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The Slow Lane to Wealth lol

9 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker demonstrates the dramatic impact of compound interest by comparing two scenarios: saving $100 each month from age 25 to 65 in an S&P 500 index fund within a Roth IRA, which would grow to roughly $1 million, versus starting the same contributions ten years later at age 35, which would only reach about $300 k by age 65. The 10‑year delay costs approximately $700 k, underscoring the importance of beginning retirement savings early.

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When you start at 25 saving $100 a month and you do so every single month until you are 65 and put it in a good Standard Poor's 500 index fund, let's say in a Roth IRA with average market returns, you'd have $1 million. Wow. But if you wait just 10 years, $100 a month is $1,200 a year for 10 years. That's $12,000. Not that much money. If you wait 10 years and you start at 35, at 65 you'd have only $300,000. So those 10 years cost you $700,000 at $100 a month.