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In matters of budgeting, there are two clear camps of consumers: them, and the rest of us. They are the people you ask to calculate what everyone owes when there are more than two of you dining out. They know exactly how much they spent on ATM fees last week, last month, and last quarter.
The best laid financial plan can be quickly ruined by a streak of misfortune: job loss, fire, theft, or health problems. You need to protect yourself, but it’s not nearly as hard as you think.
If you saved $10,000 a year for the next 40 years and earned no interest, you would have $400,000. If you invested $10,000 a year and earned a 10% return each year, you would have $5,267,155. Why the difference?
More than 10,000 books have been written about personal finance. You could spend a lifetime reading them. Some of them are great; others are 99% motivation, 1% actual, actionable information…
