We are going from strength to strength at adamfayed.com, having a record year in 2020, after huge increases (records) in 2018 and 2019.
Yet not every year in business, or life, has been easy. In the video below I speak about how I dealt with such times, and some tips I learnt:
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In the article below, I discuss:
- What are inverse ETFs in 2021? What are the best inverse ETFs in 2021 or beyond? I explain below why the answer is……none of them!
- If you invest $1,000 a month into the stock market every month, how long until you can become a millionaire? You might be shocked by the answer to this one, and the maths behind it!
- Are technology stocks more volatile than normal stocks? Is this volatility a problem if you are a long-term investor? Also, should we make a clear distinction between individual technology stocks and the Nasdaq as an index, which is tech-focused?
Below is a preview of one of the answers
I will give you some maths/statistics later on which will shock most people…..even some people who have read a lot about investing.
Before doing that, it has to be mentioned that the answer depends on the following variables:
- How the stock markets perform? You can’t control this one and nobody can predict this for sure.
- More specifically, which years market perform after you get started. More on that below.
- If you are looking at $1million in nominal terms or real terms after inflation.
Let’s take the S&P500 as an example. It has given investors about 11.1% since 1950, adjusted for dividend reinvestment.
That is over 7% per year adjusted for inflation.
Yet some periods, like the 1990s and 2010-present, are better than that, and some are much worse.
There have been some decades where it has given 0%. Other decades where it has done as much as 16%-18% adduced for dividend reinvestment.
Let’s imagine the S&p500 did exactly 11.1% every year.
It won’t happen but just let’s do this as an exercise.
It would take you about 21.5 years in that case to become a millionaire in nominal terms, 27 years to reach 2 million, 31 years to reach 3 million.
It will take you 40 years to reach 8 million and about 42.5 years to reach $10 million.
The speed in which you would accumulate wealth at the later years would accelerate due to compounding.
Of course, if inflation is running at 2% per year, it will take you longer to reach those thresholds.
However, as mentioned, that won’t happen.
So let’s look at two different example scenarios to illustrate a point:
Example scenario 1.
You invest $1,000 a month consistently with no lump sum injections.
Years 1–5 you get 0% per year.
Years 6–10 you get 2% per year
Years 11–20 you get 17.7% adjusted for dividends reinvested.
In this case you have reached millionaire status in 20 years. 1.5 years quicker than the constant 11.1% example given above.
Example scenario 2
You invest $1,000 a month consistently with no lump sum injections.
Years 1–10 you get 17.7% adjusted for dividends reinvested.
From year 11 onwards you get 2% per year
Do you know how many years it will take you to become a millionaire in this situation……37–38 years.
Yes 37–38 years.Almost a decade longer than in example scenario one.
If you don’t believe check out this calculator – Compound Interest Calculator
Here is example scenario one:
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