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Military Money Tips to Retire Young
Many in the military are aware that they need to start
saving for their future; however many people serving
our Country have no idea where to start or how much
they will need. With uncertain economic times it is
now more important than ever you start investing young
Retirement is long way military personnel under the
age of 30; however this is a critical time to start
your financial plan in order to retire young. And the
sooner young members in the military invest the easier
it will be for them to retire young. The simple lessons
below will have you on the road financial security and,
equally important, will allow you to fully enjoy life
now. You can become financially secure in the military
while you're young with some simple steps. The tips
below will put you on the path to an early military
retirement.
1) Invest - Get that military paycheck working
for you immediately. The sooner you begin to invest
the sooner you can plan to retire young. By investing
young you are able to harness the power of compounding
interest which is a great ally in achieving your objective
of an early retirement.
'Compounding interest' is earning money from the profits
of your investments. So you're making money off money
you did not have to work for. This offers young military
members a tremendous advantage. In fact, investing as
little as $100 per month starting at age 18 could make
you a young millionaire well before you reach retirement
age. Plus it will give you the ability to do the things
you like to do while keeping on track to retire young.
2) Consistent investment plan - Investing on
a consistent basis will allow you to generate long-term
gains over time. For most in the military this consist
investing over time may allow you to retire young. Start
to follow a consistent investment plan now; then as
your investment knowledge grows you can add other forms
of high-return investments.
An ideal investment for young military personnel ready
to retire young is low-cost broad market index investments.
Warren Buffet states, "A very low-cost index is
going to beat a majority of the amateur-managed money
or professionally-managed money." This is one of
the easiest investments you can make. An added bonus
is that it takes only minimal knowledge and about 60
minutes to start getting your money working for you.
3) Diversification - Diversification lowers
risk. If you have all your money invested in the stock
market, and the market crashes, you could potentially
lose a lot of money. Now if you had a portion of your
money invested in stocks, some in real estate, some
in businesses and some in other alternative investments
- if any one of the markets corrects itself, you wouldn't
get hit as hard since you're diversified.
4) Tax benefit vehicles - By using investment
vehicles that give you tax benefits you'll be on the
road to retire young. A Roth IRA or other form of retirement
account can be a key investment vehicle that will allow
you to reduce taxes. Many people don't realize about
40% of your income goes to pay taxes. So by choosing
an investment vehicle like an IRA may help to keep more
money in your pocket.
To retire young from the military, start to follow
a simple, consistent investment plan at a young age.
Being diversified and using investment vehicles that
provide tax benefits will help to supercharge your returns.
Get started now because you'll be able to afford the
things you want now and in the future.
Author: Vince Shorb
Give yourself the freedom that you deserve by learning
the simple military money lessons that will help you
afford what you want now and allow you to retire young.
Visit Vince Shorb's, 'Financially Free By 30' site now
at http://www.FreeBy30.com
for free video lessons.
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