An individual investing $5,000 annually into the S&P 500 will have $731,656 after 30 years, assuming average S&P 500 returns.
"If you're making $50,000 per year and you're able to invest $5,000 or 10% of your income every single year into the S&P 500, after 30 years of investing and getting an S&P 500 average return, you'll have a balance of $731,656."