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Guidance on the portion of salary to invest?
by jrlocke 10y ago
Guidance on the portion of salary to invest?
- mipmap04 10y ago10% is a pretty common percentage and what I put towards bonds and stocks each month. I do pretty much what the parent post said.
- my_username_is_ 10y agoIf you want to retire earlier than the traditional 65, this is a good starting point to figure out how much to save based on when you want to retire: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-simple-math-behind-early-retirement/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-sim...
- kchoudhu 10y agoSave until it hurts just a little bit, and then a little bit more. My wife and I did 50% of our nominal takehome every month in a high COL area. It was fine. The more you save, the faster you get to Stage 4.