Wealth Building 101: The Step-by-Step Guide to Turn Your Paycheck Into Riches
Published: 2025-04-22
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Published: 2025-04-22
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Inflation is predicted to disproportionately benefit investors over other financial participants.
"Inflation benefits the investor. So, who's the person that's getting rich when you see inflation happen? None other than the investor."
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Over the past 5 years, the stock market has grown significantly faster than both median household income and inflation, indicating a strong growth trend for investors.
"Over the last 5 years, the median household income grew by around 20%. Inflation was around 23%, the stock market grew by around 80%."
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The US tax code is designed to provide preferential treatment to investors through lower tax rates and greater tax breaks compared to employees.
"our tax code is designed to give investors lower tax rates and bigger tax breaks that you don't qualify for as an employee."
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A specific financial goal is set: save $2,000 for an emergency fund, distinct from spending or savings for discretionary items.
"you have to save $2,000 for an emergency. This is not $2,000 to buy a watch, not $2,000 for a vacation. This is $2,000 extra that sits in a separate savings account just there to protect you."
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Aggressively paying off high-interest credit card debt is crucial to avoid enriching credit card companies through minimum payments and interest, which fund their significant expenses.
"pay off your high interest credit card debt as fast as possible because you are making them rich. When you live off of that monthly minimum payment, you are paying for their private jets. You're paying for their big buildings. You're paying for their big bonuses."
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A hypothetical investment of $100 per month with a consistent 25% annual return over 45 years could result in over $41 million, highlighting the power of high returns and compounding.
"If you had the ability to invest just $100 a month and you could get a say 25% return on your money every single year and you did this for, let's call it, 45 years... You would have more than $41 million with this $100 a month investment because you're getting a 25% return."
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A system involving dividing income into separate accounts for spending, investing, and saving is recommended to prevent overspending and ensure consistent allocation to wealth-building activities.
"you divide up your money. Now you have money for spending, your money for investing, and your money for saving. This way you can't spend all of your money because you created a system."
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A financial guideline suggests allocating a maximum of 75% of income to spending, a minimum of 15% to investing, and a minimum of 10% to saving.
"A simple rule of thumb that you can follow is 7515 10 which says for every dollar that you earn from carry on out 75 cents is the maximum that you can spend. 15 cents is the minimum that you invest. 10 cents is the minimum that you save."
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Paying off lower-interest debt early is presented as a guaranteed investment, yielding a return equal to the interest rate saved (e.g., a guaranteed 6% return by paying off student loans a year early).
"when you pay off your debt one year early, you get a guaranteed return on that money. If you pay off your student loans one year early, it's a guaranteed 6% return on your money because you don't have to pay 6% on your student loans."
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Earning more money becomes most effective after establishing financial systems (saving, investing, spending) as it directly increases savings and investment amounts, accelerating wealth building.
"Now, when you work to earn more money, you get the most bang for your buck because as you earn more money, you're also saving more money. You're also investing more money. You also now can spend some more money as well, but you're investing and saving first. So, you're building your wealth even faster."
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As wealth is built, it is crucial to have legal, insurance, and accounting professionals in place to protect assets and secure one's legacy.
"you want to make sure you have the right attorneys, the right insurance, and the right accountants in place to help you protect your assets and protect your legacy."
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Term life insurance is favored for its affordability and because its primary purpose is to provide a safety net, not wealth accumulation, which should be pursued through other assets.
"The reason why I like term life insurance is because number one, it's a whole lot cheaper and number two, your goal isn't to build wealth through your life insurance. Your goal is to build wealth through your assets."
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