I have to be how old?
When I first started putting money in a Roth IRA for retirement, I definitely didn’t understand the concept. I didn’t even buy stocks with it at first. I couldn’t figure out why my money wasn’t growing until I realized that it was just essentially sitting in a money market account. Oops. Guess I should have really read those books my brother-in-law gave me, or at least the information on the website.
Many of my family members have discussed the importance of starting my retirement fund early. I’ve seen the charts and graphs of how money can compound exponentially; I think I even did a few story problems about it back in middle school math class. And, while the current stock market hasn’t exactlly proven itself to me yet, I am a firm believer in saving for the future. Personally, I don’t want to wait until I am 65 to retire, or worse yet, not be able to retire at all! In fact, if I had the choice, I’d retire tomorrow. Think it’ s possible?
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