Big Picture Investing: Why You Need to Get in the Game Now!

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If you want to reach financial independence, you've got to understand big picture investing. What is financial independence? Here’s the basic definition.

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Your Retirement Destination (aka the time of your life when you are not wanting to go to work all day!)

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First off, you have to decide how much money you will need to retire on per year. This is your ultimate destination (or end goal). Part of all this means you need to figure out what “retirement” means to you. Maybe it's chillin' in your beachfront home in Belize by the time you're 50?

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How Do You Save That Much?

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2. If that’s not possible (which likely it’s not), you can try to grow whatever amount you can save, by employing an “investing vehicle” of some variety. Aha!

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The Best You Can Hope For

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Big Picture Investing: Why You Need to Get in the Game Now!

If you want to reach financial independence, you've got to understand big picture investing. What is financial independence? Here’s the basic definition.

Your Retirement Destination (aka the time of your life when you are not wanting to go to work all day!)

First off, you have to decide how much money you will need to retire on per year. This is your ultimate destination (or end goal). Part of all this means you need to figure out what “retirement” means to you. Maybe it's chillin' in your beachfront home in Belize by the time you're 50?

How Do You Save That Much?

2. If that’s not possible (which likely it’s not), you can try to grow whatever amount you can save, by employing an “investing vehicle” of some variety. Aha!

1. You can either save the entire 1.615 million from your work income alone, or…

The Best You Can Hope For

The majority of the financial industry is attempting to sell you one thing in return for their fees: returns that “beat the market” (after they have taken their fees).

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