๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ญ — ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ค๐๐ฒ.
๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ญ — ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ — ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก.
But here’s what most people overlook:
๐น Started investing at ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐
๐น Compounded wealth at ~๐๐% ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ
๐น Today, at 94 years old, ๐ก๐’๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก $๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐น Among the ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ richest people on Earth
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?
But here’s a cold truth no one talks about ๐
๐ ๐๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ — ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐
๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ & ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ (๐๐๐๐–๐๐), ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐.๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐:
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ % ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐
80+ ~1.2% ~97 million
85+ ~0.5% ~40 million
90+ ~0.2% ~16 million
So…
๐ธ Just 1.2% live ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐
๐ธ Only 0.2% live ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค:
๐ How many people start investing by age 11 (or even 20)?
๐ Compound at 20% CAGR?
๐ And actually live beyond 90 to see the full impact?
๐ง ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ? ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐.
๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ.
Chasing Buffett’s outcomes is unrealistic.
But following his principles? That’s achievable.
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Stay invested
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Avoid get-rich-quick traps
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Be patient
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Trust compounding
๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก—๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ญ.
๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐
๐ฎ๐ง:
๐ฐ If you invested โน1 lakh at age 11 and compounded it at 20% annually till age 94… How much would you have today?
๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ: ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐
๐ง Excel users, this one’s your time to shine. ๐ป๐
๐ Drop your best guess in the comments!