can’t expect much more.
Whether you ever become rich depends on how old you are, how hard you are willing to work, how much less you are willing to live on, and how well you plan. If you want a lot of money, you need to make goals and build a plan to get you there. It can be done, but it takes a lot of hard work.
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