Fortune: 10 rules for building wealth
4 January 2007 at 8:11 pmAs the New Year begins, retirement savings is something we all should be thinking about…don’t wait to get started.
“More than any one stock or mutual fund pick, the age you start investing will determine how much wealth you build. To illustrate: Employee A starts putting away $100 a month when she’s 22. Her money grows at 8 percent a year, and after ten years she stops contributing - and lets her stake grow. Employee B waits until he’s 32 to set aside $100 a month, also growing at 8 percent a year, and he keeps it up until he hits 64. When they both retire at 64, she will have $234,600, and he’ll have only $177,400. Need we say more?“
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