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Millennials: Time is Money

June 1, 2015 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

There’s never a good time to save money. But saving just a little bit while you’re young will pay dividends down the road. Liz Moyer writes at The Wall Street Journal:

Earning power is often limited in your 20s. You may not have enough knowledge or experience to command a large salary.

But you do have an asset your elders covet: time.

Make the most of it, even if you save only small amounts at the outset. Those savings will generate interest, and then the interest will generate more interest. The pile may grow slowly at first, but the pace will accelerate as you continue to save and the numbers get larger.

That compounding effect gives you an advantage over people who postpone saving.

For example, if you set aside $3,000 a year from age 21 to age 30 and then saved nothing more, you would have $227,111 socked away by age 60, assuming an annual return of 6%, saysBen Wacek, a financial planner based in Minneapolis.

If you instead procrastinated until age 41, you would need to save about $9,621 a year until age 50 to end up with the same amount of money at age 60, says Mr. Wacek, who has a number of clients in their 20s and early 30s.

In the first scenario, your total out-of-pocket cost would be $30,000. In the second scenario, it would be $96,210.

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com
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