Compound interest allows small, consistent investments to grow exponentially over time, meaning that investing $300 monthly for 8 years (totaling $28,800) at an 8% annual return can grow to approximately $1.8 million by retirement, demonstrating that starting early and letting time work in your favor is more important than having large initial investments.
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>> You [music] take $300 every month, 150 bucks a paycheck, and we're going to automate it to the separate account. If you promise to do that, and you do that for 8 years, you'll never have to invest again, and you'll be financially set for life. This guy goes, "Come on, Dad.
[music] 8 years, 300 bucks a month, what is that?" He does the math, he goes, "That's 28,000, 28,800. How's that going to do anything, especially if I don't add any more money after 27 years old?"
He goes, "Let me show you something. The market's gone up 10% over [music] 30 years. Let's apply a lower number. Let's do 8%. Be conservative. Let me show you what the numbers are when they compound." You know how much he has when he retires? $1.8 million, and all he put [music] in was 28,800.
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