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Investing

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The ā€œGame Planā€

Wealth Equation šŸ“–

  • Wealth Accelerator: Investments
  • Wealth creation is driven by:
    • Savings Amount = Salary x Savings Rate (% of Salary)
    • Compound Interest on Investments via
      • Return on Investments
      • Time

Build Wealth by... šŸ—ļø

  • Increasing your earning potential (how?).
  • Increasing your savings rate - without sucking all the joy out of your life.
  • This can be achieved by spending extravagantly on the things you love and cutting costs mercilessly on the things you donā€˜t (recommended read).
  • Investing your savings into assets that grow in value and have superior returns with well-diversified risk.
  • Starting as early as possible and repeating the above-mentioned steps.
  • Tip: Automate the process (recommended read).
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Key Ideas
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Choose the stock market as your ā€œworkhorseā€ and starting point for wealth creation.
  • A stock portfolio consisting of broadly diversified ETFs offers the best risk-reward relationship for your investments (here’s a good starting point for constructing your portfolio).
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Real-Estate often doesn’t šŸ 
  • If you’re starting from zero, achieving ā€œfinancial freedomā€ on this path might be very hard as your income, long-term investments returns, and time are generally limited. You probably won’t get rich 😢
  • However, ā€œfinancial securityā€ is quite easily possible, and ā€œfinancial independenceā€ is realistic (given enough time and savings). Both can add tremendous value to your life by providing financial stability and by gradually increasing your financial independence 😁
  • Investing gives you a very robust and time-tested way of building wealth if you’re aware of the pitfalls to be avoided and are willing to pay the necessary price.
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Pitfalls to avoid 🪤

Ā© Chair for Strategy and Organization, Technical University of Munich

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